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NY A01267
Bill
Status
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nily Rozic
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AI Summary
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Requires all employers during a state disaster emergency to provide essential workers with free personal protective equipment including hand sanitizer, masks, gloves, and disposable gowns
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Mandates employers notify essential workers when a coworker has contracted a disease related to the disaster emergency and of potential exposure risks
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Prohibits employer retaliation or discrimination against essential workers who report unsafe work environments
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Requires large employers (over $50 million annual revenue), formula retail stores, and transportation businesses to provide hazard pay to essential workers, capped at $25,000/year for workers earning under $200,000 or $5,000/year for those earning more
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Obligates covered employers to pay for child care and health care costs for essential workers during the state disaster emergency
Legislative Description
Establishes an essential workers' bill of rights; provides that all employers shall provide essential workers with personal protective equipment, inform such workers of exposure to any disease related to a state disaster emergency, and not retaliate for any report of an unsafe work environment; provides certain employers shall make hazard payments and cover the costs of any child care or health care needed by such essential workers for the duration of the state disaster emergency.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026