The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A; DLS under G.L. c. 149, ss. 6, 6 1/2; DPH under G.L. c. 17, s. 2A and c. 111, ss. 6, 127A
- Issued
- 2020-05-18 May 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-18 (Phase I categories A-E); 2020-05-25 (categories F-L) (read as 2020-05-18)
- End
- Rescinded 12:01 a.m. May 29, 2021 by Order No. 69, with all DLS and DPH workplace safety rules (Ex. MA-048) (read as 2021-05-29)
- In force
- May 18, 2020 to May 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- employers; all businesses and organizations permitted to operate brick-and-mortar premises
- Character
- order operating condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA
Operative words
permitted to operate from their physical workplaces and facilities... provided they comply with all workplace safety rules and standards issued or maintained pursuant to Section 2... All businesses and other organizations in the Commonwealth that are permitted to operate brick-and-mortar premises must immediately adopt and maintain the following generally applicable COVID-19 workplace safety
Penalty
Civil fine up to $300 per violation; injunction; DLS, DPH and local boards of health enforce; self-certification required before opening
What it required
Operation was conditional on compliance with the DLS/DPH Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards and sector-specific rules ('provided they comply'); every operating business 'must immediately adopt and maintain' the generally applicable rules, including 'Require face coverings or masks for all employees'; each business self-certified and posted its attestation before opening (s. 3; DUT-MA-016); s. 6: 'No municipal or other local authority should adopt or enforce any workplace health or safety rule to address COVID-19 that is in addition to, stricter than, or otherwise in conflict with' the State rules (verb 'should').
Retrieval noteThe instrument that gave the standing workplace duties (DUT-MA-013 to -015) their COVID-19 content. its four categories are recited on the compliance attestation poster (DUT-MA-016) and in the Attorney General's release (DUT-MA-003).