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HR Alert: New COVID-19 OSHA Guidance

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 12, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment.

How Do I Identify What Areas At Work May Be Susceptible To An Increased Spread Of COVID-19? Now’s the time to attack those increased risks with a plan to reduce exposure – or if you’ve already done so, to...

Hr Alert: How Long Do My Employees Need to Isolate and Quarantine Now?

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 10, 2022. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

It’s the question on everyone’s mind, it seems. And the answer is: It depends (how’s that for a lawyerly answer?). In general, the period to isolate and quarantine has been reduced from 10 days to 5 days,...

HR Alert: HERO Act – What You Need to Know Now

Written by Lisa Coppola on September 7, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment.

On Labor Day 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Commissioner of Health had designated COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health under New...

HR Alert: HERO Act Model Plans Published

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 7, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As we previously blogged, Governor Cuomo signed the HERO Act, and it requires employers to create an airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan. The New York State Department of Labor (DOL) was tasked with creating...

HR Alert: OSHA Revises Its Guidance on Reporting . . . Again

Written by Lisa Coppola on October 21, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

On September 30, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its guidance employer reporting of COVID-19 hospitalizations and fatalities. The revisions apply only to the reporting of hospitalizations...

HR Alert: New OSHA Guidance for Companies

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 15, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Entrepreneurship, Litigation, Personal Injury.

Companies across the United States should heed new guidance from OSHA – the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration – relative to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidance focuses its content on various...

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