SECTION 1.  1. Notwithstanding chapter 149 of the General Laws or any other special or general law to the contrary, 2. any employer that that provides "COVID-19 Essential Services" as 3 defined in the Governor's March 23, 2020 emergency order (“COVID-19 Order No. 13”) or in 4 the Governor's March 31, 2020 extension order (“COVID-19 Order No. 21”), or under any order 5 further extending these , shall provide alternative no-contact assignment or time off without loss of pay or benefits  as further defined in the following 

SECTION 2. No employee who is a caregiver for full-time, live-in dependents who are medically documented as immune-compromised or have chronic lung disorder who makes a refusal to work for any establishment shall not be grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, reduction in hours, or any other penalty.

SECTION 3. The provisions of this law shall be enforced by the office of the attorney general pursuant to her authority under Section 150 of Chapter 149. Under this law an employee who has used sick time, personal time, or vacation time with medical documentation will retroactively have that time replaced to their accrued time bank.  This time will retroactively be applied from the hour of the Governor's 25 emergency order on March 23, 2020