The state Legislature may require employers to create a workplace safety plan related to infectious diseases.
Essential workers have been on the job amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of over 50,000 New Yorkers and is now well into its second year of existence in the state. Other employers have kept their workforces at home, viewing that as a safer space until the pandemic has dissipated.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the bill, called the NY Hero Act, is a step toward established safety procedures in offices, restaurants, stores and other workspaces going forward.
The bill passed the Assembly on Monday after being voted on successfully in the Senate in March.
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