Florida State University faces backlash for memo saying it will 'no longer allow employees' to care for kids while working remotely.
"I can't even process that -- the pandemic is not over and will not be over then," Dr. Jenny Root, an associate professor of special education at FSU, wrote on Twitter about the policy.
The university sent out a second email two days later to faculty and staff, apologizing that the first message"caused confusion and anxiety for many employees" and clarifying that its policy does still"allow employees to work from home while caring for children." The Aug. 7 date was considered a time when schools and day care centers would be open in the Tallahassee area, where FSU is based, but now that timeline is in flux due to the rising number ofcases in Florida, according to Schnittker.
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