Legislation
Protecting Nail Salon Workers On Thursday morning, Governor Cuomo signed legislation protecting and supporting nail salon workers in New York.
Speaking at an event celebrating new laws to
protect nail salon workers, the Democratic governor asserted the state has a bright history of drawing immigrants and a darker past of mistreating them.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo is launching a new campaign to
protect nail salon employees from abusive workplaces.
Cuomo appeared at the South Bronx's Hostos Community College to sign legislation intended to
protect nail salon workers and to announce a state government task force «to root out worker exploitation issues in multiple industries in New York State.»
Not exact matches
To further
protect your child from
nail polish poisoning, experts recommend not taking your child to a
nail salon unless there are excellent ventilation and no risk of overexposure to chemical fumes.
Cuomo also announced new measures to
protect workers from dangerous on - the - job chemicals, including new ventilation requirements in
nail salons that will go into effect on August 1.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating a task force to conduct investigations into
nail salons around the state and taking emergency measures to
protect workers.
Senator Michael Venditto, Chair of the Senate Committee on Consumer Protection, said, «This legislation strikes the right balance by
protecting the employees of
nail salons from exploitation as well as our consumers.
Our actions will make the
nail salon industry safer and fairer, and I am proud that New York is standing up to
protect workers who can not
protect themselves.»
The Senate left late Thursday evening, while the Assembly remained for a few hours on Friday, to approve a bill to
protect abused workers at
nail salons, one of the few agreements reached in the past several weeks.
But now, after hearing news of Ollie, a Pug that died during a routine
nail trim at a Middletown Petco grooming
salon, Shekarchi reintroduced the bill (2017 - H 6054) in an effort to better
protect Rhode Island's animals.
On June 10, 2016, the
Protecting Employees» Tips Act, 2015 came into force amending the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) to create rules around the handling of tips and other gratuities in the workplacewhere tips and gratuities are received — such as at bars, restaurants, hair and
nail salons, catering firms and taxis.