Emergency Contact Information Link Now Active in Employee Online

This message was sent as an all staff e-mail last week and is being repeated here.

A new link named “Emergency Contact Information” has been added to the Employee Online tab on your Employee Dashboard. (See Connection article for information about Employee Online.) This function allows you to manage information pertaining to people you wish to have contacted in case of an emergency. It is recommended you identify a primary contact and an additional local contact, in case your primary contact is unavailable.

The Department of Homeland Security has requested that each employee list an out-of-town contact for use during a natural disaster or terrorist threat. Check the out-of-town contact box below the contact’s name to indicate to crisis responders that this contact should only be notified for this type of emergency.

You also have the ability to identify your primary care provider and other care providers, if necessary, for emergency care. On this record a text box is available to add any pertinent medical information along with your preferred hospital. If listing medications in the notes field, please indicate clearly whether these are medications you are currently taking or medications you are allergic to.

All crisis responders and supervisors throughout the Agency have access to your emergency information.

Even if your information has not changed, we ask that all staff members review their emergency contact information to ensure accuracy and completeness.

If you have questions about your emergency contact information, please contact Carolyn Jones (cjones@aea11.k12.i.a.us, ext. 14614) in Human Resources. If you have questions about website navigation, please contact Rod Howell (rhowell@aea11.k12.ia.us, ext. 14599) in Technology.