California Health Department Reopening Guidelines For Restaurants, Retail and Manufacturing

While a lot of business owners are taking a wait-and-see approach, The California Department of Public Health and Department of Industrial Relations recently released industry specific guidance to help employers reopeing their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

These new instructional documents provide businesses with some important information from employee training to customer safety and other tips for a safe workplace. You can view these documents and other employer resources at the California state government’s website https://covid19.ca.gov/

Here are some notable parts from the government guidance if you are planning on curbside service, take-out or dining-in at your local Restaurant or Bar:

• Prioritize outdoor seating and curbside pickup to minimize cross flow of customers in enclosed environments. Restaurants can expand their outdoor seating, and alcohol offerings. Guests are encouraged to order ahead of their arrival, even if dinining-in.
• Limit the number of patrons at a single table to a household unit or patrons who have asked to be seated together. People in the same party seated at the same table do not have to be six feet apart. All members of the party must be present before seating and hosts must bring the entire party to the table at one time.
• Licensed restaurants may sell “to-go” alcoholic beverages, prepared drinks, and pre-mixed cocktails provided they are sold and delivered to customers in conjunction with the sale and delivery of a meal/meals.
• Discontinued tableside food preparation and presentation such as food item selection carts and conveyor belts, guacamole preparation, etc.

If you have questions about this article or want to talk more your business, please contact us at (949) 877-3143 (local) or (800) 425-0570 (toll free) or info@mrarrachecpa.com

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