On December 6th, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law supporting workers who suffer from mental health issues. This law will enable eligible employees to file for workers’ compensation for specific types of mental injuries related to work-related stress. What Will Legislation S.6635/A.5745 Do? Legislation S.6635/A.5745 aims to expand the workers’ compensation system to include specific mental health conditions related to the workplace. Up to now, workers’ comp benefits have been mostly limited to physical injuries. The closest there was to any mental health clause was some legislation in 2017 addressing first responders with work-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But […]
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