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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 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: COVID-19 Designation Expires

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Commissioner of Health has declined to extend the designation of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease under the NY HERO Act. Employers are no longer required to activate their...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 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

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

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: Employers Now Required to Activate Safety Plans

New York State has designated COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health, which means that employers must now activate their workplace safety plans under the...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

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

NY HERO Act Update: Employer-Friendly Amendments Enacted

The amendments to the NY HERO Act have been officially enacted and are now part of the statute. Those amendments clarify various deadlines and modify certain obligations to facilitate compliance by employers....more

NY HERO Act Update: Proposed Amendments Would Provide Some Relief for Employers

The New York Legislature is considering amendments to the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”) that would address some concerns raised by the business community. The proposals would clarify the timelines...more

NY Hero Act Update: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill But Promises Amendments

On May 5, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”), a first-of-its kind law designed to protect against the spread of airborne infectious diseases in the workplace. But his...more

New York State Enacts Worker Safety Legislation and Considers Other Employee-Friendly Bills

The New York State Legislature is keeping busy with new employment legislation as the local and national economies continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Paid Leave and Coronavirus — Part IV: Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law and Separate COVID-19-Related Leave and Employee Protections...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Cuomo has announced agreement on a law requiring New York employers to provide sick leave to eligible employees, as well as various forms of paid and unpaid leave for employees affected by...more

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