The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.Y. Const. art. III; adds Labor Law 218-b and 27-d
- Issued
- 2021-05-05 May 5, 2021
- Effective
- Section 1 (Labor Law 218-b) 'shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law' (June 4, 2021); section 2 (Labor Law 27-d, workplace safety committees) on the 180th day (Nov. 1, 2021) (read as 2021-06-04)
- End
- Permanent (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
- Workplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- every private employer in New York State
- the Commissioner of Labor and the Commissioner of Health
- Functions reached
- OF workplace
- HR (plan adoption and distribution within 30 days; training)
- WF (controls on activation)
- all in-person functions
- Collection
- New York NY
Operative words
218-b. Prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease... [the Commissioner of Labor] shall create and publish, in both English and Spanish, a model airborne infectious disease exposure prevention standard... 4. (a) Every employer shall establish an airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan either by adopting the model standard relevant to their industry... or by establishing an alternative plan that meets or exceeds the minimum standards... 6. The airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan shall be [activated when an airborne infectious disease is] designated a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health
Enforcement
Labor Law 218-b: civil penalties for failure to adopt a plan and for failure to abide by an adopted plan; anti-retaliation.
Notes
DOL published the Standard and model plans July 6, 2021 (Exs. NY-129, NY-130); plans mandatory Aug. 5, 2021; activated by the Sept. 6, 2021 designation (Ex. NY-127); chapter number confirmed from the Assembly's record ('signed chap.105')
Retrieval noteBill text as passed.