Compliance with COVID-19 Health and Safety Directives; Vaccine Requirement for Federal Contractors
UA-21
Note: This policy and the university’s guidance and directives were revised on November 19, 2021, to comply with new federal requirements and associated guidance.
About This Policy
- Effective Date:
- 08-05-2020
See current policy
- Date of Last Review/Update:
- 11-19-2021
- Responsible University Office:
- Human Resources
- Responsible University Administrator:
Chief Health Officer
Vice President for Human Resources
- Policy Feedback:
- If you have comments or questions about this policy, let us know with the policy feedback form.
Scope
All employees of Indiana University, including academic appointees, student academic appointees, staff and temporary employees.
Policy Statement
- Indiana University’s highest priorities are to protect the health and safety of every member of the university community and to resume normal campus operations. Every individual plays an important role in helping us to continue those operations uninterrupted by a widespread recurrence of COVID-19 within the university community.
- All employees are required to adhere to university directives. The university’s directives and other guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic can be found at https://www.iu.edu/covid/index.html). IU will engage in regular, direct communications with non-compliant employees to ensure that employees know what steps are necessary to achieve compliance and how, where, and when to complete those steps before the university pursues more serious consequences.
Reason for Policy
Indiana University is taking actions in light of COVID-19 with the goal of promoting a safe working and learning environment for our students, employees, and community. Compliance with health and safety directives by university employees is critical to achieving this goal.
Procedures
- Staff and Temporary Employees
For staff and temporary employee violations of this policy, units will consult with their respective Senior HR Director and IU HR Employee Relations and will follow the corrective action process applicable to the affected employee. https://policies.iu.edu/human-resources/index.html?keywords=&type=employee-performance-and-development&sort= - Academic Appointees
Violations by academic appointees will be addressed pursuant to ACA-33 and, if necessary, ACA-52.
Sanctions
Egregious violations or intentional repeated violations are the only violations for which the most serious sanctions such as suspension or termination of employment will be imposed.History
This policy was adopted on August 5, 2020.
This policy was updated on August 24, 2021, and November 19, 2021.
Please note: This is an archived version of the policy. View the current version.