Some SHARE members have asked if they have to use the Employee Self-Reporting app 7 days a week. The answer is No. The Medical School is asking employees to use the app every day, whether they are working or not. This is a good idea from a public health perspective. However, SHARE has not agreed that SHARE members are required to report their symptoms on non-work days.

The Medical School is asking all employees, once they return to campus, to use a phone app or computer every day to report whether they have COVID symptoms. There are 3 questions: Symptom Status, Have you been in contact with Employee Health Services, and Work Location/Status.

This self-reporting is part of the Medical School’s plan to make sure that if someone comes down with the Coronavirus, they can keep it from spreading to too many people. It’s a good idea, and the more people who report, and the more consistently people report, the safer everyone will be. This is why health experts and the Medical School want people to report 7 days a week, whether they are working or not.

Hourly employee, like SHARE members, cannot be required to use the app on days that they are not working. It would be helpful to the community to do it as many days as possible, and SHARE encourages doing it every day if you can. However, you should not get in trouble for failing to use the app on a day that you are not working. Please let us know if you need any help getting this cleared up.