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Cornerstone Training & Consulting Support $21M Grant Funding for Infection Diseases Amidst New York State Mandate

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Friday, August 6, 2021

The law mandates extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • The law mandates extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Under this new law, the New York State Department of Labor, in consultation with the NYS Department of Health, has developed a new Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard.
  • With these new mandates comes additional cost for employers and organizations to properly train and roll out new protocols.
  • To help organizations bearthis, The U.S. Department of Labor announced June 24th funding opportunities for more than $21 million in Occupational Safety and Health Administration training grants for non-profit organizations.