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Effective July 31, 2025, New York will no longer require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who contract COVID-19. As discussed in our prior alert, New York has required employers to provide COVID-19 leave...more
On December 28, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 9450, which added new enforcement provisions to the New York Health And Essential Rights Act’s (NY HERO Act) workplace safety committee...more
After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more
On February 9, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state is largely discontinuing the mandate that businesses require proof of vaccination or masks to enter the premises. The mandate will remain in...more
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recently issued its long-awaited proposed regulations related to workplace safety committees as allowed under the NY HERO Act. New York employers have already been addressing...more
New York employers must continue to implement their airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans through at least October 31, thanks to the Commissioner of Health’s recent under-the-radar designation that COVID-19...more
The New York Department of Labor finally issued Model Safety Plans and Standards for airborne infectious diseases. All employers, regardless of size and with a worksite in New York, must adopt a safety plan by August 5, 2021,...more
As explained more fully below, the New York Health and Essential Rights Act1 (“HERO Act” or the “Act”) requires private employers to create a written plan (the “Plan”) to minimize or eliminate occupational exposure to...more
On June 15, 2021, New York State celebrated reaching 70 percent of its adult population having received at least one vaccination dose. As a result, the State lifted most of its New York Forward industry-specific COVID-19...more
As discussed in our previous advisory, the New York Legislature passed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act), requiring all New York employers to implement certain health and safety standards and to adopt a...more