Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefit Regulations Finalized
On October 17, 2018, the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services published a notice of adoption with respect to the New York State Volunteer Firefighter Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefits Program regulations. The regulations were adopted as proposed. A link to the Division’s website (here) contains links to both the regulations and the New York State Register.
The Register (starting at page 16) includes an assessment of public comment with respect to the proposed rules (including a response to each written comment). Unfortunately, none of the comments resulted in any changes, and the regulations were adopted as originally proposed.
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We represent a diverse range of clients located throughout New York State and New England. They include individuals, numerous manufacturing and service industry businesses, local governments, and health care professionals, provider groups, facilities and associations. We also serve as local counsel to out-of-state clients and their attorneys who have litigation pending in Western New York courts. For more information, please contact us at 585.546.2500.
Anti-Harassment Policy and Training Available Now
I recently wrote about the sweeping workplace rules designed to prevent sexual harassment here. As of this month, employers are required to adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy and provide annual sexual harassment prevention training. Both the policy and the training are required to meet or exceed minimum standards set by a model policy and model training program provided by the Department of Labor and Division of Human Rights. At the time I wrote about these requirements, only drafts of the model policy and training were available.
The final model policy and training module are now available here.
If you would like to schedule a consultation to talk about how this legislation may impact your business, please feel free to contact me at pweishaar@mccmlaw.com or 585.512.3542.
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