ToplineFederal workers who want to challenge President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate should turn to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), an agency created to protect the rights of federal employees, rather than going through the courts, a Virginia appeals court said. President Joe Biden receives a fourth dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine in the White ... [+] House's South Court Auditorium on March 30, 2022. However, federal employees can request a review of an MSPB’s decisions by a federal appeals court, the panel said. Key BackgroundIn September, following the coronavirus delta wave variant, Biden announced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for the U.S.’s more than 3.5 million federal employees. Further Reading“Appeals Court Restores Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate” (Forbes)

Source: Forbes April 20, 2022 18:27 UTC