FAQ: Work-Related Topics

Information for faculty and staff

Updated September 11, 2020

Explore answers to common questions about working remotely, employee training, benefits, HR policies, and more. For more detailed information, view the Employee Return to Campus Workplaces Guide.

Safety training and working remotely

What is the deadline for completing COVID-19 safety training and where can employees access it?

University faculty and staff should have completed the University’s COVID-19 safety training course by August 31, 2020. Individuals who fail to complete it will be restricted from entering University facilities.

The safety training can be accessed by logging into MyPath using your NetIDand associated password. Click the “Launch” button next to the training title, available in the My Learning Transcript section, to begin the training. There are separate modules for Medical Center employees and non–Medical Center employees. The training will launch in a new browser window/tab. If the new window does not load the training, please verify if the browser’s pop-up blockeris enabled and preventing the training from loading. After you have completed training you can review the information again at a later time by typing “COVID-19 Safety Training” in the Search box in the upper right corner of MyPath. If you have any questions or trouble accessing the training, please notify your manager.

Have more questions? Explore the health and safety FAQs.

Should I be reporting to work in-person, or should I be working remotely?

The University continues to require that those employees working from home continue to do so unless approved to return by leadership.

Essential staff in areas including public safety, facilities, dining services, residential life, and in some research facilities who are approved to restart or who are responsible for continuing operations at the University may be working on campus. If you are returning to campus, please review this guide.

Human Resources is working with managers across the University to identify areas where the “normal” operations of the past can evolve—or may already have evolved—into new ways of working that are efficient, productive, and rewarding to employees.

Benefits, leave, and HR policies

I have been diagnosed by a doctor with COVID-19, or I am under quarantine under direction of Employee Health, University Health Services, or the Department of Health. What should I do?

You should not report to work and should closely follow orders from medical professionals. Under quarantine, employees are covered under the COVID addendum to Policy 324: Reassignment/Absence to Prevent Contagion. According to this policy, employees will receive full pay, up to the Center for Disease Control guidelines, which is currently 14 days.

If an employee with COVID-19 remains out longer than 14 days, the employee will be covered under Sick Leave and Short-Term Disability and Family Medical Leave or Worker’s Compensation if the employee was exposed while working. Pay would be in line with those guidelines.

I have traveled and am not sure if I need to take additional time off to quarantine. What should I do?

What health and safety protocols should I follow for health monitoring, wearing masks, and social distancing?

Have there been updates to vacation time policies amid the coronavirus pandemic?

In light of work disruptions caused by the crisis, the University wants to ensure that faculty and staff maintain access to earned vacation time so that it is available when they are able to use it. The following changes have been made to the accrual policy:

At the beginning of the first full pay period on January 1, 2021, a maximum of one and a half year’s (1.5 year’s) accrual may be carried forward. During the year, vacation accruals will continue.
At the beginning of the first full pay period on January 1, 2022, a maximum of one and a quarter year’s (1.25 year’s) accrual may be carried forward. During the year, vacation accruals will continue.
At the beginning of the first full pay period on January 1, 2023, the University will return to the standing policy which allows for a maximum of one year’s accrual to be carried forward.

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