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Ex. MET-PIT-053 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Return-to-office of county and city employees (July 26, 2021) and the August 6, 2021 vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rules for county and city employees; vaccination required of new hires

As COVID case rate climbs, county and city workers are back in the office full time (PublicSource)

Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh (as reported by PublicSource, July 30, 2021, updated Aug. 6, 2021) · Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (County)

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Jurisdiction
Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Level
County
Authority
Employer directives of the County Executive and the Mayor
Issued
2021-07-30 July 30, 2021
Effective
2021-07-26 (return to office); 2021-08-06 (vaccinate-or-mask-and-test) (read as 2021-07-26)
End
Superseded by the county's Dec. 1, 2021 requirement and the City's EO No. 7 (Nov. 1, 2021) (read as 2021-12-01)
In force
July 26, 2021 to Dec. 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • county employees
  • city employees
  • new hires
Functions reached
  • WF
  • HR
  • OF (end of public-employee telework July 26, 2021)
Collection
Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

(as reported) all county employees required back full-time [July 26, 2021]... County employees must either be vaccinated or wear a mask at work and face weekly virus tests. New hires must be vaccinated with no alternative.... [City] Same as county requirements: vaccination or mask-wearing plus weekly testing. New hires must be vaccinated. Medical exemptions for remote work available.

Enforcement

Employment conditions.

Notes

Records the ACHD Director's July 2021 case figures: more than 70 cases per day in late July, up from fewer than 15 per day in late June 2021.