Transcript, Governor Phil Scott and Dr. Mark Levine Discuss Delta, Vaccine Effectiveness and Pandemic Divisiveness at Weekly COVID-19 Briefing

The record

Jurisdiction

Vermont

Level

State

Authority

Executive authority over State employment (3 V.S.A. ch. 13; collective bargaining notice to the Vermont State Employees' Association); AOE/VDH advisory memoranda

Issued

2021-09-08 Sept. 8, 2021

Effective

September 1, 2021 (Corrections, Veterans' Home, State Psychiatric Hospital); September 15, 2021 (all executive-branch employees) (read as 2021-09-01)

End

Continued past September 30, 2021 (later history not researched) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• State of Vermont executive branch employees (about 8,000)
• Vermont State Employees Union
• school districts

Functions reached

• WF State workforce and contractors in State facilities
• HR vaccination attestation and testing
• IC infection control in State-run health and correctional facilities
• IN schools
• WF parents of masked and quarantined students

Collection

Vermont VT

Operative words

last month I announced we were moving forward with a vaccine requirement for state employees in certain areas, like Corrections, the Veterans' Home and the State Psychiatric Hospital, which went into effect on September 1... We have now notified the State Employees Union that, effective September 15, all State of Vermont executive branch employees will be required to attest they are vaccinated or be subject to at least weekly testing and mandatory masking at work... today we're updating our advisory memo asking schools to maintain the universal masking requirement, regardless of vaccination status, until October 4... By encouraging schools to implement the State's recommendations, we've essentially achieved a universal masking requirement in schools, without a State of Emergency.

Enforcement

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