FAQ(s) for Employees

A:   Masks are no longer required at San Francisco State University, but are recommended. The University is no longer providing masks to the campus as a whole.

For those who choose to wear face coverings and lose or damage their mask while on campus, there are some supplies available on an as-needed basis by asking at the front desk at Cesar Chavez Student Center.

A:  “Close contact” is now defined by looking at the size of the workplace in which the exposure takes place. For indoor airspaces of 400,000 or fewer cubic feet, “close contact” is now defined as sharing the same indoor airspace with a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the COVID-10 case’s infectious period. For indoor airspaces of greater than 400,000 cubic feet, “close contact” is defined as being within six feet of a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the COVID-10 case’s infectious period.

A: Recommendations for people who test positive

  1. Stay home if you have COVID-19 symptoms, until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without using fever reducing medication AND other COVID-19 symptoms​ are mild and improving.​

    • ​​If you do not have symptoms, you should follow the recommend​​ations below to reduce exposure to others.
  2. Mask when you are around other people indoors for the 10 days* after you become sick or test positive (if no symptoms). You may remove your mask sooner than 10 days if you have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart. Day 0 is symptom onset date or positive test date.
  3. Avoid contact with people at higher-risk for severe COVID-19 for 10 days*. Higher-risk individuals include the elderly, those who live in congregate care facilities, those who have immunocompromising conditions, and that put them at higher risk for serious illness.

  4. Seek Treatment​. If you have symptoms, particularly if you are at higher risk for severe COVID-19, speak with a healthcare provider as soon as you test positive. You may be eligible for antiviral medicines or other treatments for COVID-19. COVID-19 antiviral medicines work best if taken as soon as possible, and within 5-7 days from when symptoms start. 

    • ​​​​​​​​​Call 1-833-422-4255 if you are unable to contact a healthcare provider, or use the treatment options to find one.​

*The potential infectious period is 2 days before the date of symptoms began or the positive test date (if no symptoms) through Day 10. (Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date). 

Recommendation for close contacts of cases

  • If you have new COVID-19 symptoms, you should test and mask right away.
  • If you do not have symptoms, and are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection and would benefit from treatment, you should test within 5 days. 
  • If you do not have symptoms and have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe infection, you should mask indoors when around such people for 10 days. Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date (Day 0) and before contact with higher-risk people. For further details, see CDPH COVID-1​9 tes​​ting guidance​.​

The updated guidelines can be found on the CDPH website. 

If you believe you had a work-related COVID-19 exposure, please complete the COVID-19 exposure form or email covid19@sfsu.edu.

 

A: SF State aligns with the guidance from the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The updated guidelines can be found on the CDPH website and the SFDPH website. 

 

A:  Exclusion pay ended in February 2023. . Additionally, the supplemental sick leave pay that was once provided ended in December 2022.

 For additional questions about various benefits, please contact covid19@sfsu.edu.

A: If an employee believes they contracted COVID-19 at their workplace, they have a right to workers' compensation benefits. Employees can file a workers' compensation claim if they think they contracted COVID-19 at work. Please contact Demond Blanton, Workers' Compensation & Loss Control Program Manager at dblanton72@sfsu.edu for assistance. 

A:   Please contact the Office of Equity Programs and Compliance at equityprograms@sfsu.edu or at (415) 338-2032. 

You may also refer to the CSU Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Exploitation, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Retaliation (Nondiscrimination Policy)

A: Please contact: covid19@sfsu.edu 

A: Please visit San Francisco State's Employee Assistance Program (LifeMatters) COVID-19 Resources site for additional wellness resources. For "username" - enter "sfsu"