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Happy Holidays, New York Employers! Critical Employment Law Updates for December 2022

Seyfarth Synopsis: In December 2022, New York’s Governor signed several pieces of legislation impacting New York employers, most notably laws regulating lactation accommodation in the workplace and the electronic posting and...more

New York Strengthens Worker Protections for Retaliation Based on Legally Protected Absences

Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective February 19, 2023, New York employers will be liable for retaliating against employees for making use of legally-protected absences....more

COVID-19 Update: New York City Announces November 1 End for Vaccine Mandate

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Adams administration has announced that the private-sector employee vaccination mandate will become optional as of November 1, 2022. ...more

New York Removes Quarantine Requirement for COVID-19 Exposure

Seyfarth Synopsis: New York State has updated its COVID-19 guidance by adopting the CDC recommendation that quarantining for mere exposure to someone with COVID-19 is no longer necessary....more

New Statute Would Mandate Broad Disclosures by New York Warehouse Employers

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State legislature has passed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act. The bill, which has yet to be signed into law by Governor Hochul, requires covered companies to disclose production quotas to...more

New York Updates Guidance for COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine

Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 31, 2022, New York updated its guidance for individuals to avoid the need for quarantine when exposed to COVID-19. New York now aligns with the CDC’s recently-revised recommendations, under which a...more

NY HERO Act Update: State Extends Designation a Fifth Time

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Commissioner of Health once again extended the designation of COVID-19 as highly contagious, thereby requiring employers to keep their HERO Act safety plans activated through at least March 17,...more

UPDATED: New York Lifts Mask-or-Vax Mandate and HERO Act Masking Requirement

Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, Governor Hochul announced that she will lift the mask-or-vaccinate mandate for nearly all public places of business on February 10, 2022. The New York Department of Labor has now revised its...more

New York to Lift Mask-or-Vax Mandate, But HERO Act Masking Remains in Place For Now

Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Hochul announced that she will lift the mask-or-vaccinate mandate for all public places of business on February 10, 2022.  However, employees must continue to mask under the New York HERO Act...more

NY Extends HERO Act Designation and Mask Mandate

The New York Commissioner of Health once again extended the designation of COVID-19 as highly contagious, thereby requiring employers to keep their HERO Act safety plans activated through at least February 15, 2022.  The...more

New York Adopts CDC Isolation and Quarantine Guidelines

Seyfarth Synopsis: As of January 4, 2022, New York has adopted the CDC’s recent COVID -19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, which permit individuals to exit isolation after 5 days following a positive COVID-19 test...more

New Year's Update on NY COVID Measures

Seyfarth Synopsis: In one of his first official acts as New York City’s new Mayor, Eric Adams signed an executive order extending the private worker vaccine mandate implemented in December by the outgoing de Blasio...more

Year-End NY COVID Updates: NYC Amends Guidance for Private Worker Vaccine Mandate and NYS Releases Proposed HERO Act Regulations

Soon before the ball drops in Times Square for the New Year: (i) the City of New York amended its guidance regarding the mandate that private workers receive the COVID vaccine, as well as confirmed verbally the answers to...more

New York City Releases Detailed Requirements for Private Workers to Be Vaccinated

As discussed previously (here and here), beginning on December 27, 2021, any workers in New York City who “perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business” must provide proof to their employers...more

NY HERO Act Update: COVID Designation Extended For a Third Time

The New York Commissioner of Health once again extended the designation of COVID-19 as highly contagious, thereby requiring employers to keep their HERO Act safety plans activated through at least January 15, 2022....more

New York City To Require Vaccines for Private Employers

On December 6, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that, effective December 27, all private sector employers in New York City will be required to ensure that their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19.  The Mayor called...more

New York Employers Must Notify Employees of Phone and Email Monitoring

Seyfarth Synopsis: Under a new statute, New York employers are required to notify employees if they intend to monitor their company-controlled phones, email, or internet use....more

New York Expands Whistleblower Protections

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation that significantly broadens protections for whistleblowing employees under Section 740 of the New York Labor Law.  The amendments, which take effect on January 26, 2022,...more

NY HERO Act Update: COVID Designation Extended Again

The New York Commissioner of Health once again extended the designation of COVID-19 as highly contagious, thereby requiring employers to keep their safety plans activated through at least December 15, 2021....more

NY HERO Act Update: Safety Plans Must Remain in Place

Seyfarth Synopsis: With little fanfare and no public reporting, the New York Commissioner of Health extended the designation of COVID-19 as highly contagious, thereby requiring employers to keep their safety plans activated...more

NY HERO Act Update: DOL Publishes Revised Model Protocol, Clarifies that Fully-Vaccinated Workforces Need Not Mask

The New York Department of Labor published a revised Model Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan, which provides that workforces that are fully vaccinated need not mask under the HERO Act....more

NY HERO Act Update: DOL Issues FAQs

The New York Health Commissioner has stated that the emergency designation of COVID-19 expires -- for now -- on September 30. And the Department of Labor issued Frequently Asked Questions to guide employers in activating...more

NY HERO Act Update: Deadline to Distribute and Post Safety Plan Days Away

Seyfarth Synopsis: The deadline for employers to distribute their airborne disease prevention safety plan and post the plan in the workplace is approaching. ...more

New York Hero Act: Upcoming Deadlines for Condominiums and Cooperatives

Under New York’s latest workplace safety law (the New York Hero Act), all New York employers (including condominiums and cooperatives) must take the following steps to comply with the law and Department of Labor (“DOL”)...more

NY HERO Act Update: DOL Publishes Model Industry-Specific Disease Prevention Plans

The New York Department of Labor quietly published a general model and industry-specific airborne disease prevention protocols under the NY HERO Act.  Businesses should consult the model protocols and consider whether to...more

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