Yes, but what about the federal contractor mandate? That is what I am facing.
Yeah that is a different piece of pie. Mandating stuff for private companies through OSHA is seen as an over reach of the power of the executive branch.
They do have the authority on federal contractors. Like mandating 15.00 minimum wage, etc.....
However, the EO mandating the vax for medical personal/organizations that receive medicare and medicaid, has also come under a suit. I know of 12 states filing. Including as of yesterday MS.
I haven't kept up with federal contractors, but there may be suits in that vein as well.
Don't know if this helps but found this:
Eleven States Challenge Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
The Justice Department and EEOC “have already determined that COVID vaccines can be mandated by employers,” said an OMB spokesperson.
Eleven states with Republican governors are challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors between two lawsuits filed on Thursday and Friday.
The state of Florida filed a
lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in the Tampa Division seeking an injunction on the
mandate that has a December 8 deadline for millions of employees of federal contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Then on Friday, Missouri, Nebraska, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming filed a
similar lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri also seeking an injunction.
“We cannot have the federal government coming in, exceeding their power,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during a press conference on Thursday. “They’re really rewriting contracts and they’re transforming normal contracting into basically public health policy and that’s not anything Congress has ever authorized.” He noted there is “a very big footprint in Florida” in federal contracting, such as with NASA and the General Services Administration, and said he is worried about job losses for those who decline to get vaccinated.
“Florida expects to continue pursuing government contracts in the future,” said the lawsuit. “Because Florida’s employees are generally not required to be vaccinated, the challenged actions threaten Florida with the loss of millions of dollars in future contracting opportunities and put undue pressure on Florida to create new policies and change existing ones, each of which threatens Florida with imminent irreparable harm.”
The Florida lawsuit alleges 10 counts of violations of federal contracting and administrative procedure laws, taking issue with the executive order, guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, the Office of Management and Budget rule approving the guidance and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s guidance.
“Other suits have preceded this one, though this new challenge puts more focus on federal procurement and administrative law than others we have reviewed to date,” Craig Smith, partner at the law firm Wiley Rein who specializes in government contractors, told
Government Executive. The
attorney general of Arizona filed a lawsuit in September taking aim at all three of Biden's vaccine mandates, so Florida was the first state to just target the mandate for contractors.
“President Biden has arrogated to the executive branch the unilateral power to mandate that all employees of federal contractors be vaccinated,” said the lawsuit from the 10 other states. “Employees of federal contractors constitute one-fifth of the total U.S. workforce. And the mandate goes so far as to demand vaccination even from employees who work entirely within their own home. That is unconstitutional, unlawful, and unwise.” Their lawsuit has 12 counts of alleged violations of law.
Attorneys general from eight of those 10 states were among the 21 AGs who sent a letter to Biden contesting the vaccine mandate for federal contractors, WLOX
reported.
David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, which represents over 400 companies, told
Government Executive the association is “watching [the cases] closely, but in the meantime, the important thing to note is that you have a signed contract, and ...you're going to comply with the clause. That’s the way contracts work.” This applies in other situations, such as government shutdowns, in which “just because the customer isn't open doesn't mean you stop working on your contract.”
Eleven States Challenge Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate - Government Executive (govexec.com)