{"id":"DUT-NY-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York (Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County)","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York (plaintiff, People of the State of New York)","authority":"N.Y. Exec. Law § 63(12); N.Y. Labor Law §§ 200, 215, 740","instrument":"Summons and Complaint, People of the State of New York v. Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Sales, Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC, Index No. 45362/2021 (as printed on the NYSCEF header), NYSCEF Doc. No. 1 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. filed Feb. 16, 2021)","title":"Summons and Complaint (Labor Law §§ 200, 215 and 740; COVID-19 workplace protections at the JFK8 and DBK1 facilities)","dateIssued":"2021-02-16","effective":"2021-02-16 (filed)","end":"not applicable","startDate":"2021-02-16","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (pleaded against Amazon; stated as the duty of every New York employer)"],"clause":"New York Labor Law § 200 requires employers to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health, and safety of their employees. During the coronavirus pandemic, public health agencies have issued guidance that establishes the measures employers should institute to protect their employees from the virus and to satisfy their obligations under Labor Law § 200.","enforcement":"Relief sought under Exec. Law § 63(12) and Labor Law §§ 200, 215 and 740 (injunction, restitution, damages, civil penalties)","functions":[],"notes":"The Attorney General\u0027s formal statement, in a verified pleading on behalf of the People, that Labor Law § 200 is the standing duty and that the public-health guidance \u0027establishes the measures employers should institute... to satisfy their obligations under Labor Law § 200\u0027; the complaint pleads that \u0027From March 1, 2020 continuing through the present, Amazon has failed and continues to fail to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health, and safety of its employees\u0027 (¶ 112) and recites chapter 23 of 2020, EO 202, EO 202.6 and EO 202.8 as the governing directives (¶¶ 25-27). Character as recorded: litigation_filing (party pleading or brief; workplace_duty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/docket_1_-_summons_and_complaint.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":407100,"grade":"primary","character":"litigation_filing","description":"","collection":"DUT-NY","url":"/library/DUT-NY-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NY-020","citation":"Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York (plaintiff, People of the State of New York), Summons and Complaint, People of the State of New York v. Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Sales, Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC, Index No. 45362/2021 (as printed on the NYSCEF header), NYSCEF Doc. No. 1 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. filed Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. DUT-NY-020)","stateName":"New York","related":["DUT-NY-013"]}