All posts tagged "Coronavirus"

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  Different policies to apply to US government officials based on COVID-19 vaccination status

  The Biden administration has updated its COVID policy guidance for the federal workforce, making clearer distinctions between vaccinated and unvaccinated employees when it comes to official travel, paid leave, and

  • Posted June 8, 2022
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  US veterans affairs employees report not feeling emotionally supported during COVID-19

  More than half (51%) of clinical staff at the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) did not feel emotionally supported during the COVID-19 pandemic, while only 40% were aware of the

  • Posted May 16, 2022
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  US government pushes to resume vaccine mandate enforcement for federal workers

  The Biden administration has requested that an appeals court allow it to immediately resume the discipline process for federal employees who have not complied with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate after

  • Posted April 14, 2022
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  COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US federal employees reinstated by appeals court

  The Biden administration has won an appeal allowing it to reinstate its coronavirus vaccine mandate for the government workforce, after it was forced to pause the policy following a court

  • Posted April 11, 2022
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  Three biases that policymakers must avoid in crises – and how to do it

  The coronavirus pandemic required government to think fast and implement at pace novel policies. How well did it work? Tony Cash looks at the pitfalls that public servants must avoid

  • Posted February 27, 2022
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  ‘A global inflection point’: Government finance chiefs set out how their countries are launching the post-COVID economy

  The pandemic has done huge damage to growth rates and public finances – but digital technologies, green growth and government interventions offer an economic lifeboat. At the first session of

  • Posted January 20, 2022
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  Canada to put unvaccinated federal workers on unpaid leave

  Civil servants in Canada who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the month will be placed on unpaid leave, the government has announced.   The vaccine

  • Posted October 7, 2021
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  FDA union chief fires back at criticisms of remote-working UK civil servants

  The general secretary of the FDA union Dave Penman has hit back at Conservative party co-chairman Oliver Dowden for criticising civil servants who work from home. Dowden said earlier this

  • Posted October 6, 2021
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  Italy mandates vaccine passports for all workers

  Italy’s prime minister Mario Draghi has made vaccine passports mandatory for its 1.2 million government and local authority employees and all private sector workers. It is the first EU country

  • Posted September 16, 2021
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  Biden mandates vaccines for all feds and demands corporates follow suit

  President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that mandates all US federal workers and government contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face disciplinary action. He also announced plans

  • Posted September 13, 2021
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