{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-082","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) (as employer of about 67,000)","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority","authority":"MTA employer authority (Pub. Auth. Law § 1265) implementing the Governor\u0027s directive","instrument":"MTA COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing program for current employees: weekly testing of unvaccinated employees required beginning Monday, Oct. 4, 2021; further phase from Nov. 2021 (announced Oct. 1, 2021; program directed Aug. 2, 2021 effective Labor Day)","title":"MTA COVID-19 Vaccination-or-Testing Program for Current Employees Enters New Phase (Oct. 1, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-10-01","effective":"2021-10-04 (program in force from Sept. 6, 2021 per the Governor\u0027s Aug. 2, 2021 directive)","end":"continued into 2022","startDate":"2021-10-04","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["VAX","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all MTA employees (NYC Transit, LIRR, Metro-North, MTA Bus, Bridges and Tunnels)"],"clause":"\u0022October 1, 2021 6:00 p.[m.]... [Unvaccinated employees are] required weekly to test for COVID-19 beginning on Monday, Oct. [4].\u0022 \u0022The MTA currently has 138 on-site locations for employees to get tested.\u0022 (Further phase \u0022beginning on or after Sunday, Nov. [7]\u0022.)","enforcement":"conditions of employment (discipline for non-compliance)","functions":["WF public-authority workforce vaccination-or-test mandate","HR","EMP"],"notes":"Post-period announcement (Oct. 1, 2021) of a mandate in force from Labor Day 2021 (Q3 2021) under the Governor\u0027s Aug. 2, 2021 directive; stated precisely.","sourceUrl":"https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-covid-19-vaccination-or-testing-program-current-employees-enters-new-phase-and","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211006050943/https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-covid-19-vaccination-or-testing-program-current-employees-enters-new-phase-and","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":202459,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-082","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-082","citation":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing program for current employees: weekly testing of unvaccinated employees required beginning Monday, Oct. 4, 2021; further phase from Nov. 2021 (announced Oct. 1, 2021; program directed Aug. 2, 2021 effective Labor Day) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-082)","stateName":"New York","related":["AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-081"]}