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 ...

Here's what to know. What does the newly passed NY retail safety law require? In a certain section of the act, access to panic buttons in New York locations of retail stores with 500 or more ...

Retailers in New York State have only six months to be in compliance with most of the provisions of a new law designed to enhance workplace safety for retail workers.

From the legislation: “‘Panic button’ means a physical button installed in easily accessible locations throughout the workplace, or a wearable, or mobile phone-based button that when pressed ...

Retail workers hail New York’s new panic-button law But the bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, which requires a host of safety measures to address store-based crime, was opposed by key trade groups.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Toiletries are locked behind plexiglass in a store in New York, U.S., November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Arriana McLymore/File Photo ...

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: NY enacts panic button law despite retailer pushback People shop for school supplies inside a Walmart in Edmond, Okla ...