Sonoma County Health Services is getting push back for asking some workers to come back to the office full time. The Press Democrat reports that after expanding in-person working from three days to five days a week for fiscal, revenue management and administrative staff, several of the 52 administrative workers affected by this have spoken out against the move saying that it unnecessarily put them at risk for catching Covid. There are even reports of workers taking sick time or vacation days to escape the environment. Sonoma County Health Services is working under its own health orders that it sets for the county. Despite those measures, Covid-19 exposures have begun to creep up. There are currently eight Health Services employees out due to Covid symptoms or exposure. Health Services Director Tina Rivera insists that the order is temporary “to address outstanding invoices, backlogs in provider contracts, and late state and federal reports that were exacerbated by staff working from home.”
