Source: Politics<\/p>\n
The Democratic National Committee told workers Monday evening that unvaccinated workers could \u201cface termination\u201d if they did not have a legally recognized exemption, according to an internal email obtained by POLITICO. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is part of the President\u2019s national strategy and is a critical tool to combat COVID-19 and save lives in the months ahead,\u201d read the internal email from the DNC\u2019s chief operations officer, Monica Guardiola.<\/p>\n
The policy applies when in-person work begins at DNC headquarters. For some workers, that will begin this month and continue into November. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere may be some mandatory, project-based, in-person work at DNC HQ, depending on your projects and department,\u201d Guardiola wrote to employees. She emphasized that workers would be given \u201cadequate\u201d notice beforehand. <\/p>\n
While some offices across the country have opted to return to the office in a hybrid model of in-person and remote, the DNC said that all employees would be required to return to in-person work on Jan. 3, 2022.<\/p>\n
The DNC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The policy is the latest example of workplaces trying to come into compliance with the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine objectives \u2014 even places closely associated with the White House. <\/p>\n
Last month, the administration announced a series of vaccine mandates across the federal government, associated contractors and workplaces with more than 100 workers. Much of those rules have yet to be implemented, but the administration has been boosting companies that have implemented their own internal mandates, such as United Airlines. <\/p>\n