Self-Serve Beverage & Revised Facemask Rules Announced

Self-Serve Beverage & Revised Facemask Rules Announced

Self-serve Beverage & Revised Facemask Rules Announced New Restroom Signage Recommendations The Department of economic and Community Development (DECD) released guidance on self-serve beverages like coffee and soda fountains, along with revisions to the face...
Governor Lamont’s Executive Order

Governor Lamont’s Executive Order

Rebuttable Presumption of Workers Compensation Eligibility Against the objections of dozens of trade associations and hundreds of businesses including CEMA and our members, Governor Lamont decided to issue an Executive Order (EO) to allow employees who contracted...
PPP Update: Loan Forgiveness Application

PPP Update: Loan Forgiveness Application

Authored by Michael F. Maglio, Endicott Peabody, Taylor A. Shea, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta, and Barrett P. Wilson-Murphy On May 15, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), released the Paycheck...
May 20th Reopen Information

May 20th Reopen Information

Last week, we shared with you Governor Lamont’s reopening plan that businesses who fall in to Phase I must follow. The first phase – which includes restaurants; offices; hair salons and barbershops; retail stores; and outdoor museums and zoos – is scheduled to...
May 20th Reopen Information

May 20th Reopen Plan Released

During Governor Lamont’s news briefing yesterday, the Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner David Lehman outlined some of the details for Phase 1 of Connecticut’s reopening plans on May 20.   This morning, documents containing...
Governor Lamont’s Executive Order

RVP Waiver Extension

As you are aware, CEMA has been negotiating with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Department of Consumer Protection for weeks about clarifying and extending the RVP waiver already proposed by the federal government. The waiver language was...