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New York State Reduces COVID-19 Isolation Time for Certain Critical Workers

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Aiming to alleviate staffing shortages in essential workplaces – including restaurants and bars –due to rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) has issued guidance...more

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CDC Limits Permissible In-Person Work by Exposed Critical Infrastructure Workers

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new interim guidance on November 16, revising the approach businesses should take when determining whether critical infrastructure workers who have been exposed to...more

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CDC Clarifies Critical Infrastructure Worker Guidance – Opportunities To Continue Working Potentially Narrowed After COVID-19...

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On November 16, 2020, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) clarified its guidance permitting critical infrastructure workers to return to work before the end of the standard 14-day quarantine period following exposure to...more

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New York State Adopts COVID-19 Testing Carve-Out Allowing Travelers to Sidestep the State’s Mandatory 14-Day Quarantine

Governor Cuomo has announced new guidelines allowing travelers to New York to sidestep the State’s mandatory 14-day quarantine period by obtaining a series of negative COVID-19 diagnostic test results before and after...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York Expands Quarantine Requirements for Out-of-State Travelers but Offers "Test Out" Protocol

On October 31, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order 205.2 which introduced new travel guidelines modifying the quarantine requirements for out-of-state travelers and giving covered individuals the...more

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Executive Order 9I Exempts Travel to New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island from Affected State COVID-19 Quarantine List

As COVID-19 test positivity rates in Connecticut become more ominous and the long-feared fall “second wave” rears its ugly head,  Governor Lamont’s executive orders regarding travel into Connecticut continue to evolve.  The...more

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New York State Executive Order Requires Out-of-State Travelers to Quarantine and Amends Covid-19 Sick Leave Law

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On June 15, 2020, and June 24, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued two Executive Orders (“EO”) numbers 202.45 and 205, which address COVID-19 travel-related restrictions. ...more

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Expanded List of States for NY-Area Travel Quarantines

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The list of states subject to quarantine requirements for individuals traveling into the New York area has increased to nineteen from the original eight. And a new set of FAQs helps illuminate some of the...more

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Top 15 Questions Employers May Need Answered to Prepare for Chicago’s New Emergency Travel Order

On July 2, 2020, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., issued an emergency travel order (Public Health Order No. 2020-10) in an effort “to reduce the spread of COVID-19.” The order requires...more

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What Employers Need to Know about the Chicago Travel Quarantine Order

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On July 2, 2020, the City of Chicago issued Public Health Order 2020-10, which requires persons entering the City of Chicago from certain states to self-quarantine for a period of 14 days. Additional details are included in a...more

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New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey Place Quarantine Restrictions on Arriving Travelers

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In a joint press conference on June 24, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced a coordinated effort to protect the tristate area from community spread of...more

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New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Issue Travel Advisory Requiring Quarantines for Travelers from Other States

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Following publication of this Alert, Gov. Cuomo issued an Executive Order making an important change to employee leave rights related to voluntary travel to high-risk states. The latest Executive Order issued by Governor...more

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New York City Department of Health Issues Standing Isolation Order for Purposes of New York State Emergency Sick Leave Law

The New York City Department of Health has issued a standing Order that creates a process for those who live or work in the City to receive the documentation needed to claim leave in certain circumstances under the New York...more

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Lessons Learned in Quarantine

As many states across the nation begin the process of lifting stay-at-home orders and reopening restaurants, gyms, salons, and other businesses, there is still much uncertainty about how long our lives will be impacted by...more

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