The operation of a trade or business is partially suspended if an appropriate governmental authority imposes restrictions on the employer’s operations by limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes) due to COVID-19 such that the employer can still continue some, but not all of its typical operations. Examples of such orders include:

• Limitation of an employer’s customer/store capacity
• An employer’s suppliers are unable to make deliveries of critical goods or materials due to a governmental order that causes the supplier to suspend its operations
• An employer is required to move to an “online format” or “telework” that results in the operations of the business not continuing in a comparable manner as if the business were open regularly
• An employer's workplace is closed by a governmental order for certain purposes, but the employer's workplace may remain open for other purposes or the employer is able to continue certain operations remotely
• An employer that reduces its operating hours
• Employers that operate a trade or business in multiple locations and are subject to State and local governmental orders limiting operations in some, but not all, jurisdictions
• If the order was effective for a portion of the calendar quarter, then the employer is an Eligible Employer for the entire calendar quarter