The NY HERO Act: Information and FAQs (fact sheet, Sept. 9, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

New York

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Labor Law 218-b, 27-d

Issued

2021-09-09 Sept. 9, 2021

Effective

n/a (agency statement of the statutory timeline) (read as 2021-09-09)

End

n/a (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 9, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesOther

Addressees

• all New York employers

Functions reached

• OF
• HR
• WF

Collection

New York NY

Operative words

TIMELINE: May 5, 2021 - NY HERO Act signed into law. July 6, 2021 - DOL publishes model standards. August 5, 2021 (30 days after NYS DOL develops and publicizes model standards) - Deadline for New York employers to adopt an airborne infectious disease exposure plan. Employers must also provide the plan in writing to all employees... within 30 days of adopting the plan... September 4, 2021 - Employers' airborne infectious disease plan must be distributed to employees. November 1, 2021 - All employers with 10 or more employees must permit workers to establish and administer a joint labor-management workplace safety committee.... This plan must go into effect when an airborne infectious disease is designated by the New York State Commissioner of Health as a highly contagious communicable disease

Enforcement

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