Senate Bill S4877

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires employers to notify employees if they come into contact with other employees who have been infected with a virus that is causing a public health emergency

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2509
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §202-n, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8239, A10353
2023-2024: A1456

2021-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to notify employees if they come into contact with other employees who have been diagnosed in relation to a disease outbreak causing a public health emergency; prohibits employers from disclosing the name of the diagnosed employee.

2021-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4877
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  BAILEY, BIAGGI, MYRIE, RIVERA, SKOUFIS --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
   notify employees if they come into contact with  other  employees  who
   have been diagnosed in relation to a disease outbreak causing a public
   health emergency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  202-n  to
 read as follows:
   §  202-N. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES; NOTIFICATION OF CONTACT.  1. WHEN
 A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED DUE TO A
 DISEASE OUTBREAK CAUSING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND AN  EMPLOYER  HAS
 REASONABLE  KNOWLEDGE  THAT  AN  EMPLOYEE  HAS  BEEN  DIAGNOSED WITH THE
 DISEASE CAUSING SUCH PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, THE EMPLOYER SHALL  NOTIFY
 EACH  EMPLOYEE  WHO  HAS  HAD CONTACT WITH THE DIAGNOSED EMPLOYEE WITHIN
 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF SUCH KNOWLEDGE, PROVIDED SUCH DISCLOSURE IS AUTHOR-
 IZED BY FEDERAL AND/OR STATE LAW OR REGULATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT
 THE  EMPLOYER  SHALL  NOT REVEAL THE NAME OF THE DIAGNOSED EMPLOYEE; AND
 PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE  PROVIDED  IN
 WRITING,  IN  ENGLISH  AND  IN  THE  EMPLOYEE'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE.   THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN EMPLOYER WITH TEN OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE TEMPLATES OF SUCH  NOTIFICATION  AND
 SHALL DETERMINE, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, WHICH LANGUAGES TO PROVIDE IN
 ADDITION  TO ENGLISH, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE NEW YORK STATE POPULATION
 THAT SPEAKS EACH LANGUAGE AND ANY OTHER  FACTOR  THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  DEEM  RELEVANT.  ALL  SUCH  TEMPLATES  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
 EMPLOYERS IN SUCH MANNER AS DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.  WHEN  AN
 EMPLOYEE  IDENTIFIES AS HIS OR HER PRIMARY LANGUAGE A LANGUAGE FOR WHICH
 A TEMPLATE IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE COMMISSIONER,  THE  EMPLOYER  SHALL
 COMPLY  WITH THIS SUBDIVISION BY PROVIDING SUCH EMPLOYEE AN ENGLISH-LAN-
 GUAGE NOTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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