Meeting notes for managers, March 2021

Below is a summary of university-wide news for you to reinforce with your teams during staff meetings or via email updates.

Donna M. Cable, Jack Callahan, Jr., Scott Strobel message
On March 10, this “Important Employee Benefits Update” addressed Employee Healthcare Contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Paid Time Off (PTO) Buy Out and Carryover for Managerial and Professional (M&P) Staff. You can take another look.

Healthy Yale
A message on March 5 from Yale’s COVID-19 Coordinator, Stephanie Spangler, focused on the topics of pandemic fatigue and vaccine updates. Read it here. Another informative message worth revisiting is Frequently Asked Questions About the New Vaccination Timeline.

New 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.

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.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Recent changes to Connecticut law mandate that all staff and faculty complete sexual harassment prevention training. All faculty and staff should complete this training by March 15, 2021. The university is encouraging all faculty and staff to review their transcripts on the Training Management System (TMS) website (VPN required) to determine if they have satisfied this requirement.