Staff

• COVID-19 Work Accommodation Request

Work From Home

• What technology can I use to work off campus?

  DU Information Technology offers tools for videoconferencing, chat, collaboration, online storage, and more. Find out what tools you can use in this helpful technology resources guide for working and teaching from off-campus.

• If I work from home, will DU pay for my internet at home and other related expenses like a printer and paper?

  These are not allowable under the DU Business Expense Policy.  

• Will staff able to effectively do their job duties from home be allowed to continue to work from home?

  If your supervisor approves, then this is an option during phase III. Please see the HR page for the process to log your informal arrangement with your supervisor or to request HR support.

• Will DU have back-up childcare options?

  We recognize the stresses that come with making child- or elder-care arrangements when plans are unexpectedly disrupted. To help you manage these challenges, we now offer Bright Horizons Back-up Care™. This program provides access up to three days of back-up care annually at subsidized rates. Child care in a center is $20 per child/day or $35 per family/day. In-home care is $8 per hour (4-hour min.) for well children, adults, and elders. For additional information please use this link.

• Will the back-up child care provider be able to handle an immunocompromised child?

  Each situation is unique. We encourage you to call Bright Horizons directly. This link provides clear expectations of what the provider is doing during COVID-19 and may answer numerous questions.

• Is there a specific date all employees must return to campus in phase III?

  No. Phase III is voluntary for staff who can work remotely.

• What if I have a field placement or a job off campus? How will my status be affected by changing city and state ordinances?

  Refer to the Field & Internship Protocol.

  For individual questions or exceptions, please email COVIDCoordinator@du.edu.

Continuity of Pay

• What is the vacation leave bank?

  On May 1, DU began a new voluntary vacation leave bank donation program, which was initiated by the Staff Advisory Council (SAC). This program, modeled after similar programs around the country, allows staff members who wish to donate all or some of their remaining 2019–20 vacation time (available through June 30, 2020) to a shared bank for those who have exhausted their leave balances.

  For more information, click here.

• Will we receive worker's compensation?

  For worker's compensation to cover Covid-19, the employee must show direct transmission from an individual in a classroom or workplace, i.e., proven transmission through contact tracing. Our carrier, Pinnacle Assurance, will make determinations if COVID-19 is covered, not DU.

Access & Accommodations

• Is there a deadline to request a work accommodation?

  No. However, the demand on HR is significant. Please put in your accommodation requests soon, so that we can adapt and prepare before the term begins.

• Where is the workplace accommodation form?

  https://go.du.edu/covidaccomreq

• Do we still contact access managers for one-time access, or do we request phase III access?

  For one-time access, please contact your COVID access manager.

Miscellaneous

• What if a family member or someone employees have been in close contact with has been diagnosed or is presently quarantined because of COVID-19?

  If you have been in close contact with someone who is known to be positive for COVID-19, DU community members should quarantine themselves for 10 days and continue to monitor symptoms for 14 days. Close contact is defined as being unmasked and within six feet for 15-30 minutes or more.

  Community members are eligible for a shortened, seven-day quarantine. If you take a COVID-19 test on the 5th, 6th or 7th day of your quarantine, you may end the quarantine on the 8th day if the test is negative. You should continue to carefully monitor symptoms for 14 days.

  If COVID symptoms begin after quarantine, community members should immediately quarantine again, contact their healthcare provider and consider another COVID test.

• Should supervisors ask employees about their plans if they request vacation time off?

  No, but refer employees to current University policy on travel.

• Do DU have an agreement with any local law firms to help create wills and other end-of-life documents?

  No.