The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
- Level
- City
- Authority
- City Charter and laws of the City of Pittsburgh; Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020 (recited)
- Issued
- 2021-11-01 Nov. 1, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-11-01 (vaccination deadline December 22, 2021) (read as 2021-11-01)
- End
- Post-period
- In force
- Nov. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all City of Pittsburgh employees, full-time, part-time and interns
- Functions reached
- WF (public-employer mandate; recital of the Aug. 9, 2021 new-hire condition)
- HR
- Collection
- Pittsburgh MET-PIT
Operative words
WHEREAS, as of August 9, 2021, as a condition of employment, new City of Pittsburgh employees are required to be vaccinated.... 1. All City Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 22, 2021.... C. Employees with approved exemptions will be required to take COVID-19 diagnostic tests on a weekly basis in accordance with current Policy.... 4. City Employees who are not fully vaccinated and do not have an approved accommodation will be subject to employment actions, including unpaid administrative leave and/or discipline up to and including termination... 5. This Order supersedes all previous orders, directives, policies, and guidelines pertaining to COVID-19 vaccinations, masking, and testing.
Enforcement
Unpaid administrative leave; discipline up to termination.
Notes
Post-period instrument stated precisely; its recital fixes the August 9, 2021 vaccination condition for new City employees and its paragraph 5 confirms that City masking and testing directives existed before November 1, 2021.
Retrieval noteRecites ACHD case rates of 350 to 400 per day and a county vaccination rate of about 66 percent at issuance.