Monthly Archives: May 2023

DIFFERING APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS SET THE STAGE FOR SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF CONTRACTOR VACCINE MANDATE

Two federal appeals courts recently reached very different decisions on the ability of the President to require contractors to have their workers vaccinated against COVID 19.  The disagreement paves the way for the Supreme Court to settle the matter should, as expected, the losers in one case petition the court to hear the matter.  The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, roughly covering the mid-west, stated that contractor personnel are not government employees and that a contractor is not performing the duties of a “state actor” when performing on a Read more