The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.Y. Labor Law 218-b (New York Health and Essential Rights Act)
- Issued
- 2021-05-05 May 5, 2021
- Effective
- June 4, 2021 (plans required by Aug. 5, 2021 under DOL standard of July 6, 2021). (read as 2021-06-04)
- End
- in force (statute) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 4, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- every private employer in New York ('Employer' includes any person, entity, business... employing... any employee); employees including part-time, independent contractors, domestic workers, home care and personal care workers, day laborers, farmworkers
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B
Operative words
'218-b. Prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease. 1. For purposes of this section... (a) "Employee" shall mean any person providing labor or services for remuneration for a private entity or business within the state, without regard to an individual's immigration status, and shall include part-time workers, independent contractors, domestic workers, home care and personal care workers, day laborers, farmworkers, and other temporary and seasonal workers... (b) "Work site" shall mean any physical space, including a vehicle, that has been designated as the location where work is performed over which an employer has the ability to exercise control... The term shall not include a telecommuting or telework site unless the employer has the ability to exercise control over such site.' (as captured Sept. 20, 2021)
Enforcement
N.Y. Labor Law 218-b(6), (7) (civil penalties; private right of action)
Notes
Statute in force in Q3 2021;
Retrieval noteStatutory text as posted by the New York State Senate, captured Sept. 20, 2021.