"Orange County Tax Collector Scott Randolph directed his employees Monday to get vaccinated by the end of August or find a new job.
He said he had been pondering the policy change for weeks but was pushed into action by spiking COVID-19 infections, which health officials blame on a highly contagious strain known as the delta variant. Randolph’s 316 employees help about 800,000 customers a year at its six county locations."
“This variant’s getting bad. We have a responsibility to the employees to create a safe work environment and to the general public,” said Randolph, whose office’s duties include collecting property taxes, processing auto titles and issuing driver’s licenses. “We’re an agency that just can’t be closed.”
Orange County Tax Collector Scott Randolph directed his employees Monday to get vaccinated by the end of August or find a new job. He said he had been pondering the policy change for weeks but was …
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