Faculty + Staff

While many members of the U-M community have been working on campus to maintain essential functions during the COVID-19 pandemic, others have been working largely remotely.

• Unit leaders will determine gradual employee return-to-campus plans with many units maintaining increased levels of some remote work.
• Faculty and staff should continue to work remotely unless instructed by their department chair or unit leader to return to campus.
• The plan for a gradual return of U-M employees to campus will be based upon unit, job and project-specific details and will be determined at the school, college and unit level.
• Units will provide employees advance notice before scheduling them to return to on site and hybrid work.
• More hybrid work where it is possible helps the university meet several institutional goals, including a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality, reduce costs related to campus facilities and parking, enhance work-life balance and increase job satisfaction for employees.

• At-risk employees should connect with their department chair or unit leader about the option to work remotely.
• Each department has developed a specific COVID-19 plan for its area that will include your unit's return-to-campus plans and timeline.
• If you need to work on campus, you will need to follow additional health and safety protocols such as wearing face coverings while on campus; completing a daily health screening tool, ResponsiBLUE; and contributing to a culture of care by following safety measures across campus to protect the entire U-M community.
• All employees working on campus are required to take COVID-19 Training. Documentation that employees have taken this training is required and is maintained in the system. Departments should also ensure that individuals are trained on their site-specific workplace requirements.

• Aggressive cleaning protocols have been implemented across campus.
• Campus facilities and spaces have been reconfigured to maintain physical distancing and minimize COVID-19 risks.
• Each day, all members of our U-M community who will enter campus buildings are required to check themselves for COVID-19 symptoms by answering a brief set of questions using our daily symptom checker tool. We also encourage you to use this tool daily, even when not coming to campus.
• Stay home when you are sick and leave work immediately if you begin to feel unwell.
• If you develop COVID-like symptoms or test positive, notify your department chair or unit leader and call the Occupational Health Services Hotline at 734-764-8021.
• Get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help you stay healthy, protect others and support our health care providers.

• The expectation is that most fall-term classes will be offered in person.
• New technologies and tools available to address concerns expressed by students.
• "Classedu" is a new tool to enhance teaching with Zoom and add features that are more like an in-person class, such as one-on-one conversations, playing video, linking to material on the web or running a quick assessment.
• Remote teaching orientation for GSIs (via CRLT).

• Some public health measures will remain in place early on with the possibility to lessen later in the year as the community’s vaccination rate increases.
• Wear a face covering that covers your mouth, nose and chin anywhere on campus including indoors, outside and on U-M transportation.
• Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water for 20 seconds, if unable, use hand sanitizer.
• Cover your coughs & sneezes.
• Observe social distancing guidelines.