Unvaccinated employees must have weekly tests
More than three-quarters, 75 percent, of Town of Wake Forest employees are fully vaccinated, Virginia Jones, director of the town’s human resources department, said in an email this week.
She reported that 362 or 81 percent of the town staff are vaccinated, 81 members or 77 percent of the police department have their shots and 81 or 79 percent of the fire department are vaccinated.
“We are not considering mandatory vaccinations,” Jones said. “However, in keeping with President Biden’s September 9, 2021, announced “Path out of the Pandemic” Plan which requires employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require any employees who remain unvaccinated to produce a negative test result on at least a weekly basis before coming to work, we implemented a mandatory COVID-19 Testing Policy effective October 6, 2021. Under the guidelines all Town of Wake Forest employees who are not fully vaccinated are required to get tested on a weekly basis.
“With regard to masks, masks are currently required to be worn in Town Hall and all other Town facilities. Employees are required to wear masks in indoor settings where there is a potential for substantial or high transmission. However, the mask requirement could change based on declining COVID-19 new case rates.”
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