Mandates Are Coming: President Biden’s EO on COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

Nichols Liu – President Biden announced a six-point action plan on September 9 to combat the recent surge of COVID cases resulting from the highly contagious Delta variant.  The President issued two Executive Orders (“EO”), among other actions, that mandate new COVID-19 health and safety protocols for both federal government employees and contractors.  The EOs range widely in application and coverage, and delegate much responsibility for issuing the implementing guidance to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”).