3M to Comply with President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors
From Denise Rutherford, senior vice president and chief corporate affairs officer.
9/10/2021, 5:04 PM CST
On Sept. 9, President Biden announced a broad COVID-19 vaccine mandate impacting federal employees, employees of large companies and federal contractors who do business with the U.S. government. As a large company and a federal contractor, 3M will be required to comply with these new legal requirements and mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all U.S. employees and contingent workers (CWs) who do not have a valid medical or religious exemption.
As a company, 3M works with the U.S. federal government in a number of areas and there is great value in this collaboration. To continue to enter and renew contracts, we will be required to comply with the mandate.Weekly testing among unvaccinated individuals will not be an option.
If you are not already fully vaccinated, we strongly urge you to get vaccinated as soon as possible. COVID-19 vaccinations are one of the most important steps you can take to help protect yourself and others. If you have questions, visit our COVID-19 vaccination site on 3M Go or contact the 3M Occupational Medicine team.
In the coming weeks, we expect to roll out avaccine verification process.More information will continue to be shared as details of the new legal requirements and 3M’s internal processes are finalized.
Talk soon,
Denise
This message was sent to all U.S. employees and contingent workers.