"Retail workers should not go to work every day in fear, this law goes a long way toward ending that." Here's what to know.

and panic buttons will need to be accessible or operational in New York locations by January 1, 2027. The new law stipulates that a retail store is one that “sells consumer commodities at ...

On September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act  (the "Act") into law. The Act, which takes ...

Under the new law, companies with 50 or more retail employees must install panic buttons, which the legislation defines as “a physical button that when pressed immediately dispatches local law ...

NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a new law requiring retailers to boost safety protections for store workers, including requiring major chains to add ...

On September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (“Act” and “Legislation”), which in 6 months, will impose a series of new obligations on ...

Kathy Hochul (D) signed a new law Thursday that requires large retailers to add silent alarms ... draft of the bill described the alarms as “panic buttons,” but the finalized text of the ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a new law that requires retailers with more than 500 employees to install panic buttons in all locations in the state by ...

If Ohio enacts Alyssa’s Law, the state would spend $25 million to purchase silent alarm systems for public and private ...

A Republican state lawmaker is proposing a bill to require panic buttons in schools, as were used at a high school in Georgia ...