Governor Cuomo Signs “First in the Nation” HERO Act, Placing Significant Workplace Health and Safety Obligations on All New York Employers
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21
Taking the lead on permanently enshrining COVID-19-related health and safety protocols into law, on May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed A2681B/S1034—the Health and Essential Rights Act (“HERO Act” or “Act”). The Act requires that, by June 4, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”), in consultation with the State Department of Health, develop an industry-specific model airborne infectious disease exposure prevention standard (“model standard”) that sets forth...
By: Epstein Becker & Green