Cornerstone Training & Consulting Support $21M Grant Funding for Infection Diseases Amidst New York State Mandate
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Friday, August 6, 2021
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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.