{"id":"DUT-MN-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (the \u0027Plan Guidance\u0027 the executive orders incorporate)","authority":"EO 20-40 ¶ 6, EO 20-48, EO 20-56 ¶ 7.e, EO 20-74 ¶ 7.e, EO 20-99 ¶ 7.d, EO 21-11, EO 21-21 ¶ 13 (Minn. Stat. §§ 12.21, 12.32); Minn. Stat. ch. 182","instrument":"COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements Guidance, General (all businesses), updated July 29, 2020","title":"COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements: Guidance, General (minimum protections and protocols for all businesses)","dateIssued":"2020-07-29","effective":"2020-06-29 (every Critical and Non-Critical business required to have a Plan implementing the guidance, EO 20-74 ¶ 7.d.i)","end":"2021-06-30 11:59 p.m. (all-business Plan requirement rescinded with EO 21-11 by EO 21-21 ¶ 2 and the emergency termination, Ex. MN-038, MN-041)","startDate":"2020-06-29","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","MASK","TELE","COND"],"addressees":["employers (all businesses, Critical and Non-Critical, and Places of Public Accommodation)"],"clause":"As required by executive orders issued by Gov. Tim Walz under the Peacetime Emergency, all businesses must develop and implement COVID-19 Preparedness Plans that addresses the hazards of COVID-19 transmission. Unless clearly indicated that an action included in the guidance is recommended, businesses should understand that the action is required if applicable to their business.","enforcement":"Through the incorporating orders: § 12.45 misdemeanor; EO 20-99 gross misdemeanor and § 8.31 civil penalties up to $25,000 per occurrence; DLI \u0027citations, civil penalties, or closure orders\u0027 (EO 20-40 ¶ 8, EO 20-81 ¶ 17, EO 21-11 ¶ 7.b); § 182.666 fines.","functions":[],"notes":"As the guidance every Plan had to implement, it required a designated Plan administrator, posting and training, health screening of every worker (\u0027A health screening must be conducted\u0027), sending symptomatic workers home (\u0027they must also be sent home immediately\u0027), \u0027WORKERS MUST BE AT LEAST SIX FEET APART\u0027, \u0027Workers who are able to work from home must work from home\u0027, barriers where distancing was impossible, and \u0027Require workers to wear a face covering as required by Executive Order\u0027, while marking optional items under the heading \u0027Recommendations\u0027.","sourceUrl":"http://dli.mn.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/COVID_19_preparedness_plan_requirements_guidelines_businesses.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201016160430/http://dli.mn.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/COVID_19_preparedness_plan_requirements_guidelines_businesses.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":284811,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/DUT-MN-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MN-013","citation":"Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (the \u0027Plan Guidance\u0027 the executive orders incorporate), COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements Guidance, General (all businesses), updated July 29, 2020 (Ex. DUT-MN-013)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-038","MN-041","DUT-MN-014","DUT-MN-011","DUT-MN-019","MN-025"]}