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Mayor Orders Face Masks for Employees and Customers

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday issued an emergency order requiring essential service workers to wear face coverings, as well as customers shopping at essential businesses such as grocery stores. The order takes effect Friday, according to a statement from the mayor’s office, and could be extended beyond the city’s local emergency period. As for now, that’s April 19. Nonmedical essential businesses must provide workers with cloth face coverings that cover the nose and face or reimburse employees for the cost. Other than the obvious grocery employer, other businesses affected by the order include social service organizations, hardware stores, laundromats, restaurants still offering meals via delivery, pick-up or drive-through, taxis and car rental companies. In other words, businesses that deal regularly with the public. Such businesses are allowed to refuse service to a customer not wearing a face covering. “We need to protect every worker on the front lines of this crisis,” Garcetti said in a statement. “Each one of us is a first responder in this emergency. Every employer should keep employees safe, and so should Angelenos patronizing these businesses. Cover up. Keep your distance. Save lives. It’s that simple.” Essential businesses must also implement physical distancing measures for employees, customers and visitors, ensure a clean and sanitary restroom stocked with soap and sanitizer and allow employees to wash their hands at least every 30 minutes, the emergency order said. Added recommendations include plexiglass installations between cashiers and customers, limited trips outside residences and, especially this week, postponing trips to the grocery store and other errands as much as possible, according to the mayor’s office.

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