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- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mass. Const. Part 2, c. 2, s. 1, art. 1
- Issued
- 2021-08-19 Aug. 19, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-19; proof of vaccination required no later than October 17, 2021 (read as 2021-08-19)
- End
- 'until amended, superseded, or revoked by subsequent Executive Order'; later rescinded by Executive Order No. 607 (date not verified here) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all executive department employees, including full-time, part-time, seasonal, intermittent, temporary, post-retiree and contract employees, and interns
- Human Resources Division
- Functions reached
- WF/HR contract employees and staffing placements at executive agencies
- PL staffing firms' placements with State agencies
- CB State agencies as customers
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
It is the policy of the Commonwealth that all executive department employees shall be required to demonstrate that they have received COVID-19 vaccination and maintain full COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of continuing employment.... The HRD policy shall include... a requirement that all executive department employees demonstrate no later than October 17, 2021 to their employing agency... that they have received COVID-19 vaccination...;... appropriate enforcement measures to ensure compliance, which shall include progressive discipline up to and including termination for non-compliance.
Enforcement
HRD policy within 60 days; progressive discipline up to termination; Mass. Register No. 1451
Notes
Section 3 encourages independent agencies, higher education, constitutional offices, the Legislature and the Judiciary to adopt consistent policies.
Retrieval noteRendered from the live mass.gov law-library page (Trial Court Law Libraries), full text read.