The order was extended on March 31, April 28, and May 15. Workers supporting groceries, pharmacies, convenience stores, farmers markets and farm stands, nurseries, greenhouses, garden centers, and agriculture supply stores, and other retail (including unattended and vending) that sells human food, animal/pet food and pet supply, and beverage products (including liquor stores), including retail customer support service and information technology support staff necessary for online orders, pickup and delivery. Workers responsible for operating and dispatching passenger, commuter and freight trains public transportation and buses and maintaining rail and transit infrastructure and equipment. The Commonwealth’s “Reopening Massachusetts” process is now underway, and all businesses and organizations should review that process to determine when they are permitted to reopen. Workers providing disinfection services, for all essential facilities and modes of transportation, and supporting the sanitation of all food manufacturing processes and operations from wholesale to retail. Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in veterinary health (including those involved in supporting emergency veterinary or livestock services); raising of animals for food; animal production operations; livestock markets; slaughter and packing plants, manufacturers, renderers, and associated regulatory and government workforce. Essential Services Assessment (ESA) Statement, and pay their tax liability in full. Workers supporting essential maintenance, manufacturing, design, operation, inspection, security, and construction for essential products, services, and supply chain and COVID-19 relief efforts. To slow down the spread of coronavirus and protect the health and well-being of all Europeans, some travel restrictions have been necessary. Employees supporting or enabling transportation functions, including truck drivers, bus drivers, dispatchers, maintenance and repair technicians, warehouse workers, truck stop and rest area workers, Registry of Motor Vehicle (RMV) employees, towing/recovery services, roadside assistance workers, intermodal transportation personnel, and workers who maintain and inspect infrastructure (including those that require cross-jurisdiction travel). BUFFALO, N.Y. (WROC/WIVB) -- Ninety-one restaurants who filed a lawsuit against the state over a 10 p.m. curfew will be able to stay open later, for the time being. If you are part of this essential workforce, you are exempted from the stay home order. Propane, natural gas liquids, and other liquid fuel distribution centers. Workers in dependent care services, in support of workers in other essential products and services. For example, in the rural Victorian town of Ballan, some stores closed while others re… Governor Charlie Baker’s order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide COVID-19 Essential Services was originally issued on March 23, 2020. Workers necessary for the manufacturing of materials and products needed to manufacture medical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE). 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Financial Institutions, Including: banks. You are exempt from mandatory self-isolation measures but must respect orders to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Essential support personnel for electricity operations. SA Health essential traveller application. Workers who are needed to provide business, commercial, and consumer access to bank and non-bank financial services and lending services, including ATMs, lending and money transmission, and to move currency, checks, securities, and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers). IT and OT technology for essential energy sector operations including support workers, customer service operations; energy management systems, control systems, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA systems, and energy sector entity data centers; cybersecurity engineers; and cybersecurity risk management. We will use this information to improve the site. 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