October 12, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effect

Vaccines are the most effective wa

decrease the spread of COVID-19 in our

communities and protect each other a

our families during this continuing publ

health emergency. Get the facts about

COVID-19 vaccines today (3 mins).

Many COVID-19 survivors are urging

others to get vaccinated as soon as possible based on their experiences.

Watch Terrell’s story (:30).

DOL’s Assistant Secretary for

Administration and Managemen

Rachana Desai Martin, recently shar

her story about why she chose to get

vaccinated.

If you would like to provide a testimonial about your vaccination experi

or have ideas about how we can promote vaccination, please ema

 with “Testimonial” or “Vaccine Encouragemen

in the subject line.

When do I need to be fully vaccinated?

For Federal Employees

Pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order 14043, all DOL employe

must be fully vaccinated (i.e., two weeks past your final dose) no later th
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near you

Monday, November 22, 2021. To meet this deadline, employees must:

Obtain the first dose of the Pfizer/COMIRNATY vaccine no later 

October 18, 2021, and the second dose of the Pfizer/COMIRNA

vaccine no later than November 8, 2021;

Obtain the second dose of the Moderna vaccine no later than

November 8, 2021; or

Obtain the single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine no later than

November 8, 2021.

For Contractor Employees

Pursuant to Executive Order 14042, all covered contractor employees must 

fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021. To meet this deadline, contractor

employees must:

Obtain the first dose of the Moderna vaccine no later than October 2

2021, and the second dose of the Moderna vaccine no later than

November 24, 2021;

Obtain the first dose of the Pfizer/COMIRNATY vaccine no later 

November 3, 2021, and the second dose of the Pfizer/COMIRNA

vaccine no later than November 24, 2021; or

Obtain the single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine no later than

November 24, 2021.

Please see the Safer Federal

Workforce Task Force’s FAQs

for additional informat

Contracting Officer

Contracting Of

Representatives shou

expect further guidance from

the Office of the Sen

Procurement Executi

(OSPE). Contractor employees

should expect further

guidance from their

contracting companie

Requests for Medical or Religious

Exceptions or Delays (Accommodations
the COVID-19 Vaccination Requireme

Government wide policy requires all Federal employees as defined in 5 U.S.

§ 2105 to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with exceptions only as requir

by law. Employees may seek a legal exception or delay to the vaccina

requirement due to a disability or medical condition. Requests for “medic

accommodation” or “medical exceptions” will be treated as requests f

disability accommodation and evaluated and decided under applicab

Rehabilitation Act standards for reasonable accommodation absent u

hardship to the agency. To request an exception or delay to the COVID-

vaccination requirement for a medical reason, you must submit a complet

DL1-7071 Request for a Medical Exception or Delay to the Covid-

Vaccination Requirement Form* with a medical provider’s certificatio

Civil Rights Center’s Reasonable Accommodation Resources Cent

(CRC/RARC): RARC.Info@dol.gov, or your agency Workplace Equality and

Compliance Officer (WECO). Your agency WECO will then initia

interactive process with the employee and the supervisor to determi

whether an exception or delay may be provide

Additionally, in certain circumstances, Federal law may entitle a Fed

employee who has a religious objection to the COVID 19 vaccina

requirement to an exception or delay from the requirement, in which case t

employee would instead comply with alternative health and safety protoco

(e.g. masking, distancing, regular testing), if feasible. To be eligible for

possible exception to the Vaccine Requirement based upon a sincere beli

that is religious in nature, you must fill out DL1-7071A Request for a Religio

Exception to the Covid 19 Vaccination Requirement Form and Declar

and submit it to your supervisor and ReligiousExceptions@dol.gov. 

appropriate official(s) and/or the supervisor may thereafter init

interactive process with the employee to determine whether an excep

may be provided.

Whether an exception or delay may be granted will depend on the ability 

employees to follow necessary safety protocols and perform the essenti

functions of their positions. In some cases, the nature of the employee’s

may be such that an agency determines that no safety protocol other than

vaccination is adequate. Additional information on this process and the

that must be utilized to request either an exception or delay for a disabilit

medical condition, or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observ

can be found on the LaborNet Requests for Medical or Religious Exceptions 

Delays (Accommodations) to the COVID 19 Vaccination Requirement p

Your request for exception or delay will not be processed until the forms

deemed complete and/or sufficient information is received. Comp
documentation should be submitted by October 18, 2021, although it wil

accepted after this date as wel

*In order to access a form you MUST select the form name and then select

the Save link as... to save it to your documents folder. Then edit from there.

VaxTrak Update:

Proof of Vaccination Documenta

Requirements

Thank you to the many employees who have already completed this

requirement! If you haven’t yet, please log in to VaxTrak to update your

certification of vaccination response and provide newly required dat

and documentation. These updates will need to be done from a D

government computer while on the VPN, using Edge or Chrome. For step-bystep instructions see the VaxTrak: User Information. As stated in the Assis

Secretary for Administration and Management’s message on October 

Employees who previously affirmed that they were fully vaccina

must log into VaxTrak, input a few data points (vaccine type, dose

date(s), and name of health care professional(s) or clinic site(s) that

administered the vaccine), and upload an acceptable proof of

vaccination by close of business on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. T

data points entered must match the uploaded documentatio

Employees who have been partially vaccinated must log into VaxTra

complete the new information fields, and upload acceptable proo

partial vaccination by close of business on Wednesday, October

2021. The data points entered must match the uploaded

documentation. After receiving an additional vaccine dose, emp

must update their response and upload additional documentatio

VaxTrak within five business day

Employees who have not been vaccinated and who begin the COVID19 vaccination process, must log into VaxTrak, update their respons

and upload documentation within VaxTrak within five business day

receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccinatio

Employees who have previously responded in VaxTrak, but had

selected “I decline to respond must update their response in VaxTrak by

close of business on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 and select from one

of the following options: I am fully vaccinated; I am not yet ful

vaccinated — but have received my 2nd dose; I am not yet fully
vaccinated — but have received my 1st dose; or I have not been

vaccinated. Employees must then follow the instructions for th

updated status above.

Check out these and other resources on

the DOL COVID-19 LaborNet page!

VaxTrak Info Page

Instructions for Combini

Multiple Vaccine Sourc

Vaccine Info Page

DOL VaxTrak Agency Points

of Contact

Message from the Deputy

Secretary: Protecti

Workers, Protecti

Ourselves

State-specific COVID-

Vaccine Records

DOL Workplace Safety Plan

DOL Reentry and PostReentry Plan

Questions? Please email us at