The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Executive Order No. 7PP section 1(b) ('Sector Rules shall constitute legally binding guidance')
- Issued
- 2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-20
- End
- Superseded by the Phase 2 Offices rules (July 22, 2020, CT-079) and later versions (read as 2020-07-22)
- In force
- May 20, 2020 to July 22, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every office employer and every tenant and building owner
- Functions reached
- OF office premises at 50 percent
- TELE continued work-from-home
- HR training program required before reopening
- EMP logs, shifts, visitor limits, cleaning
- Collection
- Connecticut CT
Operative words
In Phase 1, offices can open at up to 50% capacity. Employees should continue to work from home where possible.... Businesses must exercise caution throughout the reopening, ensuring strict adherence to the protocols listed here. Those businesses that are not able to meet the rules listed here by May 20, should delay opening until they are able to.... Employees must wear a facemask or other cloth face covering... Arrange desks so employees are spaced at least 6ft apart... Maintain a log of employees on premise over time, to support contact tracing.
Enforcement
Public-nuisance closure by health directors and municipal designees (EO 7PP s.2); Conn. Gen. Stat. section 28-22
Notes
The State's telework instruction for the office sector from May 20, 2020: capacity 50 percent and 'Those who can work from home should continue to do so'.