What is an employee required to do when returning from a leave?

When a State Hospital employee is returning from any type of leave (workers’ compensation, military, medical, educational, administrative, etc.) it is the sole responsibility of the employee to ensure compliance prior to being permitted to work.  

State Hospital employees who are cleared from the leave to return to work have the obligation to register (see links below) and provide proof of testing or vaccination relative to the Executive Order. Those employees that are non-compliant and have been cleared from their leave status will be placed on an unpaid leave of absence until such time they have met the requirements of the Executive Orders. The employee will not be able to return to workplace (virtually or in-person) unless they have met the requirements of the Executive Order.

Unvaccinated Employees on vacation, workers compensation, or other forms of authorized extended leave will not be required to test during the leave but shall be required to submit proof of a negative test administered not more than 72 hours before returning to the Employer’s premises. Vaccinated employees relying on their vaccinated status, in order to comply with the EO, who had not provided proof of vaccinated status, shall do so prior to returning to work. In areas subject to mandatory testing on the date of Executive Order 13G, such testing will continue for unvaccinated employees and may, at the agency’s discretion in certain circumstances, extend to vaccinated employees. Testing requirements for employees in these mandatory testing locations who are unvaccinated, employees on vacation, workers compensation, or other forms of authorized extended leave, and who return to the worksite, shall continue as under current practice, but in no event shall such employee be tested any later than the first weekday on or following their return to the worksite.

All vaccination requirement information can be found at the State Employee Vaccination Information website and please read the DAS FAQ Knowledge Base (ct.gov)