{"id":"DUT-CT-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, under Executive Order No. 7V § 1","authority":"Executive Order No. 7V § 1 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. CT-014): \u0027legally binding statewide rules prescribing such additional protective measures... Such rules shall be mandatory throughout the state\u0027; Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131a, 28-9","instrument":"DECD, Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers (Apr. 7, 2020; version captured Apr. 15, 2020)","title":"Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers - Keeping your team members safe","dateIssued":"2020-04-07","effective":"2020-04-07","end":"Remained in effect for essential businesses not covered by Sector Rules (EO 7PP § 1(g), Ex. CT-018); superseded by EO 11A (Apr. 19, 2021, Ex. CT-041) and repealed with the Sector Rules at 11:59 p.m. May 20, 2021 (EO 12B § 1, Ex. CT-046)","startDate":"2020-04-07","endDate":"2021-04-19","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","TELE","MASK","COND"],"addressees":["employers (every essential business and nonprofit and \u0027any other business or nonprofit permitted to operate,\u0027 EO 7V § 1)"],"clause":"Essential employees who are able to work from home SHOULD BE WORKING FROM HOME.... Eliminate all non-essential workplace travel.... Wear a mask. The employees should wear a facemask at all times while in the workplace.... Such coverings must be compliant with all safety requirements of the workplace.","enforcement":"Enforcement through EO 7V\u0027s authority (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131a, 28-9) and, for masks, EO 9B\u0027s $100 fine with the business liable for its employee (Ex. CT-028); the DECD Sector Rules that succeeded these rules were enforced by closure (EO 7PP § 2) and a $10,000 civil penalty (EO 9N, EO 11A)","functions":[],"notes":"Every essential employer to implement the DECD\u0027s workplace measures (work from home for those able; elimination of non-essential travel; face coverings for employees; distancing; workstation cleaning; controlled visitor access; hand sanitizer; exposure-notification procedures). Character recorded exactly: EO 7V § 1 made the rules \u0027legally binding\u0027 and \u0027mandatory throughout the state\u0027; the rules\u0027 own text mixes imperatives (\u0027Eliminate,\u0027 \u0027Wear a mask\u0027) with \u0027should\u0027 (\u0027should wear a facemask,\u0027 \u0027SHOULD BE WORKING FROM HOME\u0027) and \u0027must\u0027 (\u0027must be compliant\u0027); from April 20, 2020 the face-covering measure was independently mandatory under EO 7BB (Ex. CT-016).","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/DECD/Content/Coronavirus-Business-Recovery/Safe-Workplace-Rules-for-Essential-Employers","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200415084136/https://portal.ct.gov/DECD/Content/Coronavirus-Business-Recovery/Safe-Workplace-Rules-for-Essential-Employers","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":203897,"grade":"primary","character":"covid_workplace_rule","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-015","citation":"Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, under Executive Order No. 7V § 1, DECD, Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers (Apr. 7, 2020; version captured Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CT-015)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["CT-018","CT-041","CT-046","CT-016","CT-014","CT-028"]}