āFootnotes in the documents also indicate that department heads felt the number of exemptions being granted was too high, and subsequently, bureaucrats opened investigations into the managers who granted them.
The federal government announced a vaccine requirement for all federal and federally regulated industries on December 7, 2021. The mandate was subsequently repealed in June 2022, but not before thousands of federal employees were either unlawfully coerced into a vaccine or placed on leave-without-pay ā a constructive dismissal ā for failing to get vaccinated or provide proof of vaccination.ā