Missouri State University has made several changes for employees in response to COVID-19.
This includes employees at the Missouri State University-West Plains campus and the Shannon Hall facility in Mountain Grove.
“Missouri State University is committed to the health and well-being of our faculty, staff and students,” said Missouri State President Clif Smart. “Our employees have worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of our students in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The needs of our employees are changing quickly. To adapt, the Board of Governors on Wednesday (March 18) granted me temporary authority to institute measures that will allow us to respond quickly to the evolving local and national situation.”
Policy changes
Missouri State has taken several actions to encourage employees to exercise social distancing and to stay home when they are ill.
The university implemented an Emergency Paid Leave policy. It provides full-time employees with up to two weeks of paid time off in addition to earned paid vacation and sick leave.
The policy is effective immediately and will be in effect through May 15, 2020.
During this time, employees may also use any accumulated leave benefits – sick or vacation – as needed.
Many employees are also transitioning to partial or total work-from-home arrangements for the remainder of the semester.
A full copy of the communication that was sent to Missouri State-West Plains employees is available on the Missouri State-West Plains COVID-19 website.
