Increased protections are coming for New York warehouse workers as the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last month, according to ALIGN NY. The bill, which ...

The lobbying group, called the Business Council, previously pushed Hochul to veto the legislation and is now seeking chapter amendments. Nearly half of warehouse injuries nationwide are classified ...

The Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act requires companies like Amazon to implement safety measures, addressing high injury rates in New York warehouses.

Warehouse worker injuries in New York state increased by 20% between 2021 and 2022, according to the National Employment Law Project and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the state's ...

In 2023, OSHA announced it would devote more resources to warehouse enforcement. But “I don’t think that there’s any indication that they’re planning to develop a new standard,” said ...