Los Angeles City joined the County’s easing of wearing masks indoors today, February 25, 2022. Mayor Garcetti made the announcement that brought the City into alignment with the County in a tweet today:

Angelenos, effective immediately, @LACity is rolling back certain indoor masking restrictions for those fully vaccinated, in alignment with @CountyofLA.

This moment gives us a renewed sense of optimism about the direction of this pandemic.

Learn more at https://t.co/nJG4DqY3lx.

— MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) February 25, 2022

Los Angeles County’s order can be viewed here, and Los Angeles City’s order can be viewed here. Here are the top five issues employers must understand about the orders easing the masking requirements:

1. Covered establishments

The County and City orders ease the indoor mask requirements for the following entities/venues:

All indoor public settings, venues, gatherings, and public and private businesses (some examples: offices, manufacturing, warehouses, retail, food and beverage services, theaters, family entertainment centers, meetings, and state and local government offices serving the public, and Indoor Mega Events, among others).

2. Entities may choose between two options to allow fully vaccinated persons to be exempt from the indoor masking requirement.

The orders provide the following two options:

Option #1 – To allow both fully vaccinated customers/visitors and fully vaccinated onsite workers to unmask while indoors if they verify proof of full...

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