In order to maintain a professional work environment and ensure the health and safety of our Campus, employees are discouraged from bringing children to the workplace. Frequent, regular, or extended visits by children during work hours are not allowed. Brief, infrequent visits by children may occur in the workplace; however, children are not allowed inside classrooms, simulation labs, or controlled access areas.
When brief, infrequent visits by children are permitted, parents/guardians are responsible for ensuring that the visits comply with all designated safety protocols and MTSA guidelines, including, but not limited to, the following:
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At all times, children remain the sole responsibility of the parents/guardians.
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At all times, parents/guardians must accompany their children.
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The presence of the child cannot disrupt the work environment or negatively affect the productivity of employees and/or students.
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At any time, if the employee’s supervisor determines that health or safety risks are too great, or that the children’s presence is disruptive, the supervisor may ask the employee to remove their children from the workplace.
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Bringing children to the workplace on a recurrent basis during their school breaks, closures, or before/after school care, or lack of childcare is not appropriate.
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Children who have an illness that prevents acceptance by a regular day care provider or prevents attendance at school, particularly any children with an infectious disease, should not be brought to the workplace under any circumstances.
Exclusions or Special Circumstances
Children cannot be brought to campus during periods of emergency (e.g., natural and/or man-made disasters, disaster recovery, health pandemics) either on an intermittent or reoccurring basis. Employees should contact their supervisor in such cases to determine alternate solutions to balance work activities and childcare needs.