Los Angeles Issues Two New Public Orders On COVID-19

On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued two new public orders in response to COVID-19's continued growth and effect on essential businesses. Both of these public orders go into effect on Friday, April 10.

The first order contains provisions relating to grocery retail store, drug retail store, and food delivery employees. It mandates:

• Grocery retail store and drug retail store employers to permit employees to change their schedules if the change is: (1) to provide daycare for the employee's child; (2) to care for a sick member of the employee's immediate family or member of its household; or (3) because the employee feels ill, suspects having been exposed to COVID-19, or exhibits a symptom of COVID-19. Food delivery platform businesses must permit an employee to decline an order for the same reasons.