The California Department of Health issued one in mid-November as cases continued to rise Travel tips recommended the quarantine for those returning to the state from other states or countries. The report made a distinction between “non-essential travel” such as tourism and “essential travel” such as work, study, economic services, immediate medical care or health and safety.
Before state advice, Santa Clara County issued an order Anyone traveling to Santa Clara County from a place of origin 150 miles from the county border was required to be quarantined for 10 days upon arrival. The county had exemptions from quarantine requirements for licensed health professionals, those traveling to perform essential government functions, or those working on essential work on critical infrastructure.
San Francisco also issued a travel quarantine orderThis requires anyone who has spent time outside of the 10 counties in the Bay Area (San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Sonoma, Napa, Marin) in the 10 days prior to arriving in San Francisco and Santa Cruz). Quarantine 10 days, including residents. Similar to Santa Clara, San Francisco is exempting health professionals, essential infrastructure workers traveling to work, and employees of an important company who have to return to work due to a lack of staff.
Last has the Los Angeles County issued a travel quarantine orderThis requires those traveling outside of the Southern California region (Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura) to be quarantined for 10 days after their arrival become. As in San Francisco and Santa Clara, certain types of employees, such as B. Licensed health professionals and those commuting to work on essential infrastructure may be exempt from the order. Also exempt from the Los Angeles County Ordinance are professional or college sports teams, and film or media production team members and employees traveling to work.
Employers should be aware of the quarantine and travel quarantine regulations that apply to their employees and check whether they are an additional requirement for paid sick leave for an employee who needs to be quarantined.
Stephanie T. Yang is a lawyer with Jackson Lewis in San Francisco. © 2021 Jackson Lewis. All rights reserved. Republished with permission.
