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Ex. MET-PIT-052 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

County employee COVID-19 vaccination requirement announced September 29, 2021 (proof of vaccination by December 1, 2021)

Allegheny County government employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 1 (WESA, Sept. 29, 2021)

County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA) · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (County)

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Jurisdiction
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Level
County
Authority
County Executive's authority over the county workforce
Issued
2021-09-29 Sept. 29, 2021
Effective
2021-12-01 (deadline) (read as 2021-12-01)
End
Post-period compliance date
In force
Dec. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • about 5,000 county employees under the County Executive (excluding court employees and independently elected officials' staff)
Functions reached
  • WF
  • HR
Collection
Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

(as reported) approximately 5,000 county employees under his authority [must] provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination by December 1, 2021... Unvaccinated employees faced termination... county employees must take all available steps to protect themselves and avoid spreading COVID-19 to their co-workers and members of the public.

Enforcement

Termination for non-compliance (as reported); health and religious exemptions discussed.

Notes

Announced within Q3 2021; about 75 percent of county employees vaccinated at announcement; 700 more vaccinated after the August new-hire rule.

Retrieval note

Primary county directive not located.

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