Full-time, part-time, and student workers are subject to these requirements

The recent emergency temporary standard (ETS) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires all employers with 100 or more employees to either ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or require unvaccinated workers to mask and produce a negative test result on a weekly basis.

Drake continues to review the ETS and is monitoring pending legal challenges. However, in the meantime, the University must prepare to meet the upcoming ETS deadlines to ensure compliance with its requirements. To be considered fully vaccinated by the Jan. 4 deadline currently set in the ETS, employees who are not already fully vaccinated will need to start the vaccination process by the dates listed below.

Moderna: First dose by Nov. 23, 2021.
Pfizer: First dose by Nov. 30, 2021.
Johnson & Johnson: Dose needed by Dec. 21, 2021.

An individual is fully vaccinated two weeks after they have received the second dose in a two-dose series, or two weeks after they have received a single-dose vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine is free and readily available in our community, often without an appointment. Find a convenient location.

Drake employees who are fully vaccinated but have not yet notified the University of their full vaccination status are asked to do so by Nov. 23, through Drake’s secure online form. Moreover, employees who have attested to being vaccinated, but have not yet uploaded a photo of their vaccination card through Drake’s secure online form, need to complete this step by Nov. 23. Failure to submit proof of vaccination, will result in these employees being considered unvaccinated.

As a result of our community’s efforts to encourage vaccinations, the vast majority of our employees are already vaccinated and have uploaded documentation of their vaccination card through Drake’s secure online form. For these individuals, there is no further action needed. Thank you for doing your part.

The federal vaccine requirement applies to all Drake University full-time, part-time, and student employees.

Let’s continue doing our part. If you haven’t been vaccinated, act now to protect yourself and others and to continue the important work of our University.