Employee

Prior to returning to physically returning to work, you are required to obtain clearance from Employee Health. Upon receiving clearance, Employee Health will send the following notice to you and your supervisor.

UVA HR is ready to support managers and employees through this process, please reach out to askhr@virginia.edu for assistance. The HR Benefits, Leave and Payroll (BLP) team will reach out directly to the supervisor and employee to coordinate the appropriate leave options consistent with established standard operating procedures.

While you are free to share your own test results, your manager or supervisor will be informed not to include your name in any communication.

Yes.  Employee Health will send a secure email notifying the following parties of a positive case which includes identifying information (name of the employee):

Yes.  If test results are negative you will be cleared to physically return to work (if you work on Grounds). You and your manager will be notified by Employee Health.

Prior to returning to physically returning to work, the employee is required to obtain clearance from Employee Health. Upon receiving clearance, Employee Health will send the following notice to the employee and supervisor.

UVA HR is ready to support managers and employees through this process, please reach out to askhr@virginia.edu for assistance. The HR Benefits, Leave and Payroll (BLP) team will reach out directly to the supervisor and employee to coordinate the appropriate leave options consistent with established standard operating procedures.

No.  If the faculty or staff member has been working remotely and not been on Grounds, a co-worker notification is not necessary.

As a manager or supervisor, you are likely in the best position to have a sense of who was and was not in close physical contact with an employee who tests positive.  While we recommend erring on the side of caution and including the employee(s) in the distribution of the message, if you have a clearer sense of those who need to receive a notification, you are welcome to send the co-worker notification to a more localized group of individuals.

To avoid the risk of sharing inaccurate information, we recommend waiting for the official secure email notification from Employee Health before sending a co-worker notification.  If you have not received the secure email notification, please check your spam folder or contact Employee Health.

Managers and supervisors should not contact individuals to determine whether they came in contact with someone with a positive diagnose.  And in all cases, managers must maintain the confidentiality of the identity of the infected individual. “Co-worker notification” is not the same as contact tracing. The Virginia Department of Public Health is responsible for contact tracing, which involves connecting with individuals who may have come in close contact with a confirmed positive case. Co-worker notification operates very differently.

Co-worker notification is required by law not only to provide information to individuals in the workplace of a positive case, but also to provide transparency and to allow for appropriate action that may be required.