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Ex. SEC-10-031 Order Primary source read

Designation of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease under the HERO Act (Sept. 6, 2021), as reported on the DOL HERO Act page (Sept. 8, 2021 snapshot)

NY HERO Act - COVID-19 designated; employers must activate airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans

New York State Department of Labor (reporting the Commissioner of Health's designation) · New York (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
Labor Law § 218-b(3); Public Health Law; Commissioner of Health designation of Sept. 6, 2021
Issued
2021-09-06 Sept. 6, 2021
Effective
2021-09-06
In force
Sept. 6, 2021 to Mar. 17, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all New York employers
Functions reached
  • PF (daily screening; face coverings where distancing not possible; distancing; controls)
  • WH
  • EN
  • HR
  • WF
Collection
Manufacturing SEC-10

Operative words

On September 6, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the designation of COVID-19 as an airborne infectious disease under the HERO Act. This designation requires all employers to implement workplace safety plans

Enforcement

Labor Law § 218-b(5)

Notes

The force-of-law instrument that reached every New York manufacturing floor from Sept. 6 through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.