• New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act is now in effect; employers with at least 10 retail employees in New York State must adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy and provide interactive retail workplace violence prevention training to all employees upon hire.
• Retail employers can customize NYSDOL’s Model Policy and Training to include their own store-specific information to meet these requirements.
• The NYSDOL guidance recommends that retail employers provide a workplace violence incident reporting mechanism for employees and maintain records of incidents to evaluate and identify any trends.

Related links

• Retail Worker Safety (NYSDOL)
• Implementing NY’s Retail Worker Safety Act: A New Amendment Means Changes for Employers of All Sizes
• What Responsibilities Do Employers Have Under New York State’s Retail Worker Safety Act?

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The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has launched the much anticipated guidance website on the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA). The guidance answers retail employers’ questions regarding implementation of the RWSA effective June 2, 2025.

The guidance also provides a Model Policy and Training employers can use as a starting point to create their own policy. Retail employers who use this Model Policy and Training are to include their own store-specific information, such as worksite emergency exits, meeting locations in an emergency, and instructions regarding emergency and security-related devices utilized in the...

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