Executive Order No. 122 (2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.

Issued

2020-04-08 Apr. 8, 2020

Effective

2020-04-10 at 8:00 p.m. (para. 9) (read as 2020-04-10)

End

Para. 2 (construction halt) superseded in full 6:00 a.m. May 18, 2020 (EO 142 para. 3); para. 1 retail rules applied to reopened non-essential retail June 15, 2020 (EO 150 para. 8) and restated for all retail by EO 157 para. 1 (June 26, 2020); glove requirement ended Aug. 27, 2020 (EO 181 para. 6); indoor face-covering and 50 percent rules carried in later orders until capacity limits were removed May 19, 2021 (EO 239) and the indoor public mask requirement lifted May 28, 2021 (EO 242) (read as 2020-05-18)

In force

Apr. 10, 2020 to May 18, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules

Addressees

• essential retail businesses
• all construction projects (non-essential ceased; essential conditioned)
• manufacturing businesses
• warehousing businesses
• owners of commercial, industrial and large residential buildings

Functions reached

• JS job sites closed (non-essential construction) April 10 - May 18, 2020
• PF production floor and WH warehouse under staggered shifts, ten-person meeting cap, distancing and masks
• SF sales floor at 50 percent with masks
• SC supply chain (New Jersey plants, warehouses and ports operating under these conditions)
• PM building management cleaning protocols
• HR screening and exclusion of symptomatic workers

Collection

New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "Where an essential retail business is permitted to maintain in-person operations... such business must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Limit occupancy at 50% of the stated maximum store capacity... k. Require workers and customers to wear cloth face coverings while on the premises... If a customer refuses to wear a cloth face covering for non-medical reasons and if such covering cannot be provided to the individual by the business at the point of entry, then the business must decline entry to the individual". Para. 2: "The physical operations of all non-essential construction projects shall cease when this Order takes effect." ["Essential construction projects" defined at 2(a)-(n): health care facilities, transportation, utilities, affordable housing, schools, single-family projects underway with crews of five or fewer, residential units with binding occupancy agreements, facilities serving online or essential retail, data centers, social services, law enforcement, government-contracted projects, site-securing work and emergency repairs.] Para. 3: "Manufacturing businesses, warehousing businesses, and businesses engaged in essential construction projects must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Prohibit non-essential visitors from entering the worksite; b. Limit worksite meetings, inductions, and workgroups to groups of fewer than ten individuals; c. Require individuals to maintain six feet or more distance between them wherever possible; d. Stagger work start and stop times... g. Require workers and visitors to wear cloth face coverings... i. Limit sharing of tools, equipment, and machinery". Para. 4: "Immediately separate and send home workers who appear to have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 illness". Para. 5: building owners "including but not limited to facilities for warehousing, manufacturing, commercial offices, airports, grocery stores, universities, colleges, government, hotels, and residential buildings with at least 50 units, shall adopt policies that, at minimum, implement the following cleaning protocols".

Enforcement

Notes