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New York Ends COVID-19 Sick Leave Requirements

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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

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Europe Take Action Against Substances Harmful to Reproduction

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On 26 September 2024, Italy introduced a landmark piece of legislation aimed at enhancing workplace safety, specifically focusing on the protection of workers from substances that are toxic to reproduction....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Novità normative in materia di salute e sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro contenute nel recente Decreto Legge 21 ottobre 2021, n. 146...

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È stato recentemente pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale – Serie Generale n. 252 del 21 ottobre 2021 – il testo del Decreto Legge 21 ottobre 2021, n. 146 recante «Misure urgenti in materia economica e fiscale, a tutela del...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New York Enacts HERO Act Requiring All Employers to Implement Health and Safety Standards to Address Airborne Infectious Diseases

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On May 5, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act), which imposes on all non-public employers significant health and safety standards intended to address the spread of airborne...more

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Need an Infectious Disease Prevention Plan? In New York, You Soon Will under the HERO Act

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On May 5, 2021, Governor Cuomo of New York signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act) into law. The HERO Act creates occupational safety and health standards in the private sector for all airborne...more

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The New York HERO Act: What Employers Need to Know

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Echoing his mantra of building back better, on May 5, 2021, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY HERO Act), which mandates extensive new workplace health and safety...more

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Governor Newsom Signs Law Requiring California Hospitals to Stockpile PPE

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On September 29, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2537 (AB 2537), the latest in a series of legislative enactments designed to protect employees from COVID-19 exposures in the workplace. ...more

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Oklahoma law offers shield against COVID-19 lawsuits

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Concerns that clients, customers or business associates could sue them over claims they were exposed to COVID-19 have made some businesses reluctant to reopen. We have already seen lawsuits filed against retail stores and...more

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