In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as of this writing, several states, including California, Illinois, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as large cities, including Miami, New Orleans and Chicago, and counties across the United States, have issued executive orders restricting companies from requiring “non-essential” employees to come into the workplace. Additional jurisdictions are likely to do so in the days ahead. These orders are sometimes referred to as “essential business,” “shelter in place” or “life sustaining businesses,” and for purposes of this Alert, "Non-Essential Business Orders." This Alert describes the Non-Essential Business Orders issued by New York and Connecticut.