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Strategies for Dealing with COVID-19 in the Workplace Installment 1 of the MHTL COVID-19 Client Alert

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is creating increasing concern in workplace communities and in our community at large. Each day infections spread to new parts of the world and the U.S. The number of cases and deaths continues to rise in the U.S. Johns Hopkins University, which tracks the number of cases and deaths globally, reports that the virus is in over half of the U.S. states, with 755 cases and 26 deaths.[1] https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

[1] These statistics are as of Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 6:53:03 a.m.

 

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Governor Signs PROTECT Act into Law

On August 5, 2026, Governor Maura Healey signed into law Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2026, An Act Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust and Equal Constitutional Treatment, commonly referred to as the PROTECT Act. This law was passed as an “emergency law” and attempts to regulate the actions of certain civil law enforcement agents in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the access of agents to public schools.

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Governor Signs PROTECT Act into Law

On August 5, 2026, Governor Maura Healey signed into law Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2026, An Act Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust and Equal Constitutional Treatment, commonly referred to as the PROTECT Act. This law was passed as an “emergency law” and attempts to regulate the actions of certain civil law enforcement agents in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the access of agents to public schools.

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