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California and Local Orders Remove Mask Mandate From Schools
Mar 14, 2022

California and Local Orders Remove Mask Mandate From Schools

Topics: COVID-19

As positivity rates decline in the Golden State, effective March 12, 2022, California’s Public Health Department no longer requires the use of masks indoors in schools or childcare settings and Los Angeles County followed suit.

Masks are strongly recommended in these and other indoor public settings and continue to be required for:  

  • Public transit and in stations, terminals, and airports
  • Healthcare settings
  • Emergency shelters, homeless shelters, cooling and heating centers
  • Correctional facilities and detention centers
  • Long-term care settings and adult and senior care facilities

As we have previously commented, employers that wish to maintain masking requirements will likely be under pressure to eliminate masks in the workplace.  

Recent media reports about a new variant “Deltacron” that was detected in France, the Netherlands, Denmark, and more recently in the U.S., may give some employers pause before making major changes to current masking and social distancing rules that have been implemented. 

Please contact your favorite CDF lawyer for advice before making changes to policies as the regulations and laws continue to change with great frequency.

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San Diego Associate Attorney. Taylor has experience defending employers of all sizes in employment-related claims regarding wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, COVID-19 compliance, and employment-related tort and contract claims. Taylor also has experience defending management in wage and hour class actions and PAGA representative actions. Taylor is a member of the Lawyers Club of San Diego and received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she was a member of the Student Bar Association, Employment and Labor Law Society, Business Law Society, and Women’s Law Caucus.
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