The Trump administration on Friday ordered all federal agencies to eliminate any records related to workers’ COVID-19 vaccination status, noncompliance with pandemic-era mandates or requests for vaccine exemptions.
The rollback of vaccine record retention requirements was announced by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in a memo to all federal department and agency heads.
OPM explained that the move is in response to recent litigation and is part of the Trump administrationʼs broader effort to reverse “harmful pandemic-era policies” imposed by former President Joe Biden.
“Things got out of hand during the pandemic, and federal workers were fired, punished, or sidelined for simply making a personal medical decision,” OPM Director Scott Kupor said in a statement. “That should never have happened.”
“Thanks to President Trumpʼs leadership, weʼre making sure the excesses of that era do not have lingering effects on federal workers,” Kupor added.
Under the directive, effective immediately, agencies are barred from using an employee’s vaccine history in any employment-related decision, including hiring, promotion, discipline, or termination.
Within 90 days, vaccine-related information “must be expunged” from both physical and electronic personnel files of all federal workers. --->READ MORE HERETrump admin orders federal agencies to scrub all worker COVID vaccination records:
The Trump administration has ordered all federal agencies to scrub any records related to workers’ COVID-19 vaccination status and other compliance with pandemic mandates.
The order rescinding vaccine record retention requirements was announced in an Aug. 8 memorandum by Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management in a memo to all federal department and agency heads. They have until Sept. 8 “to report their compliance,” Kupor wrote.
“Effective immediately, federal agencies may not use an individual’s COVID-19 vaccine status, history of noncompliance with prior COVID-19 vaccine mandates, or requests for exemptions from such mandates in any employment-related decisions, including but not limited to hiring, promotion, discipline, or termination,” Kupor wrote in the official memorandum to all heads and acting heads of federal departments and agencies.
Kupor said the move was part of the Trump administrationʼs broader effort to reverse “many harmful policies” of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
“Things got out of hand during the pandemic, and federal workers were fired, punished, or sidelined for simply making a personal medical decision. That should never have happened,” Kupor said in a post on X. “Thanks to @POTUS's leadership, we’re making sure the excesses of that era do not have lingering effects on federal workers.” --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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