On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Lamont issued new Executive Order 12 updating the mask guidance that the state has been operating under since way back in Executive Order 7NNN on August 14, 2020 (and Executive Order 7BB on April 17, 2020 before that). The new guidance skews closer to the CDC guidance that we talked about
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The Fast-Moving World of Pandemic Workplace Rules
You remember the first “real” week of the pandemic, right? The NBA shut down. Then the schools. And then we were all shopping for toilet paper. Things were moving at light speed.
Yesterday brought back a lot of those memories and stress.
First, the CDC said that fully vaccinated individuals could drop their masks.…
Five Things Employers Need to Know Right Now
As post-vaccination life kicks in, the complications for employers continue to mount. No doubt life was a lot harder on lockdown, but some individual decisions for employers were easy — just work from home.
But over the last few weeks, judging from the calls I’m fielding from employers of all sizes, there’s a desire to…
You’re Fully Vaccinated. Now What?
Over the weekend, I became one of an ever-growing club: The Fully Vaccinated. (A lucky extra dose at a pharmacy was my early miracle.)
By early May, there will many millions more.
What then?
I posted on Twitter over the weekend that being fully vaccinated right now is a strange world that is causing the…
Big Changes for Businesses as Many Sector Rules Become Recommendations
Big changes are on the way for employers in Connecticut that have been operating for close to a year under “Sector Rules” — mandatory practices that were set out by the state that businesses had to follow in order to reopen.
All that changes effective March 19th.
Late Friday, the state updated the website regarding…
Reopening Connecticut: Governor Lamont Sets Schedule for Major Pandemic Rollback
Yesterday, Governor Lamont announced a major series of rollbacks of COVID-19-related restrictions for businesses. We’re still getting all the details, but for employers, the key thing to understand first with all the rollbacks is that certain things are not being rolled back.
- Face coverings and masks continue to be required
- Bars that only serve
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With Vaccines Increasing and Cases Decreasing, Pandemic Moving to New Phase
So, a year into this pandemic, it’s worth taking stock (again) of where employers are in Connecticut and some of the issues that have been popping up of late that are far different from the issues we faced a year ago.
Yes, the pandemic is still with us and likely to still be with us…
The Pandemic Isn’t Over: Workplaces At Risk
Where are the clusters of COVID-19 coming from?
That was the subject of a state report that was recently reported on by The Hartford Courant.
When a team of Connecticut officials traced 84 coronavirus clusters to their origin points, they found that the vast majority of those clusters stemmed from four places: restaurants, workplaces, homes
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The Sprint to the Finish of 2020
Thanksgiving is now in the rear view mirror. Just a month to go until we turn the page to 2021.
But before that happens, there are a few things left to check off your to do list for 2020.
Let’s get to it.
- Register for Paid Leave Program – Conneticut requires every employer to register
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BREAKING: Governor Issues Rollback of Business Openings; New “Phase 2.1” Coming Friday
At his press conference on Monday afternoon, Governor Lamont previewed a new set of changes to the Sector Rules that businesses have been operating under. These changes rollback some of the openings under Phase 3, and Lamont has called this new version “Phase 2.1”.
We’re still awaiting all the details this week; the changes are…