{"id":2009,"date":"2020-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/june-10-update-on-return-to-work-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:24:31","slug":"june-10-update-on-return-to-work-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/june-10-update-on-return-to-work-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"JUNE 10: Update on Return to Work Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To our University employees:<\/span><\/p>\n

As has been conveyed in my previous campus communications, and in our recently released Charting our Course for a Safe Return to Campus<\/em> document, we will be utilizing a three-phase return to work plan for our employees.\u00a0 Our plan calls for the implementation of a phased approach that will allow us to safely begin to resume operations, while providing the opportunity to evaluate our mitigation plans for the COVID-19 virus before our students arrive in August.\u00a0 Next week, on Tuesday, June 16, we will begin Phase 1 of our reopening in preparation for the Fall 2020 semester; bringing a small group of employees back to campus.\u00a0 Approximately three weeks after that, we will move to Phase 2, with about 50% of our employees returning to their campus assignments.\u00a0 And, in early August we will enter our final phase, where the majority of our employees will be back on campus. In the virtual Town Hall meeting held for employees on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, it was emphasized that division and unit heads and supervisors will be responsible for contacting employees in each phase regarding their return to work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have not already heard from your supervisor, in the next few days, you will be contacted soon regarding your specific return date.\u00a0 You will also be provided with information on the measures we will be taking in our operations to protect the health and welfare of our campus community, as well as the expectations we have for all employees. Because the spread of COVID-19 is primarily person-to-person, the University community must fully engage in proactive measures. The University will provide appropriate PPE supplies to employees, including face masks, specific to their needs and work situations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Employees are responsible for completing the following items prior to returning to campus:<\/span><\/p>\n