Posted on 11/25/2021 5:16:11 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
Newport News shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls reverses their position on the vaccine mandate and claims they misinterpreted the federal requirement. After further consultations with the federal government, the shipbuilder now says the vaccine mandate doesn’t apply. “This recent information is different from what we understood to be the government’s and the Navy’s intent,” the company said.
Huntington Ingalls previously said all of its 25,000 workers would need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a “condition of continued employment” due to the vaccine mandate for federal workers and contractors. [Media Link] However, Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin said in a Facebook update Thursday that Huntington Ingalls clarified their Navy contracts “don’t include a vaccine mandate at this time.”
President and CEO Mike Petters issued a message to employees Nov. 16 indicating that the government’s Jan. 4, 2022, deadline for vaccination is suspended. The message also clarified that after considerable work with the Navy to meet the intent of the mandate, our Navy contracts with Newport News Shipbuilding do not include a vaccine mandate requirement at this time.
This recent information is different from what we understood to be the government’s and the Navy’s intent. As a result of what we know today, some of the related mandate policies and processes will now change. Because employee safety continues to be our top priority, other COVID-related policies will not change.
Here’s what is changing: • COVID-19 vaccination is not required as a condition of employment for current or leased employees. • Employees who applied for a religious or medical exemption will be contacted in writing with additional clarification. • Shipbuilders who opted to submit for retirement or to resign as a result of the federal mandate have the option to request reversal of their decision. – For those who have started the retirement process, please contact the HII Benefits Center for more information. – For employees who notified management or Human Resources of plans to resign, please talk with your immediate supervisor if your plans change. Supervisors should contact their Human Resources business partner for guidance. • Offsite employees will be required to follow the guidance provided by the work location. • Subcontractors do not need to be fully vaccinated.
My prayers go out to you and your family during this stressful time imposed by our government.
I would suggest you contact a trustworthy attorney and spend a few hundred dollars to help with your documentation.
I remember full well where I was in my career when I was 37 years old with 15 years of service at the corporation I had chosen as the place I would work until retirement.
Frankly, I am not sure what I would have done given the situation so many employees in your age group are facing today.
It is easy for us ‘old farts’ to pontificate as to how brave we would be and how we would stand our ground. It is quite another thing to face the real prospect of being fired from a job when you are 38 years old with all of your future plans have been based upon having that job and future promotions until normal retirement age.
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Centrist Dems beginning to see the light sink Biden’s nominee ....... a kooky commie.....as top bank regulator
REALITY CHECK
Opposition hints at a willingness of some Democratic senators to buck the White House on an
important nomination........even if it hands Republicans a political — and symbolic — victory.
At the confirmation hearing for this blockheaded jerk,
the irrepressible Sen Kennedy asked if he should address her as “comrade”?
no just until someone with a functioning brain is in the wh
no just until someone with a functioning brain is in the wh
Correct as well as funny.
Though honestly, the hysteria started under previous POTUS. And was not reined in.
Yes, Trump overreacted, and the current administration doubled down on it.
“potatus”...lmao.
Yeh, like you would do if bookoo money depended on it! Yeh, it’s the princiople of the thing! What a silly remark you make!
We’ll probably test that sword theory next if he keeps using his dick-tator pen to push us/US around and make us do his will.
We have plenty of illegal aliens available to hire unless they don't care to forgo their welfare benefits.
Yeh, like you would do if bookoo money depended on it! Yeh, it’s the princiople of the thing! What a silly remark you make!
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Bookoo? What’s that? Perhaps you mean beaucoup? N’est-ce pas?
I work at a shipyard in Florida. The owner has said there will be no vax requirement. The yard has a large military contract that it will lose if the mandate is forced, either if the company tries to force it or if the company refuses. If the mandate is implemented half to two thirds of the work force will quit If the mandate is required and if refused the contract will be cut off. Either way the yard goes under. The owner has other shipyards that will not be affected. We are all counting on the Courts and our governor’s ban on mandates.
Maybe they don’t want those submarines.
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