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 haven’t 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 they’ve been vaccinated.

Last summer, 90% of the office’s 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.

Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2021/12/29/22858449/cook-county-court-employees-required-vaccinated