The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Labor Law 218-b
- Issued
- 2021-07-06 July 6, 2021
- Effective
- Published July 6, 2021; every employer required to adopt a plan by Aug. 5, 2021 and distribute it by Sept. 4, 2021; plans activated Sept. 6, 2021 by the Commissioner of Health's designation (read as 2021-07-06)
- End
- Standard remained in force; designation continued to Oct. 31, 2021 and beyond (read as 2021-10-31)
- In force
- July 6, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- 'Employers with worksites located in New York State'
- Functions reached
- OF workplace
- HR (plan, training, distribution)
- WF (health screening, face coverings, distancing, cleaning controls on activation)
- all in-person functions
- Collection
- New York NY
Operative words
1. This standard shall apply to: i. Employers with worksites located in New York State; and ii. Only an airborne infectious agent or disease designated by the Commissioner of Health as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health.... 1. Each employer shall establish a written exposure prevention plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee [exposure]... 2. Any exposure prevention plan adopted by an employer shall contain exposure controls identified in paragraph [C]... 5. The exposure prevention plan shall be reviewed and updated whenever necessary... 6. Each employer shall make the exposure prevention plan available, upon request, to all employees
Enforcement
Labor Law 218-b penalties; Department of Labor
Notes
Eleven industry-specific model plans issued the same day (agriculture, construction, delivery, domestic workers, emergency response, food services, manufacturing and industry, personal services, private education, private transportation, retail)