Weekly PCR tests are now required for Dallas County employees who are unvaccinated. Fully vaccinated workers can opt out of the weekly tests and get six extra days of paid leave if they test positive for COVID-19.
Weekly PCR tests are now required for employees who are unvaccinated. Fully vaccinated workers can opt out of the weekly tests.
Critics argued that since the current vaccines have not been as effective for the omicron variant, all workers – vaccinated and unvaccinated – should be tested and treated equally. He’s worried that unvaccinated workers who test positive will come into work while they are still symptomatic so that they don’t go unpaid.
"Ultimately, it’s the taxpayers that are giving people extra hours of pay without working. If I’ve done all that I can by getting my shots and my booster then I get the omicron variant, what we’re saying is we’re not going to make you use any of your sick time. We’re going to give you 48 hours," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. "If I decided that I want to risk getting COVID because I don’t want to get the shot, I don’t believe in vaccines or I heard it made my friend sick.
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