The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.Y. Labor Law § 218-b (NY HERO Act, L. 2021, ch. 105, as amended by ch. 172)
- Issued
- 2021-09-06 Sept. 6, 2021
- Effective
- Plans to be adopted by Aug. 5, 2021; activated Sept. 6, 2021 (read as 2021-08-05)
- End
- Designation ended Mar. 17, 2022 (post-period) (read as 2022-03-17)
- In force
- Aug. 5, 2021 to Mar. 17, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all private employers in New York State
- Functions reached
- OF activation of exposure prevention plans in every New York office (screening, masks, distancing, cleaning)
- CS
- WF
- Collection
- Professional and Information Services SEC-12
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 penalties; employee private right of action
Notes
The New York office instrument of Q3 2021: no employer in the State could operate its office in September 2021 as it had in 2019
Retrieval noteThe Model Standard PDF and the Commissioner's designation notice were not separately retrieved.