22 Fired For Non-Compliance With Lamont's COVID-19 Vaccine Order

CONNECTICUT — As of Friday, 22 workers in the Executive Branch of state government have been fired due to their non-compliance with Gov. Ned Lamont's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Another 29 have been placed on unpaid leave, and 70 more are in the process of being placed on unpaid leave due to their ongoing non-compliant status, according to a news release from the Governor's Office.

Overall compliance among the Executive Branch work force is at 95 percent. Factor in those who are temporarily out of compliance due to incomplete or late testing result submissions, and the number is closer to 99 percent, according to Lamont's Office.

The original deadline to comply with the order was Oct. 4, but the state has been meting out pink slips slowly since Oct. 8.

Many in the state Executive Branch workforce have the option to be tested regularly for COVID-19 in lieu of getting vaccinated. Others — notably in the Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services — do not.

The groups are broken out here into two tables. You can view the columns on the right using the side-scroll widget at the bottom of each table.

*Agencies with fewer than 100 employees include Office of Government Accountability, Connecticut State Library, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Secretary of the State, Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Council on Environmental Quality, Connecticut Siting Council, Department of Housing, Department of Agriculture, Freedom of Information Commission, Office of the Governor, Office of the Lt. Governor, Office of the Healthcare Advocate, Office of the Consumer Council, Office of Health Strategy, Office of Higher Education, Office of State Ethics, State Elections Enforcement Commission, and the Teacher Retirement Board.