Meeting notes for managers, April 2021

Below is a summary of university-wide news for you to reinforce with your teams during staff meetings or via email updates. Please note: Mandatory COVID-19 Health & Safety Training given staff members’ imminent return to campus


Healthy Yale

A message on April 9 from Yale’s COVID-19 Coordinator, Stephanie Spangler, focused on the topics of CDC and Yale travel guidelines; confirming vaccination status; and how to make a vaccination appointment. Read it here.

Mandatory COVID-19 Health & Safety Training

The “COVID-19: Yale Return to Campus” training and attestation has been updated and is now available. All faculty and staff members who have been approved to be on campus must complete the 2021 COVID-19: Return to Campus training to fulfill workplace obligations to remain approved to work on campus. The 2021 training includes new information on vaccinations, contact tracing, Yale’s travel policy, and other important topics. The required training should be completed as soon as possible.

Important Benefits Updates
Refresh you and your team’s memories regarding one-time updates to employee healthcare contributions; Flexible Spending Accounts; and PTO buyout and PTO Carryover for M&Ps. Read the entire communication. Encourage your team members to take their PTO.

Performance Management Resources

Get some help for having the year-end conversation with your team members and point them  to the resources that will help them prepare for the review with you. You can find everything you need on this performance management web page.

COVID Alert CT App

All members of the Yale community with a mobile phone are still being encouraged to enroll in Connecticut’s COVID-19 Exposure Notification Application, COVID Alert CT. Find more details.