Earlier this year, the Biden administration set a Nov. 22 deadline for federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with discipline to follow soon thereafter. But, late last month, OPM told agencies that they should wait until January to begin suspending noncompliant feds, citing the high number of vaccinated civilian feds and military service members.\xa0
GovExec senior reporter Erich Wagner covers the federal workforce. He joined the podcast\xa0to discuss the discipline delay and other pay and benefits stories that he has been following.