New York State's HERO Act Imposes New Workplace Health And Safety Obligations On Employers - Employment and HR
This post was revised on May 19, 2021 to reflect relevant updates. On May 5, 2021, New York enacted the Health and Essential Rights Act (the "HERO Act"). The new law seeks to address continued COVID-19 safety concerns in the workplace and is designed to codify, supplement, and replace numerous executive actions that have been issued throughout the pandemic. The passage of the HERO Act imposes significant new health and safety obligations on New York employers, including the formation of joint labor-management workplace safety committees to help ensure worker safety. Employers should prepare n...
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