Effective early this week, the state of Virginia imposed still even more stringent face-covering requirements on all businesses across the state. The new mandate, which went into effect on December 14, requires all individuals age five or older to wear face masks at all times in settings shared by others – indoors or outdoors –…
Read More »President-elect Joe Biden announced yesterday in a CNN interview that one of his first official acts as president will be to issue an Executive Order asking the country to commit to wearing masks for 100 days. In the same interview, Biden also revealed that he asked Anthony Fauci to stay on as Director of the…
Read More »In the seemingly non-stop evolution of face covering mandates, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guidance on face coverings, this time to coincide with CDC recommendations. In response to the posed question of whether OSHA will consider face coverings to be an integral part of…
Read More »Periodically, we will hear directly from some federal, state or local regulatory agencies asking us to assist with delivering a message to QSR franchisees in general, or Dunkin’ franchisees in particular, about one issue or another. Whenever possible, we try to accommodate these requests and pass along the information. Such was the case again this…
Read More »On Wednesday of this week, August 26, new regulations kicked in across the state of Illinois with the implementation of Governor J.B. Pritsker’s new coronavirus dictates. His new policy departs dramatically from the popular protocol employed around the country in that it mandates diners wear face coverings when interacting with servers and/or other restaurant staff…
Read More »Not to be outdone, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) also released an expanded guidance recently that elaborates on a number of issues/questions related to face coverings in the workplace. The guidance clarified that facemasks are not considered personal protective equipment nor are employers required to provide them to employees. That said however, the…
Read More »As we’re seemingly experiencing a resurgence of sorts in the number of coronavirus infections in some states and regions around the country, the loosening of restrictions is being paused in some states and outright reversed in still others. Further, interstate travel restrictions are now being applied and expanded by a number of states – New…
Read More »There were only a handful of locations mandating face coverings just a few months ago, but now it is more the rule than the exception. Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in Florida are just the latest to now mandate facemasks be worn in public as the virus continues to spike in a number of southern and…
Read More »As we see dramatic increases in confirmed cases of coronavirus in many of the southern and western states over the past few weeks, it behooves business owners to stay up to date on state and local mandates relative to face coverings. A majority of states may only recommend that they be worn while others mandate…
Read More »As the national patchwork of “stay at home”, “safer at home” and “non-essential business closing” orders gets murkier, it becomes that much more important for us to know what the limits are for the different areas in which we operate. Understanding and knowing the limits of this city, that county and the other state can…
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