4/21/2020 7:25:18 PM Bay Area counties mandate face coverings for essential businesses and other public areas By Michele Gehrke Jennifer Terry Ronnie Shou Health officials in six Bay Area counties – Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, and Contra Costa – have issued orders...
4/20/2020 4:08:14 PM New York issues guidance on face coverings for essential businesses By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi As we detailed last week, on April 12, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order requiring all essential businesses to...
4/20/2020 12:05:38 AM Pennsylvania Health Department answers FAQs about worker safety order By Jay Glunt James Holt Raenn Burgo This article supplements our earlier article about the April 15, 2020 worker safety order issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health...
4/17/2020 4:44:07 PM Illinois makes workers’ compensation more accessible for COVID-19 essential workers By Amy Harwath Jill Vorobiev Effective April 16, 2020, an emergency amendment to Illinois’ workers’ compensation rules will make it easier for workers at essential...
4/17/2020 12:14:17 AM Latest challenge for essential businesses in Pennsylvania: Immediate compliance with new workplace requirements mandated by the Department of Health By James Holt Raenn Burgo Jay Glunt On April 15, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an Order that mandates numerous workplace obligations on nearly all...
4/14/2020 12:31:42 AM Essential New York businesses must provide “face coverings” to public-facing employees By Mark Goldstein As we detailed in a prior post, on March 20, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order barring virtually all “in-person”...
4/9/2020 1:17:19 PM Governor Murphy issues Executive Order further limiting business operations in New Jersey By John McDonald Saranne Weimer As the Garden State continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 122 on April 8, 2020, imposing...
4/6/2020 12:45:16 PM Missouri issues statewide stay at home order to prevent spread of COVID-19 By James Holt Chalyn Galligan On April 3, 2020, Governor Michael Parson announced that Missouri residents will be required to stay at home to protect the public health...
4/2/2020 2:08:42 PM “Staying at home means you must stay home”: Pennsylvania’s governor issues state wide stay-at-home order By Jay Glunt Marguerite Goglia Effective 8 p.m. on April 1, 2020, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is under a stay at home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
4/1/2020 8:06:49 PM District of Columbia residents ordered to “stay at home” to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus By Tyree Jones Lauren Weaver On March 30, 2020, in the latest effort to combat the COVID-19 virus, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued Mayor’s Order 2020-054...
3/31/2020 12:10:54 AM Virginia update: Governor issues temporary stay-at-home order and other measures to address COVID-19 By Betty Graumlich Mark Passero Noah Oberlander On March 30, 2020, the governor issued Executive Order 55 requiring all individuals in Virginia to stay in their place of residence, with...
3/30/2020 11:45:32 PM Maryland residents ordered to “stay at home” effective 8 p.m. EST March 30 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 By Mark Passero Chalyn Galligan On March 30, 2020, Governor Larry Hogan ordered Maryland residents to “stay at home” as part of Maryland’s ongoing response to COVID-19....
3/25/2020 9:19:24 PM Virginia’s response to COVID-19: temporary closure of recreational and entertainment businesses, restrictions on other non-essential businesses and school closures By Betty Graumlich Mark Passero Noah Oberlander As part of Virginia’s ongoing response to COVID-19, on March 23, 2020, Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 53 temporarily...
3/25/2020 9:00:58 PM Texas metro areas issue shelter-in-place orders to slow the spread of COVID-19 By Paulo McKeeby Peter Stuhldreher Michael Lombardino Joseph Mammone +1 more... Show less Texas is taking a localized approach in trying to slow the spread of COVID-19. Since Monday, March 23, 2020, county and city governments...
3/23/2020 8:56:43 PM Connecticut orders all non-essential businesses to close offices to reduce in-person workforce amid COVID-19 By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi In an effort to reduce in-person workforces in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut has joined New York, California, Pennsylvania,...
3/21/2020 10:42:05 PM New Jersey issues “remain home” directive and limits on business operations By John McDonald Melissa Ferrara In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Saturday, March 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order that takes...