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DECD, Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers (Apr. 7, 2020; version captured Apr. 15, 2020)

Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers - Keeping your team members safe

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, under Executive Order No. 7V § 1 · Connecticut (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
Executive Order No. 7V § 1 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. CT-014): 'legally binding statewide rules prescribing such additional protective measures... Such rules shall be mandatory throughout the state'; Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131a, 28-9
Issued
2020-04-07 Apr. 7, 2020
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 CT-018); superseded by EO 11A (Apr. 19, 2021, Ex. CT-041) and repealed with the Sector Rules at 11:59 p.m. May 20, 2021 (EO 12B § 1, Ex.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) (read as 2021-04-19)
In force
Apr. 7, 2020 to Apr. 19, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
Addressees
  • employers (every essential business and nonprofit and 'any other business or nonprofit permitted to operate,' EO 7V § 1)
Character
covid workplace rule
Collection
Standing duties: Connecticut DUT-CT

Operative words

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.

Penalty

Enforcement through EO 7V's authority (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131a, 28-9) and, for masks, EO 9B's $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)

What it required

Every essential employer to implement the DECD's 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 'legally binding' and 'mandatory throughout the state'; the rules' own text mixes imperatives ('Eliminate,' 'Wear a mask') with 'should' ('should wear a facemask,' 'SHOULD BE WORKING FROM HOME') and 'must' ('must be compliant'); from April 20, 2020 the face-covering measure was independently mandatory under EO 7BB (Ex. CT-016).

Retrieval note

DECD published the rules as a web page (not a PDF); the saved exhibit is the archived page of April 15, 2020, before the April 17 revision that made face coverings mandatory in terms (Day Pitney and Jackson Lewis summaries, verified_secondary). The page banner records the regime of the moment: 'All nonessential workers are directed to work from home, and social and recreational gatherings of more than five are prohibited. All previously enacted executive orders on all closures, distancing, and safety measures have been extended through at least May 20.' The governing instrument is EO 7V § 1 (Ex. CT-014): 'Every workplace in the State of Connecticut shall take additional protective measures to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 between and among employees, customers, and other persons.'.

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