Dallas is now offering more vacation time for city workers who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and requiring all fire department employees be regularly tested for the virus amid a rise in positive cases.
In a Thursday email to city employees announcing new coronavirus-related rules, City Manager T.C. Broadnax also announced that starting Nov. 2 unvaccinated staff who arenβt police officers, firefighters and detention officers will no longer get paid leave if they contract the virus.
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