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Our COVID-19 Response
WSU Together:
Returning to work
WSU values the health and safety of the entire WSU community. Minimizing the risk of COVID-19 infections is a shared responsibility.
What you need to know now
- You must complete a self-attestation form every day you plan to be at a physical WSU location. Locations include all campuses, extension locations, and satellite offices.
- A return to work guide is available from HRS to aid departments as they begin planning for the eventual return of faculty and staff to their physical workplaces.
- All WSU staff and faculty must complete the Safe Return to Work training via the WSU Online Learning system, before returning to WSU physical work locations.
- Departments seeking to bring employees back to on-site work locations must complete the Return to Work checklist.
- Teleworking or working at an alternative work location remains the preferred work option. WSU employees who can telework without hampering essential operations should continue to do so.
- WSU Pullman has developed a plan describing the use of facilities on campus for the fall 2020 semester.
- Employees will be advised well in advance of when they’re expected back at their on-site workplaces as WSU facilities reopen.
- Student employees should check with their supervisors before reporting to a work location and about specific precautions.
Returning to work
WSU will:
- Require daily symptom self-attestation by WSU employees returning to physical work locations. All employees must complete the COVID-19 attestation in myWSU prior to arriving to a WSU work location. Employees include faculty, staff and temporary hourly and student hourly employees. If a student hourly employee does not have an attestation tile on their myWSU homepage, they should contact the Cougar Help Desk.
- Require face coverings be worn by all employees working at any WSU work location when in the presence of others and in public settings.
- Require completion of the Safe Return to Work training via the WSU Online Learning system before employees return to WSU work locations.
- Offer alternative staffing options that departments can consider to maintain physical distancing and reduce population density within work spaces.
- Encourage teleworking or working at an alternative work location as the preferred work option, if possible.