{"id":"NY-131","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)","authority":"EO 202.35 and successors (\u0027must be operated subject to the guidance promulgated by the Department of Health\u0027)","instrument":"Interim Guidance for Office-Based Work During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","title":"Interim Guidance for Office-Based Work During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-05-29","effective":"Phase Two (May 29, 2020 upstate; June 22, 2020 New York City); version saved \u0027As of March 12, 2021\u0027","end":"Percentage caps ended May 19, 2021 (EO 202.108); guidance optional after June 25, 2021","startDate":"2020-05-29","endDate":"2021-05-19","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","TELE","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["every office-based employer (\u0027Responsible Parties\u0027)"],"clause":"In addition to the following standards, both essential and non-essential businesses must continue to [comply with the guidance]... Responsible Parties must ensure that the total number of occupants is limited to no more than 50% of the maximum occupancy at any given time for a particular area as set by the certificate of occupancy... Responsible Parties must ensure that a distance of at least six feet is maintained among individuals at all times, unless safety of the core activity requires a shorter distance. Any time individuals must come within six feet of another person, acceptable face coverings must be worn... even when face coverings [are] in use, occupancy must never exceed 50% of the maximum capacity of the space or vehicle","enforcement":"Affirmation of compliance required (\u0027When you have read this document, you can affirm at the bottom\u0027); EO 202.11 and 202.14; Public Health Law 12","functions":["OF office premises (50 percent occupancy; six-foot distancing; face coverings)","HR (screening, training)","WF"],"notes":"Applies to \u0027Professional services, nonprofit, technology, [administrative support, higher education administration and similar]\u0027 per the summary (NY-119)","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/offices-interim-guidance.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210412225411/https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/offices-interim-guidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":383899,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NY","url":"/library/NY-131","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NY-131","citation":"New York State Department of Health (New York Forward), Interim Guidance for Office-Based Work During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (May 29, 2020) (Ex. NY-131)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-119","NY-026","NY-109","NY-125","NY-111","NY-105","NY-106","NY-107","NY-108","NY-123","NY-126","NY-112"]}