{"id":571,"date":"2021-07-08T21:26:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forework.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2022-12-24T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T21:27:14","slug":"ny-dol-publishes-model-airborne-infectious-disease-exposure-prevention-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forework.com\/ny-dol-publishes-model-airborne-infectious-disease-exposure-prevention-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"NY DOL Publishes Model Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
On July 7, 2021, the New York Department of Labor (DOL) published the NY Hero Act airborne infectious disease exposure prevention standard (the Standard) and industry-specific model airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plans as required under the NY Hero Act (the Act). The Act requires New York employers to implement extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to a \u201chighly contagious communicable disease\u201d as designated by the New York State Commissioner of Health (Designation). Notably and significantly, while the NY Department of Health continues to deal with COVID-19 and a risk still exists, the DOL clarified that there is no current Designation for COVID-19 by the Commissioner and therefore, no New York employer is required to put a plan in effect at this time due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n