On April 6, 2021, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 10E, which pertains to 1) absentee voting, and 2) municipal and regional school district budget adoption timelines. ABSENTEE BALLOTS: Executive Order 10E largely...more
Governor Lamont has issued a new Executive Order that requires local and regional boards of education to continue providing eligible employees with certain paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. ...more
On December 16, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont signed Executive Order No. 9R which adopts most components of tax relief programs he had previously created for the April 1 through July 1, 2020 installments, and restores those...more
On November 9, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9L, which extends all executive orders, agency orders and municipal orders issued in connection with the current states of emergency related to COVID-19 until...more
Shortly after declaring a State of Emergency with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in light of the desire to avoid large in-person gatherings, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7B, which provides that the in-person...more
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Ned Lamont declared a public health and civil preparedness emergency in Connecticut. In connection with this declaration, Governor Lamont has issued numerous Executive Orders...more
On September 8, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9A, which extends to November 9, 2020 all executive orders, agency orders and municipal orders issued in connection with the current states of emergency related to...more
On July 24, 2020, Connecticut Governor Lamont issued Executive Order JJJ (“E.O. JJJ”), which creates a presumption that employees who contracted COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic contracted it at work and are...more
On July 21, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7III, which made mandatory a previous advisory self-quarantine recommendation for individuals - including employees - traveling from states with...more
As if COVID-19 had not already caused enough headaches for employers, its latest painful consequence might be its impact on your employees’ summer vacations. Last week, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7BBB,...more
On June 24, 2020, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut announced that travelers entering their states from certain states with high positive coronavirus test rates must quarantine for 14 days. The tri-state...more
On June 24, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced a Joint Incoming Travel Advisory that all individuals traveling from states with significant...more
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has issued Order No. 7PP, which authorizes implementation of the “Sector Rules” issued by the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). This order clarifies that the Sector Rules...more
As discussed in a prior blog post, in order to manage the unprecedented medical need due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some states have loosened scope of practice restrictions imposed on healthcare professionals. The relaxing of...more
On April 17, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order 7BB requiring state residents “who [are] unable to or [do] not maintain a safe social distance of approximately six feet from every other person” in a public place...more
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has issued an Executive Order mandating all persons in public places use masks or cloth face-coverings if they are unable to, or do not, stay at least six...more
On April 7, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7V. It is the governor’s most recent executive order designed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued two executive orders on Friday, March 20, and Sunday, March 22, that require businesses and not-for-profit entities to use telecommuting and work-from-home arrangements “to the maximum...more
Massachusetts has joined an increasing number of states ordering the closure of non-essential businesses in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. On March 23, 2020, Governor Charles Baker signed COVID-19 Order No. 13, which...more
On March 20, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Executive Order No. 7H (the “Connecticut Executive Order”) restricting certain businesses from maintaining an in-person workforce. The Connecticut Executive Order,...more
Last night, the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) issued guidance identifying which businesses are essential under Governor Lamont’s Executive Order 7H. Hospitals and other health care providers...more
On March 22, 2020, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) issued legally binding guidance about which businesses are deemed essential in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 7H. The...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Lamont has issued multiple Executive Orders designed to ensure social distancing and slow the spread of COVID-19 in Connecticut. The most recent measures include Executive Orders of March 20 and...more
As part of Connecticut’s continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut Governor Ned Lemont released Executive Order No. 7H on March 20, implementing telecommuting and closures of non-essential businesses or...more
Over the past week, the governors of several states have issued “stay-at-home’ orders to combat the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19. These stay-at-home orders significantly limit freedom of movement within the...more