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Introduction

We have organized the information below by category: Telework Policies , Dual Setups and Office Space , Access to Lab and Parking , Safe Protocols , Facilities and Logistics , Travel , and Time Charging and Human being Resources . Anyone non on the JPL network tin find the aforementioned information (minus access to linked internal sites) at www.jpl.nasa.gov/stateofthelab/.

Latest updates appear at the top of this page. Find an annal of the Return to Lab Task Force weekly updates hither.

We recognize many JPLers are facing unique circumstances. If your state of affairs is not addressed below, delight discuss with your supervisor and HR Concern Partner or Talent Specialist. Y'all can also submit inquiries about the return to Lab process through AskHR.

This page supersedes the Coronavirus and Current JPL Guidance page, which provided information on the Lab's pandemic response. The latter remains on JPL Space every bit a historical record, but is no longer updated. The following guidance volition be updated regularly during the transition from mandatory telework to a mail-lockdown alloy of virtual and on-site work.

Virtually Contempo Updates

Is the telework policy in upshot starting March 14?

(Updated March 23, 2022) The voluntary return to on-site work that started March 14 continues, with personnel encouraged to come on site as oftentimes every bit needed now that all capacity caps have been lifted. As a reminder, JPL will provide xxx days' accelerate notice prior to implementing telework agreements entered in Workday under the Voluntary Telework Policy. Based on current public health trends, the Lab anticipates releasing its notice presently, with likely implementation of telework agreements in early May.

When will ridesharing services resume?

(Updated March 23, 2022) JPL plans to restart the Aureate Line shuttle from Pasadena's Del Mar station in the coming weeks, and the Lab is reviewing its programme of subsidies for vanpools and mass transit in order to expand involvement in ridesharing. JPL is too updating the parking app to improve users' power to locate available spaces on Lab.

What is the status of visitors on Lab?

(Updated March sixteen, 2022) In accordance with NASA guidance and effective March 14, unbadged business visitors to JPL will no longer exist required to complete a vaccination attestation form or provide proof of a negative Covid examination. JPL's vaccination policy remains in event for all badged employees and contractors.

(Updated Nov. 18, 2021) Visitor access to Lab remains limited to business organisation purposes, including during the holiday season. Tours with family and friends are not permitted at this fourth dimension. Effective Sept. 20, 2021, all visitors to Lab are required to complete a NASA Certification of Vaccination Attestation Form prior to obtaining a visitor badge. Anyone who does non attest to having been fully vaccinated volition exist asked to provide proof of having received a negative Covid-19 test from within the previous 72 hours. Visitors who do not attest and cannot satisfy the exam requirement, or who decline to respond, will be denied access to Lab.

Telework Policies

Is the telework policy in effect starting March 14?

(Updated March 23, 2022) The voluntary return to on-site work that started March fourteen continues, with personnel encouraged to come up on site as oft as needed now that all capacity caps accept been lifted. As a reminder, JPL volition provide 30 days' advance notice prior to implementing telework agreements entered in Workday under the Voluntary Telework Policy. Based on current public wellness trends, the Lab anticipates releasing its notice shortly, with probable implementation of telework agreements in early May.

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) The Voluntary Telework Policy is not starting on March 14. We will provide 30 days' notice earlier the telework agreements entered in Workday accept outcome.

Are y'all asking or requiring that we return one day a week starting March 14?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) We are request, non requiring. We encourage you lot to take advantage of this voluntary transition period to get used to working on Lab once more.

• (Added March 10, 2022): What to Know Before Coming On Lab
• (Updated Dec. 7, 2021): JPL Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Policy
• (Updated January. 10, 2022): When to return to work on Lab due to Covid-19: See Return to On-Site Work Guidelines
• (Updated November. 17, 2021): JPL Travel Guidance
• Futurity JPL Voluntary Telework Policy

While I desire to come dorsum to on-site work somewhen, this still feels too soon for me and my family. Tin I continue to telework total fourth dimension?

(Added Feb. eighteen, 2022) All of u.s. are learning to coexist with the virus, taking reasonable precautions while going most our daily lives. If you are concerned near working on site, consider discussing with your supervisor if continuing full-time telework is appropriate for you during this transition period.

Is the plan contingent on authorities lifting the mask mandate?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) Members of the JPL community and many other businesses accept had employees working together finer while remaining masked. As long as public wellness conditions practice not worsen, with this asking we are beginning the transition to a blend of on-site piece of work and telework regardless of whether L.A. County continues to require masks indoors.

Tin can I revise my telework agreement? What is the deadline to resubmit changes?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) The telework agreements entered in Workday can exist revised at any time. Delight hash out any changes with your supervisor. Master Telework agreements (more than than ii days a calendar week) require department manager approving. Remote Telework agreements (out of the local area) require Managing director for approval and may exist subject to a compensation adjustment.

Tin can my supervisor require that I come to Lab more than the one 24-hour interval currently being requested past JPL Leadership?

(Added February. 18, 2022) Since March of 2020, supervisors across the Lab have had to brand decisions nigh what piece of work requires or would do good from an on-site presence. If your supervisor determines that the work you have been assigned requires an on-site presence at this fourth dimension, they have the prerogative to make return mandatory. In general, though, for employees whose work is acquiescent to telework, the Lab is only asking for a voluntary minimum of one day/week on site to begin this transition.

When will I be required to ramp up to the full number of on-site days specified in my telework understanding?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) The duration of the transition volition depend on many factors. It would be premature to prepare a date for the formal start of JPL's telework policy.

How volition my on-Lab 24-hour interval be decided? Does information technology have to exist the same day every week?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) These are questions that Lab management has decided are best answered past each employee and their direct supervisor after discussing the specifics of their work assignments, those of their co-workers, and the needs of the projects and customers that they back up.

Can I resume on-site work at a level of greater than one twenty-four hours/calendar week?

(Added Feb. eighteen, 2022) At the present time, NASA is request JPL to maintain its daily on-site population at roughly fifty% of the February 2022 levels, which informed and is compatible with the request for most remaining personnel to resume on-site work at the requested level. We expect this cap to be lifted presently, just even if it is not, JPL will have chapters for almost people currently teleworking to resume on-site work either i or 2 days/week. On-site work of greater than 2-days/week where not required past the nature of your work should exist deferred until updated guidance from NASA is received.

(Updated January. 5, 2022) As we are learning from the news and experiencing in our communities, the latest Covid variant is spreading apace. The Lab encourages yous to work from home when possible and as your job functions allow while we await public health guidance on the duration and bear upon of this wave.

(Updated Sept. 29, 2021) Every bit of Sept. 27, personnel with assigned workspaces in all buildings on Lab are cleared to work on site up to three days a week. Nosotros will continue to manage the overall population to remain within the current limit of 35%. On-Lab work remains voluntary at this time. For any questions about returning to your workspace, please reach out to your directorate or sectionalization Business organization Administration Manager (BAM).

(Updated Aug. 31, 2021) The Return to Lab Job Force is proceeding with the gradual, phased, building-past-building repopulation of personnel previously on mandatory telework. The post-obit schedule reflects the timing of buildings planned for voluntary return – subject to relaxation in occupancy requirements by NASA and current conditions:

Target Reopen Dates by Edifice:

• July 6: Building 321
• July 19: Building 301
• July 26: Buildings 264, 198, 161, 157, 230
• Aug. two: Buildings 125, 111, 171, T1706, T1710 and T1716
• Aug. 9: Buildings 103, 300, 302 and 303
• Aug. 16: Buildings 156, 180, 238 and 310
• Aug. 23: Buildings 168, 169, 183, 233 and T1721
• Aug. thirty: Buildings 11, 82, 122, 158, 277, 306, T1719 and T1720
• Sept. 7: Buildings 190, 200, 201, 202, 241 and 291
• Sept. 13: Buildings 18, 67, 79, 83, 114, 138, 144, 185, 186 and 298
• Sept. 27: Remaining buildings

As each building is reopened, personnel with offices in the edifice volition be notified that they are permitted to voluntarily return to on-site work, and their names will be added to the Lab's access control listing. All personnel authorized to work on Lab via this access control list receive daily email reminders to complete their daily health testament if they plan to work onsite that day. The Lab plans to survey returning personnel to each edifice prior to its initial reopening to understand their return plans so that services for these buildings tin can be amend scheduled.

(Updated June 22, 2021) The Lab is requesting that wherever work weather permit, personnel who had been teleworking full time limit their on-site presence to 3 days / week on Lab until early September, after which operations volition proceed nether a new hybrid work policy. This will permit for a more efficient transition as support systems such every bit ride sharing, cafeteria services and others brainstorm returning to their pre-Covid levels.

Beginning in July 2021, and subject to authorization by NASA, the Lab plans a gradual phased re-opening of JPL facilities, extending through July and into early September. Reopening dates by edifice volition be posted on this FAQ folio in the coming weeks.

Since March of 2020, access to the JPL facility has been limited to personnel whose names are listed on a Mission Essential Personnel (MEP) list maintained jointly by JPL Protective Services and the Information and Technology Solutions Directorate (ITSD). Additionally, access to the Lab has been contingent on personnel completing a daily health testament, either online or in person. Both the MEP and the daily health testament are expected to remain in outcome through the summer.

Why the change from a building-past-building approach last fall to one 24-hour interval a week across the board?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) Repopulating past building would have acquired JPL to exceed the electric current capacity limits unevenly, with some buildings nearly full and others nearly empty.

What is JPL'southward new telework policy, and when does information technology take effect?

(Updated February. nine, 2022) In a message to all personnel on Feb. 9, 2022, Interim Director Larry James stated that the Lab will begin a gradual transition to on-site work. Starting the week of March 14, JPL is asking all employees whose telework agreements include some on-site piece of work to starting time coming to Lab at least i twenty-four hours a week. Details on how organizations and individuals should go nigh designating which solar day of the week will be the discipline of discussions and planning over the weeks following the proclamation, which are also expected to include a town hall for managers and one for all personnel. JPL plans to gradually implement the telework policy published last fall over the coming months.

(Updated Dec. fifteen, 2021) In a message to all personnel on Dec. fifteen, 2021, Sammy Kayali, chair of Return to Lab Job Forcefulness, stated that given the current state of Covid case counts in the Los Angeles County area, JPL volition maintain its current on-site work posture and does non anticipate a widespread return to Lab until tardily winter/early spring at the earliest. Earlier recalling the workforce, the Lab would need to run into a sustained drop in cases in Los Angeles County and an encouraging outlook for the lifting of social restrictions. JPL will provide ample notice before recalling the workforce. JPL has been open up since September to all personnel who wish to work on site in compliance with current Lab safety protocols.

(Updated November. ii, 2021) In a message to all personnel on Nov. two, 2021, Acting Director Larry James stated JPL expects to continue mandatory telework through Jan. 10 at a minimum. Once the Lab does start to return, the procedure will be gradual, coordinated with NASA, and mindful of local health and safety atmospheric condition. Personnel volition be given at least thirty days' discover earlier putting into place our recently adopted telework policy.

(Updated Aug. eleven, 2021) Employees can now log into Workday and enter their telework agreement requests, which are due by Sept. 7. From the Workday home page, click the commodity nether Announcements for details. The Voluntary Telework Policy and related materials are available on the HR Site. For any questions, please contact your HRBP, Talent Specialist, or AskHR via the Telework AskHR Portal or past calling (818) 354-4447.

(Updated July 31, 2021) In a message to all personnel on July thirty, 2021, Deputy Managing director Larry James stated a render to Lab would be postponed from Sept. 7 to a date to exist appear at a subsequently time. JPL will go on to monitor weather and provide everyone adequate notice earlier starting to recall our workforce.

(Updated July 27, 2021) The Voluntary Telework Policy is now accessible on the HR site. Managers should go along to take conversations with each of their directly reports to sympathise personal telework preferences and needs. Official telework agreements will be recorded in Workday, and guidance for this step is forthcoming.

Since November of 2020, the JPL Future Telework Guidelines Committee has been working to develop a new voluntary telework policy for JPL employees—one that considers the positive outcomes achieved during our twelvemonth plus of mandatory telework, and at the same fourth dimension, seeks means to strike a residue that will encourage private flexibility for our employees while sustaining regular face-to-face interaction. The Committee intends to approach this journey of modify in a measured manner: the master goals are to preserve JPL'southward tradition of excellence and set up the Lab to fulfill our ever-ambitious commitments to our customers.

The Committee has conducted surveys and focus groups to gather inputs throughout this process. The details of this policy will be published in the summer of 2021, with the policy expected to accept consequence Sept. 7, 2021.

Which telework agreement meets the LCUSD eligibility requirement?

(Updated Sept. 20, 2021) To meet the La Canada Unified School District (LCUSD) requirements, an employee, if Voluntarily Teleworking, tin can only select a General Telework Agreement with i day teleworking then that 32 hours of work volition be performed on site at JPL during each work calendar week. Each work week is based on a 40 hour payroll week for employees working either v/40 or 9/lxxx schedules. Whatsoever other Telework choice: General Telework 2 days, Main Telework, or Remote Telework would non authorize for LCUSD requirements. For employees on either 5/40 or 9/80 schedules, the 40 hour work week is based on payroll hours per week. Employees who wish to change their telework agreements in Workday should inform their supervisors.

Dual Setups and Part Space

I no longer accept a chair on Lab, and I do not plan to bring my office chair back to JPL if I am coming in 1 twenty-four hours a week. Where should I work when I come back the week of March 14?

(Added Feb. xviii, 2022) Talk over with your supervisor and BAM. The Lab has a limited supply of surplus chairs. We expect information technology will take some time to reestablish on-site workspaces, and that is i reason for transitioning gradually to a hybrid workplace.

Can I society a 2nd chair?

(Feb. 18, 2022) Additional chairs are available from Facilities. We expect that the existing supply of surplus chairs, augmented by chairs returned by remote teleworkers, will exist sufficient to satisfy most requests. Once the existing supply is depleted, supervisors should work with their BAMs and Facilities to order additional chairs as needed.

Will I be allowed to social club extra computer equipment to support working in both locations?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) These decisions will exist made by your supervisor and depend on factors including your ultimate telework agreement level and the nature of your work. In full general, priority will exist given to personnel with the greater number of on-Lab days and the most immediate need.

If I order additional equipment, how long will information technology take to arrive?

(Added February. 18, 2022) Supply chain issues are impacting deliveries of Information technology equipment worldwide. Your BAM volition exist able to update y'all on the condition of your orders.

My chore requires specialized IT equipment that is not hands moved back and forth. How should I manage where and how I work during this transition?

(Added February. eighteen, 2022) In general, employees will need to choose a primary location for IT equipment that is not easily moved, while using a laptop and dual peripherals at the location where they spend the bottom part of the week.

How tin I receive It support once I return to Lab?

(Updated Sept. 23, 2021) It Support Technicians are available and ready to assist users in-person with hardware and system bug at the Tech Café/Hub (111-104). At this time, they are not able to assistance with new system /device set-ups. To schedule an engagement for Tech Café support, visit the JPL Information technology Itemize'southward Self-Scheduling tile. The JPL Service Desk is too available 24/seven by calling 4-Aid (818-354-4357). For more detailed IT Support information, including hours and appointments, Wi-Fi troubleshooting, connecting to a network printer, and registering your MAC address, please visit JPLIT. You may too download the Return to Lab IT Support flyer to post in your workspace and share with your colleagues.

How do I asking assistance with bringing my equipment back to Lab?

(Updated Aug. 18, 2021) If you demand help with moving equipment, including your chair, from your vehicle dorsum to your office, yous will demand to submit a Move Asking and select "Return to On-Site Work" equally the move type. This will generate an email that will be sent to Corovan to help facilitate the move. ManTech will follow-up to see if assistance with gear up-upwards is needed. Personnel planning to participate in the voluntary reopening during the summer and who plan to continue to routinely telework should consider whether they will need to gild boosted It equipment needed to enable them to piece of work efficiently from home or the role (e.1000., boosted monitor, keyboard, peripheral). However, we strongly encourage personnel to await to order until they have returned to Lab for a period of fourth dimension and determined what is needed for optimal work. Additional data on the ordering procedure will be provided on an FAQ page to follow.

Access to Lab and Parking

Do we take to still fill out the daily health screening questionnaire the week of March 14 and across?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) The daily health screening remains a requirement of California's Division of Occupational Prophylactic and Health until further detect.

What are JPL'southward plans for parking when the West Lot and parking structure are full? Tin we still park in the East Lot?

(Added Feb. xviii, 2022) The East Lot is no longer available for parking. Adequate parking should be available on Lab and in the West Lot during the transition, but demand will vary co-ordinate to the distribution of on-site days. Everyone should park in the areas designated on their hangtags.

How will the Lab verify vaccination and testing condition upon archway to Lab?

(Updated March 4, 2022) Testing for unvaccinated individuals working on site remains a requirement of our mandatory vaccination policy. We will continue to monitor the information and will review the need for the testing requirement as appropriate. Voluntary testing for vaccinated personnel also remains available for now.

(Updated Jan. nineteen, 2022) Rapid antigen testing is available to all on-site personnel starting Jan. xix on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to i p.chiliad. But those working on site are eligible for testing, and only if not experiencing symptoms. Cocky-administered testing is not permitted.

(Updated Jan. 11, 2022) All personnel working on site who are required to exam must maintain a testing interval no greater than 72 hours. If you are required to test and practise not have a negative result from a test taken in the prior 72 hours, you must obtain a new test before coming to Lab.

(Updated Oct. 15, 2021) To access Lab, badged personnel can upload their vaccination information in the CLEAR arrangement prior to arriving at the workplace. Equally an additional pick offered in response to feedback received, an employee or badged affiliate can provide one-time proof of vaccination to security officers at the entrances to Lab. Articulate remains the preferred organisation for Lab entrance due to the app's connection with testing providers and power to verify the status of both JPL employees and affiliates.

(Updated October. vii, 2021) JPLers working on site will be required to show proof of their Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test result to gain admission starting Thursday, Oct. 7 for Lab, Goldstone, and Table Mount. For details and directions, meet the October. four e-mail from JPL Information technology and related website (requires VPN).

As well starting Thursday, Oct. 7, JPL will take negative Covid-xix tests taken within 96 instead of 72 hours. JPL continues to offering testing on Lab iii days a calendar week, and encourages all unvaccinated personnel working on site to accept advantage of this service. The Lab recognizes that long weekends and RDO Fridays can make it challenging to maintain a 72-hour testing frequency.

(Updated Sept. 29, 2021) Starting Thursday, Oct. seven, JPL volition begin using the CLEAR system at the Lab'south gate entry for checking of vaccination and testing status. All employees and badged affiliates planning to admission the Lab starting Oct. seven will need to download the Clear app, enroll, and upload their vaccination or negative result from a exam taken within 72 hours. Detailed instructions for setting up your account will come from JPL IT past October. 4. In the meantime, you can create your CLEAR business relationship past following the instructions on JPL Information technology, but delight wait to create your Wellness Pass until yous receive the detailed instructions.

(Updated Sept. 23, 2021) Personnel who are working on site are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Clear app in advance of the implementation later this month. Yous tin can create an account past following the instructions on JPL IT, but we ask that y'all not upload any vaccine or test results until nosotros complete the organization fix-up and provide upload instructions.

(Updated Sept. 8, 2021) JPL has signed a contract with the CLEAR identity platform for the management of vaccine and testing verification. Connecting and testing this third-political party system with our gate entry protocols volition begin this week, and should be completed prior to the finish of the month. Once the organization is operational, all personnel (employees and affiliates) coming on Lab will be required to gear up accounts on Clear. The accounts volition connect automatically to badge numbers for rapid screening at the gate. More information and set-up instructions to come shortly.

(Updated Aug. 11, 2021) We continue to move towards our mandatory testing or vaccine verification program. We are working with a 3rd political party to set this up, and expect implementation to exist complete in early on September. We will use the interim period for a soft kickoff of new entrance protocols:

• Starting Mon, Aug. 16, the testament status of entering badged employees will be visible to gate officers. All employees and affiliates approved to work on site will continue to be admitted to Lab during this interim menstruum, regardless of how or whether they take attested.
• Personnel entering without an attestation on file will receive data on the Lab's Covid-19 testing plan, including a asking that unvaccinated individuals submit to regular testing. Starting Aug. sixteen, testing will exist available on Lab Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (including RDO). Testing hours will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Our testing location will motion to the West Lot from B301 as of Aug. 16.
• In one case the 3rd-party system is in place in early September, employees and affiliates volition exist required to provide proof of vaccination or of a negative outcome from a examination taken in the prior 72 hours every bit a condition of entry to JPL.

What is the status of visitors on Lab?

(Updated March sixteen, 2022) In accordance with NASA guidance and constructive March xiv, unbadged business visitors to JPL will no longer be required to complete a vaccination attestation form or provide proof of a negative Covid exam. JPL's vaccination policy remains in effect for all badged employees and contractors.

(Updated Nov. 18, 2021) Visitor access to Lab remains limited to business purposes, including during the holiday season. Tours with family unit and friends are not permitted at this fourth dimension. Effective Sept. 20, 2021, all visitors to Lab are required to complete a NASA Certification of Vaccination Attestation Form prior to obtaining a visitor badge. Anyone who does not attest to having been fully vaccinated will be asked to provide proof of having received a negative Covid-nineteen test from within the previous 72 hours. Visitors who practice not attest and cannot satisfy the examination requirement, or who decline to respond, will be denied admission to Lab.

(Updated Oct. xv, 2021) Per the NASA OCHMO, the post-obit 'WHO and FDA Covid-xix Vaccines Authorized for Emergency Use or Approved' are currently accustomed past the U.S.:

• Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca/CovidShield, Sinopham and Sinovac

Sputnik and Novavax are not canonical vaccines in the U.S.

When will ridesharing services resume?

(Updated March 23, 2022) JPL plans to restart the Golden Line shuttle from Pasadena's Del Mar station in the coming weeks, and the Lab is reviewing its programme of subsidies for vanpools and mass transit in order to expand interest in ridesharing. JPL is besides updating the parking app to improve users' power to locate available spaces on Lab.

(Updated July 22, 2021) JPL'due south onsite "Twenty-four hour period Bus" service volition resume on Lab starting Mon, Aug. 16. The service will run from vii a.thousand. to five p.m. on normal business days. The jitney will travel around the Lab, starting at the B349 parking structure. As with other indoor locations, face masks are required on the double-decker. For a map and more information, please visit JPL Infinite.

On-Lab bus service and JPL'due south Gilded Shuttle Service are expected to resume service later in the summer. Information well-nigh the restart of JPL's other ride-sharing programs will be posted here at a later date. Employees interested in restarting a previous, or establishing a new vanpool, carpool, or transit arrangement may contact JPL's Rideshare Office at rideshare@jpl.nasa.gov.

The Woodbury shuttle service has been discontinued. Personnel with appointments at the ManTech IT facility on Woodbury will need to make their own transportation arrangements.

Safety Protocols

If nosotros return to Lab while the county'due south mask mandate is still in force, will JPL provide recommended medical-course masks to all employees?

(Updated March 4, 2022) Recent updates by the City of Pasadena, Los Angeles Canton and NASA, as guided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, take ended indoor mask mandates in well-nigh circumstances. JPL has been following public health and NASA guidance throughout the pandemic, and therefore the Lab is lifting our indoor mask requirement constructive immediately, regardless of vaccination status. Masks are still strongly recommended by our public health agencies for the time being.

(Added Feb. xviii, 2022) Yes. As a reminder, all face coverings worn on Lab must be well-fitting medical-grade masks, surgical masks or higher-level respirators, such equally N95 or KN95. Mask supplies are available from Full general Inventory in B171-107, online or in designated Covid safety supply areas. Individually sourced medical-grade masks are also accustomed.

JPL volition go on to follow Fifty.A. County guidance on mask requirements and other Covid precautions.(Updated January. 19, 2022) All face coverings worn on Lab must exist well-plumbing fixtures medical-grade masks, surgical masks or higher-level respirators, such as N95 or KN95. Mask supplies are available from General Inventory in B171-107, online or in designated Covid safety supply areas. Individually sourced medical-course masks are also accepted.

(Updated Aug. iii, 2021) 50.A. Canton Public Health requires all employees, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks when working indoors and in shared vehicles. Masks need non be worn indoors if the employee is lone in a room or actively eating or drinking at a seated or stationary location. L.A. Canton Public Health recommends that all employees who are eating or drinking indoors be spaced at least six feet from other persons.

(Updated Aug. 11, 2021) "Face covering" means a surgical mask, a medical procedure mask, a respirator worn voluntarily, or a tightly woven fabric or non-woven material of at least 2 layers. A face covering has no visible holes or openings and must comprehend the nose and oral fissure. A face covering does not include a scarf, ski mask, balaclava, bandana, turtleneck, collar, or unmarried layer of fabric. Additional information on confront coverings/masks is available from LA County Public Wellness.

Confront coverings including N95 filtering facepiece respirators are available to the JPL customs. Use of a properly worn N95 filtering face piece respirators (N95s) is voluntary only is especially encouraged when you are unvaccinated and y'all are in settings where yous are in sustained close contact with others who may not be fully vaccinated, peculiarly if you are unvaccinated. Face up coverings and N95s are usually available at your area'south designated PPE/Covid Safety Supply Station (check with your Render to Lab Coordinator for location), can be ordered online (http://gi.jpl.nasa.gov) or picked up at General Inventory in B171-107.

Effective June 22, 2022 while working onsite, face coverings are no longer required outdoors regardless of vaccination status.

What most in my office? Can I take my mask off if I accept an enclosed office?

(Added Feb. 18, 2022) Yes.

How exercise I written report someone not following mask protocols?

(Updated Aug. three, 2021) It's concerning to the health and safety of people when individuals are not post-obit protocol. The following is an excerpt from OSPO's Safe at Work certificate on what you can exercise:

"If you witness employees or contractors not engaging in these protocols appropriately, assume positive intent and kindly remind them about proper rubber procedures. If you practice not feel comfortable having this chat with an employee or contractor, contact your Area Lead and inform them of your concern."

Your Area Atomic number 82 may be your Return to Lab Coordinator, Covid Facility Coordinator, or Group Supervisor. Or you may reach out to your OSPO Representative. If you still experience your concerns are not beingness adequately addressed, yous may voice them to the tip line: safeatwork@jpl.nasa.gov.

What are the latest safety guidelines on Lab?

(Updated Oct. 29, 2021) All JPL employees must be fully vaccinated or take an HR-approved medical accommodation or religious exemption by December. viii, 2021, per the White House Executive Order and the JPL Mandatory Vaccination Policy. To comply with the policy, all JPL employees, regardless of work location (including those with a telework agreement), must log in to Workday to either upload proof of vaccination, request a medical accommodation, or asking a religious exemption. Click on the Vaccinations icon on the Workday homepage and follow the instructions under Covid-19 Vaccination. Please notation: This is separate from the on-Lab/facility admission requirements—even if y'all already uploaded your valid vaccination proof to the JPL Health Screening app and/or CLEAR to gain on-Lab/facility access, you also need to upload these documents in Workday.

(Updated Oct. eleven, 2021) As shared in Larry James' all-personnel e-mail on Monday, October. eleven, effective Dec. 8, 2021, vaccination will be a status of employment for JPL employees and a requirement for badged affiliates and contractors working for JPL, regardless of whether you lot work on Lab, at another JPL facility, or elsewhere off site. Visit JPL's Human Resources site for the JPL Mandatory Vaccination Policy and related FAQs. (Updated Oct. 15, 2021) To let for vaccination verification and compliance with the policy and required NASA reporting, the Lab will presently enquire JPL employees to upload their show of vaccination in Workday. Affiliates will follow a separate process. Details to come.

(Updated Sept. 29, 2021) The White Firm vaccination mandate deadline has been extended to December 8 for federal government contractors. All JPL employees and badged affiliates, whether working on site or remotely, are now required to be fully vaccinated no later on than December. 8. You must receive your last dose no afterwards than November. 23 in club to meet the Dec. viii deadline.

(Updated Sept. 15, 2021) The White House vaccination mandate for federal bureau employees and contractors applies to our workforce. JPL employees and affiliates are required to be fully vaccinated no later than November. 22. More information to come up regarding compliance, requirements for personnel on approved full-fourth dimension remote status, and availability of medical and religious exemptions. (Updated Sept. 23, 2021) The White Firm vaccination mandate applies to all JPL employees and badged affiliates, whether working on-site or remotely. Y'all must receive your final dose no later than Nov. viii in order to meet the November. 22 deadline.

(Updated July 31, 2021) Post-obit the guidance of the White House and public health agencies, and JPL'southward resolve to protect the prophylactic of our mission-essential personnel and support teams, the Lab volition brainstorm a mandatory Covid-19 testing program on Aug. 16 for employees and affiliates who work on site. Personnel who provide proof of vaccination volition be exempt from testing. Workday volition be updated to let employees to upload proof of vaccination and receive an automatic waiver from testing. Attestation without evidence of vaccination will non exempt an employee from testing. JPL plans to set upwards a comparable system for badged affiliates, every bit well as new access and testing protocols for unbadged affiliates and visitors to Lab. Details and instructions will come out next calendar week or the post-obit.

(Updated July 28, 2021) The Centers for Disease Command & Prevention (CDC) is recommending fully vaccinated people likewise wear masks in public indoor settings in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.

(Updated July sixteen, 2021) Due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, Los Angeles County is reinstating its mask mandate for all indoor activities, effective xi:59 p.one thousand. on Sabbatum, July 17. JPL will enforce this mandate for any individuals on Lab. All other Covid safe precautions will continue to exist in place.

(Updated June 29, 2021) The county's public health department is recommending as a precautionary measure the wearing of masks indoors in gild to limit the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant. According to the canton, fully vaccinated individuals announced to exist well-protected from infections with Delta variants, but those with only one vaccine dose of Pfizer or Moderna are non besides protected. Covid infections identified in those who are fully vaccinated accept been mild illnesses.

As always, the Lab will continue to follow the latest guidance from NASA, CDC, OSHA, and Cal/OSHA, and align JPL'south policies to the most stringent of these for people whose work requires an on-site presence. Nigh recently, the state's workplace safe agency, Cal/OSHA, approved new rules for worksites on June 17, 2022 and nosotros take updated our guidelines appropriately.

Additional safety measures required of all employees working on Lab

• Complete the i-fourth dimension online Covid-19 safety training. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that all their employees working on site have taken the training.
• Verify with your supervisor or business assistants manager (BAM) that your name has been added to the Mission Essential Personnel (MEP) Listing.
• Complete an online wellness screening earlier arriving at JPL for each mean solar day that you work on Lab.

Volition I be able to know which of my co-workers are vaccinated and which have an exemption or accommodation?

(Added Feb. xviii, 2022) Out of respect for their privacy, no.

How do I attest to my vaccination on Workday?

(Updated Feb. xviii, 2022) All vaccinated personnel are strongly encouraged to receive their booster shot. All employees are now able and encouraged to enter their evidence of booster immunization in Workday. The Lab is non requiring boosters at this time.

(Updated Nov. 17, 2021) All JPL employees must log in to Workday to upload proof of vaccination. Click on the Vaccinations icon on the Workday homepage and follow the instructions under Covid-xix Vaccination. This requirement supersedes and replaces employee self-attestation of vaccination. Please notation: This is separate from the on-Lab/facility access requirements—even if you already uploaded your valid vaccination proof to the JPL Health Screening app and/or CLEAR to gain on-Lab/facility access, you besides demand to upload these documents in Workday.

(Updated Oct. 29, 2021) All JPL employees must be fully vaccinated or have an HR-approved medical accommodation or religious exemption by Dec. 8, 2021, per the White Business firm Executive Order and the JPL Mandatory Vaccination Policy. To comply with the policy, all JPL employees, regardless of work location (including those with a telework agreement), must log in to Workday to upload proof of vaccination. Click on the Vaccinations icon on the Workday homepage and follow the instructions under Covid-xix Vaccination. Please notation: This is split up from the on-Lab/facility access requirements—even if yous already uploaded your valid vaccination proof to the JPL Wellness Screening app and/or Articulate to gain on-Lab/facility access, you as well need to upload these documents in Workday.

To access the attestation course, become to Workday, click on your profile photo or deject icon, choose "View Profile," then "Personal," and so "Additional Data." This i-time manual process is necessary for testament fifty-fifty if you were vaccinated at a JPL or Caltech dispensary. Affiliates must coordinate attestation documentation with their contractor organizations.

Every bit of June 22, 2022 and until further notice, Covid-19 vaccinations are not mandatory nor a requirement for entry to Lab, but are strongly encouraged. (Updated June 30, 2021) Attestation to vaccination also is not required for access to Lab, simply individuals who take not attested must follow the safety measures for unvaccinated personnel. (Updated July 27, 2021) JPL's request for this testament complies with all legal obligations and JPL volition apply the same safeguards to this information every bit it does to other sensitive employee information.

Practice JPL personnel need to consummate NASA's request for vaccination certification?

(Updated Aug. 18, 2021) NASA has requested that all of the agency'southward employees and contractors complete and submit a Certification of Vaccination Status. This request is dissever from JPL's request for vaccine attestations and upcoming requirement to provide proof of vaccination or undergo regular testing. Every bit NASA contractors, JPL personnel are encouraged to certify their vaccination status with the agency. (Updated Sept. one, 2021) To consummate this mandatory attestation, choose the "employee/contractor" category on the first screen, then "NASA contractor" as employee type. You are non required to enter your badge number.

What if federal, country, or local agencies change their guidance?

Announcements by federal, state, or local agencies must be reconciled by the JPL leadership team. Personnel should not unilaterally alter behavior as a result of these announcements until the Laboratory has issued updated guidance. We anticipate JPL'southward safety protocols to be modified and potentially lifted as nosotros motion into the autumn.

How long will reporting protocols for personnel who have been exposed to Covid-xix remain in place?

Reporting protocols for personnel who contract or have been exposed to someone who has contracted Covid-nineteen are expected to remain in place until at least Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2022 along with JPL's existing incident response protocols. Personnel quarantine instructions will continue to take into account the vaccination status of the persons in question.

Will JPL offer routine testing to all returning employees?

(Updated March 4, 2022) Testing for unvaccinated individuals working on site remains a requirement of our mandatory vaccination policy. We will continue to monitor the data and will review the need for the testing requirement as appropriate. Voluntary testing for vaccinated personnel too remains bachelor for now.

(Updated Feb. 18, 2022) Routine testing every 72 hours (3 times/calendar week) is mandatory for all personnel on site who have a medical exemption or religious accommodation. Self-administered testing is not permitted. JPL plans to continue to provide free on-site testing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.g. to ane p.thousand. to any vaccinated personnel working on-site who would like to test for peace of mind.

(Updated January. xix, 2022) Rapid antigen testing is available to all on-site personnel starting January. nineteen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from nine a.m. to 1 p.yard. Only those working on site are eligible for testing, and only if not experiencing symptoms. Self-administered testing is not permitted.

(Updated Jan. 11, 2022) All personnel working on site who are required to examination must maintain a testing interval no greater than 72 hours. If you are required to test and do not accept a negative outcome from a test taken in the prior 72 hours, you must obtain a new test before coming to Lab.

(Updated Jan. 5, 2022) On Monday January. 3, the Lab began a two-week airplane pilot of rapid antigen testing in place of the molecular testing used to date.

(Updated Dec. 15, 2021) On Mon Jan. iii, JPL volition begin a two-week airplane pilot of rapid antigen testing in place of the molecular testing used to date. Rapid antigen testing has become widely accepted and provides results within thirty minutes. Since the testing site is behind the archway, rapid testing will non be available for same-day access. If you are required to test and do non have a negative consequence from a examination taken in the prior 72 hours, you lot must obtain a new examination before coming to Lab.

Afterward the pilot phase of rapid antigen testing, which is limited to personnel required to examination under the vaccination policy, the Lab plans to brand testing available to all on-site personnel starting January. 19 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On-site Covid testing will not be offered on the following dates during the holiday flavour: Dec. 22, 24, 27, 29 and 31. As always, JPL volition accept test results from outside providers. Please contact your employer-sponsored health plan or your local public health department for information on complimentary testing options.

(Updated November. 17, 2021) Effective Dec. 8, on-site Covid testing will be limited to personnel with an canonical medical accommodation or religious exemption. Elective testing for all personnel working on Lab remains available through Dec. 6 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.g. through 1 p.thou., with the exception of Thanksgiving Friday.

(Updated Aug. 11, 2021) Aye, starting Aug. 16, on-site surveillance testing is bachelor on Lab Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (including RDO). Testing hours volition be ix a.thou. to 1 p.thousand. in the West Lot. Testing is as well available on asking for unvaccinated employees, if you had close-contact Covid-xix exposure or if y'all are experiencing Covid-nineteen symptoms while on Lab. Inform your supervisor or Hr business partner immediately.

(Updated July 31, 2021) The Lab volition begin a mandatory Covid-19 testing program on Aug. xvi for employees and affiliates who work on site. See the Safety Protocols section for more information with boosted details to come.

If an individual tests positive, they will be instructed to isolate according to JPL Hour'southward Return-to-Work Guidelines and will exist contacted past a member of Man Resources for contact tracing and further guidance. Personnel who examination positive will non regain access to Lab until they are cleared by HR and run into the guidelines for a return to the work site.

How should I report possible exposure while on Lab?

If you exam positive, or if y'all develop symptoms suggestive of Covid-19, or if y'all believe you lot may have been in close contact to an individual who is exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms or has tested positive, inform your supervisor or HR business organization partner immediately. The Lab's response team will evaluate your circumstances and err on the side of circumspection in protecting you and your colleagues.

Unvaccinated employees who work in close proximity to others are encouraged to utilize the JPL contact tracing app.

The incident response process describes the roles of organizations on Lab involved in gathering relevant facts after an agile case has been verified.

Upon confirmation of an active case, JPL Facilities and their contracted janitorial services provider will respond to disinfect the area of concern using the cleaning protocols described in the General and Detailed Cleaning at JPL reference document.

Facilities and Logistics

Will all three cafes exist open beginning the week of March 14? What most the coffee carts?

(Added Feb. xviii, 2022) At the beginning of this transition, the B167 cafeteria and the B114 (JPL Shop) Mini-mart and coffee stand will be open. Equally the Lab population increases, cafeteria and coffee cart service will expand.

(Updated July 27, 2021) As of July 6, 2022 Café 167 is operating at 100% indoor seating capacity. Equally more JPLers render to Lab, a java cart and Café 303 volition be next in line to reopen. The JPL Shop is open from 10:00 a.thou. to 2:00 p.thou. daily. For additional seating, most exterior tables now include partitions.

As function of the re-opening procedure, how will JPL handle cleaning and sanitation on Lab?

All buildings at JPL take been deep-cleaned and sanitized to ensure they are fix for occupancy. All restrooms at present have touchless faucets, flush valves, hand soap dispensers, and newspaper towel dispensers. 800 move-activated sanitization stations were added throughout the Lab. Janitorial staff has been increased to manage all janitorial and pest command issues, including daily sanitization of high-touch points.

How is the Lab ensuring acceptable ventilation in buildings?

Where possible, buildings accept been retrofitted with air filters upgraded to MERV 13 standard to meliorate air filtration, and/or with ION Needlepoint Systems as part of a plan to reduce pathogens and particles in HVAC systems. HVAC systems are operating for extended hours to ameliorate fresh air circulation.

What most shipping, receiving and transportation?

Shipping, Receiving and Transportation proceed to support activities Monday-Friday. Mail service deliveries continue Mon-Thursday. Property management support continues Monday-Friday. ADA transportation support is available on a call-in ground. Full-time shuttle bus services are currently targeted to restart by Tuesday, Sept. vii, 2021.

When volition the gyms reopen?

A diversity of other common services supporting the JPL community are expected to restart over the summer. No date has been set at this time for reopening gyms or restarting fitness classes.

Travel

What is the latest travel guidance?

(Updated Nov. 17, 2021) For guidance on when to render to piece of work on Lab later on Covid-19 exposure, please see JPL HR's Return-to-Work Guidelines. For the latest travel guidance, please see JPL's new Travel Guidance document.

(Updated Aug. 25, 2021) For guidance on when to return to piece of work on Lab due to Covid-19 or travel, please meet JPL HR's Return-to-Work Guidelines.

(Updated July 13, 2021) As office of the transition to Stage 2, domestic non-essential travel, such as conference travel, is now authorized. Approval and forecasting for JPL travel has reverted to the Lab's pre-pandemic process, except for the improver of a sometime Covid Prevention for Travelers Rubber Piece of work Practice (SWP) training. All prospective travelers will need to complete the short training via the Lab's Learning Management System (LMS) earlier submitting a travel asking. For domestic trips, employees will no longer be required to develop a travel programme, request a prophylactic review or obtain senior leadership approval.

(Updated July 6, 2021) Currently, only essential travel for JPL'southward ongoing projection and inquiry activities is authorized. Non-essential travel, such every bit conference travel, is non presently authorized. Forecasting for conference travel later Sept. seven, 2022 is permitted. Travel approval for these conferences volition be evaluated when the travel asking is submitted. Effective as of June 14, 2021, approval and the process for JPL essential business travel (defined above) volition revert to the Lab's pre-Covid process, except for the addition of a one-fourth dimension Covid Prevention for Travelers Safe Work Practice (SWP) grooming (i.due east. temporary Covid travel practise requiring Director for approval of all travel is rescinded). All prospective travelers will demand to complete the short grooming via the Lab's Learning Management System (LMS) before submitting a travel request. Employees volition no longer be required to develop a travel programme, request a condom review or obtain senior leadership approval.

Time Charging and Human Resources

What is the latest with the administrative leave charging guidance?

(Updated Feb. fifteen, 2022) California has approved a Covid-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave benefit, retroactive to Jan. i, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022. Click here for the qualifying criteria and timekeeping processes including corrections dating back to January i. Constructive February. 21, Time Tracker volition have a drib down box for Covid-xix Supplemental Sick Leave use going forward, and employees volition be able to start submitting transmission timesheets to Payroll to claim Covid sick leave between January 1 and February twenty.

Since March of 2020, JPL has adapted policies for the use of administrative go out related to employees who are unable to complete all or some of their regularly scheduled hours due to Covid-related concerns. Every bit the Lab completes the procedure of returning to our new normal operating procedures, utilize of Authoritative Go out for Covid-related concerns will stage out gradually betwixt at present and Tuesday, Sept. vii, 2021.

Employees with Covid-related or other medical issues that may require consideration of a workplace accommodation across that date should contact the Medical Leave Unit in 60 minutes.

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