The city clerk and city manager visited this morning to share a city-wide HR policy developed as a response to the coronavirus. The complete policy, which will change as situations warrant, is linked below. It says that staff will continue to be paid if city facilities, like the library, should cease all operation and it describes under what coronavirus-related conditions–like high-risk travel, direct exposure, and infection–staff will continue to be paid during their time off.
Although this isn’t spelled out in the document, city administration has agreed to continue to pay part-time staff who are at high-risk of severe illness from contracting the virus, which includes those over 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions, if they have a note from a doctor recommending self-isolation.
As I mentioned, this document is likely to change as things develop. I’ll keep everyone updated as it does.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
http://catalog.johnstonlibrary.com/wordpress-staff/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HR-Covid-Policy.pdf