Chief Cook County Judge Tim Evans requiring employees to be vaccinated
Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans is requiring all of his employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
If they havent already, employees must at least get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine within the next three weeks, Evans said. There is no deadline for employees to receive their second dose, nor are employees required to get a booster shot if theyve been vaccinated.
Last summer, 90% of the offices 2,600 employees self-reported they had already received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, an Evans spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Evans employees include court reporters, administrative staff and workers at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
Judges elected officials are not considered employees and therefore, are exempt from the vaccine mandate.
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