| Ex. MET-BOS-110 | City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailersClosures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions (chelseama.gov, captured April 17, 2020) | City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health) | City of Chelsea (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-015 | Extension 'until further notice' of the City of Boston order pausing non-essential construction on City-permitted sitesMayor Walsh extends order pausing non-essential construction work in Boston (boston.gov, March 25, 2020) | Mayor Martin J. Walsh | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Mar. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-033 | Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces (Reopening Massachusetts, May 18, 2020), with the sector-specific workplace safety standards, protocol summaries and checklists issued under Order No. 33 s. 2 (May 2020 to May 2021)Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces: social distancing, hygiene protocols, staffing and operations, cleaning and disinfecting | Department of Labor Standards and Department of Public Health (with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development), under COVID-19 Order No. 33, s. 2 | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066 | Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment)Permanent adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency) after its emergency adoption for the 2020-21… | Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020 | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState | Sept. 29, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-131 | Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and for Visitors in all municipal buildingsCity of Worcester to Require Masks in Municipal Buildings (worcesterma.gov, August 10, 2021) | City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. | City of Worcester, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048 | Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at… | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021) | Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState | Aug. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-130 | Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the WorkplaceCity of Worcester Enacts Two Emergency Orders: Mask Mandate in All Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; Order for Employers to… | Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester) | City of Worcester (Worcester County), MassachusettsCity | Sept. 3, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-041 | City of Boston COVID-19 vaccination verification or weekly testing policy for City employees, onsite contractors and volunteersVaccination mandate announced for City of Boston employees (boston.gov, August 16, 2021) | Acting Mayor Kim Janey (City of Boston as employer of 18,000 workers) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 16, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. ECO-B-130 | Executive Order No. 595, Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Executive Department Employees (Aug. 19, 2021)Executive Department employees must demonstrate full vaccination by October 17, 2021 (no test-out) | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |