NYS law aims to fight workplace illness, empower workers newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Businesses in New York will soon be required to follow minimum standards developed by the state to protect workers from the spread of airborne, infectious diseases under legislation signed Wednesday night by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
But Cuomo’s approval of the new law came with a caveat businesses will be allowed to correct violations of the new standards to avoid litigation from their workers.
Lawmakers will now have to approve an amendment to the new law to comply with the change. That’s expected to be taken up by the state Legislature in the coming days. Otherwise, the law will take effect on a timeline to be developed by the state.
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by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square | April 21, 2021 09:30 AM Print this article
New York small business owners have endured quite an ordeal over the past 13 months thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought about emergency regulations that either closed or restricted their operations and forced them to lay off workers.
Now, as the pandemic appears to be waning, many of them received yet another unpleasant surprise: a substantial increase in their unemployment premiums. This came despite New York lawmakers passing legislation aimed to keep COVID-related closures from impacting a business owner’s rating, which factors into their premium amounts.
According to the New York State Restaurant Association, a western New York establishment still saw its rate increase by 133 percent, meaning it will pay $471 a week this year – or nearly $270 more each week. A New York City coffee shop saw its rate rise even more, meaning it will have to
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