Nearly 1,900 Washington state employees quit, fired over vaccine mandate

Nearly 1,900 Washington state employees have either quit their jobs or been fired for failing to comply with Gov. Jay InsleeJay Robert InsleeNick Rolovich fired as football coach at Washington State after refusing vaccine under state mandate Washington state ferry system scaling back services amid staffing shortages Newsom signs bill requiring California public schools to provide menstrual products MORE ’s (D) coronavirus vaccine mandate. 

In a statement, the state’s Office of Financial Management said that over 63,000 employees are in compliance with the mandate as of Tuesday afternoon, which is 92 percent of employees.

The remaining 4.6 percent of employees are either in the process of being vaccinated, pending retirement or are pending an accommodation or separation.

"The high number of state employees who have gotten vaccinated is good news. Good for the workers, their colleagues and the people they serve," Inslee's press secretary, Mike Faulk, told The Hill in a statement.

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