- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
New York State’s “Health and Essential Rights Act,” known as the “N.Y. HERO Act,” was signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in May. When it takes full effect, it will require companies with more than 10 employees to implement a series of safety protocols to help prevent transmission of airborne diseases.
The law does a few things. It requires the New York State Department of Labor to come up with workplace standards to prevent airborne infectious diseases. Those rules aren’t out yet. But they will address things like social distancing, mask-wearing and ventilation.
David Michaels at the George Washington University School of Public Health said that to protect people from COVID, you need to use what’s called the “Swiss cheese” model: “Where you have different protections and the combination of them is the most effective. Masking makes a big difference, but sometimes the virus gets beyond the mask.”
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