Maintaining Safe Workplaces

Dear Friends & Neighbors,

As part of the state’s effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Governor Lamont has issued a number of executive orders to ensure workplace safety for workers and customers. These executive orders include “Stay Safe, Stay Home,” which mandated the closure of in-person non-essential business and “Safe Stores,” which mandated social distancing procedures in retail establishments. His latest order, issued earlier this week, outlined “Safe Workplace” rules for those essential employers that remain open.

Below are a few key examples of the mandated guidelines:

• Essential employees who are able to work from home should be working from home.
• Eliminate all non-essential workplace travel.
• Control access to external visitors.
• Develop and implement practices for social distancing.
• Eliminate in-person meetings.
• Deliver products through curbside pick-up or delivery (when possible)

The full guidelines are available from the Department of Economic and Community Development: Click Here.

For a list of essential businesses that can remain open during the outbreak: Click Here.

As a reminder, essential retail stores are required to follow “Safe Store” policies to protect employees and shoppers. These rules include keeping stores below 50% occupancy, clearly marking 6 foot spacing in check out lines, plexiglass shields between cashiers and customers, and other measures to enforce social distancing. The Department of Economic and Community Development has posted the rules and guidelines on their website: Click Here.

Sincerely,

Tim Ackert – State Representative – 8^th Assembly District

As always, if you have questions or concerns regarding state government, please contact me at tim.ackert@housegop.ct.gov. You can also follow my legislative activity on my website at www.RepAckert.com.