The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- COVID-19 Order No. 33, ss. 2-3 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-017), under St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A; G.L. c. 149, ss. 6, 6 1/2; G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 127A
- Issued
- 2020-05-18 May 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-18
- End
- 2021-05-29 12:01 a.m. (rescission of all workplace safety rules by Order No. 69, Ex. MA-048) (read as 2021-05-29)
- In force
- May 18, 2020 to May 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- employers; all businesses and organizations permitted to operate brick-and-mortar premises
- Character
- order operating condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA
Operative words
In order to reopen your business, please complete and sign the following checklist once you have completed your COVID-19 Control Plan template.... Be assured we have taken the following steps to comply with state mandatory safety standards for workplaces: Workers are wearing face coverings and we've put social distancing measures in place
Penalty
Order No. 33 s. 3 self-certification requirement; $300 civil fine per violation and injunction under Orders No. 33 and 37; complaints to the Attorney General's Fair Labor Division
What it required
Before reopening, each business completed a COVID-19 Control Plan and signed the attestation that it had complied with the four categories of mandatory standards (face coverings and social distancing; hand washing and sanitizing of high-touch areas; staff training on distancing and hygiene; cleaning and disinfecting protocols) and displayed it to employees and visitors; the Attorney General's release of May 20, 2020 states the display as a duty ('employers must post a completed compliance attestation poster') and lists 'Failure to Display Compliance Attestation Poster' as a reportable violation (DUT-MA-003).
Retrieval noteThe poster's own verb for display is 'should be displayed'; the Attorney General's contemporaneous statement is 'must post' (DUT-MA-003); Order No. 33 s. 3 (Ex. MA-017, enforcement field: 'self-certification and posted attestation required before opening') is the instrument that imposed the duty.