The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Chapter 49.17 RCW; chapter 296-800 WAC; Proclamation 20-25 (recited: 'implement the Governor's proclamation')
- Issued
- 2020-07-21 July 21, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04 (read as 2020-07-21)
- End
- superseded by 'Requirements and Guidance for Preventing COVID-19' (June 30, 2021 onward; see Ex. WA-101 and Ex. DUT-WA-018) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- July 21, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- employers (every employer operating under the proclamations)
- Character
- guidance incorporated
- Collection
- Standing duties: Washington DUT-WA
Operative words
The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) requires employers to provide a safe and healthy workplace and to implement the Governor's proclamation to ensure coronavirus prevention. Employers must ensure social distancing for employees and customers; frequent and adequate employee handwashing; and that sick employees stay home.
Penalty
Enforced through WAC 296-800-14035, 296-800-11045 and 296-800-140 under RCW 49.17.180
What it required
States L&I's mandatory baseline for every workplace ('Employers must ensure...'; 'Routine and Frequent Cleaning is Required'; 'Frequent and Adequate Handwashing is Required'; 'Employee Education is Required') alongside 'Prevention Ideas' labelled as such; incorporated by the Safe Start plan's requirement that employers comply with L&I's 'interpretive guidance, regulations, and rules' (Ex. WA-034) and by Proclamations 20-25.6 and 20-25.14.
Retrieval noteThe document distinguishes requirements ('must', 'is Required') from 'Prevention Ideas'; the record pleads the former as requirements and the latter as recommendations. Filename carries the capture date because the publication bears only a month code.