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08/12/2021 Vaccinate or Test Policies and Logistics
Hi all, our Council directed staff on Tuesday evening to create a policy requiring that employees either get vaccinated or test regularly. We are trying to think through logistics... we have about 400 employees who we will need to test weekly, with many multiple locations and several different schedules involved (hopefully this number will go down as employees choose to get vaccinated rather than submit to weekly testing). We know it needs to be on City time and on the City's dime but are concerned about the time away from performing job duties and don't want to incur the OT costs to do the testing outside of employees' schedules. We are thinking some combination of mobile testing at centralized City facilities and self-test kits that could be used for more remote sites (although I suspect there will concerns from supervisors about overseeing an employee administering a self-test). Just curious if other cities are dealing with this and what your logistical plans are. Thanks!
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