Many New Yorkers working in the cash economy are being left out of the Excluded Workers Fund (EWF) because they cannot prove their work eligibility. The EWF provides up to $15,600 to workers who lost income during the COVID-induced economic shutdown but were ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits. The fund primarily benefits undocumented and partially-documented […]
WHO: Nursing Home Workers Represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East WHAT: Rally WHEN: Tuesday, September 14th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.**Press Conference at 4 p.m. WHERE: Cayuga Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1229 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca. If driving, please park at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church right next door @ 1219 T-Burg Rd! WHY: The […]
Residency, unemployment ineligibility, and loss of work-related earnings or increased financial burden due to death or disability of primary breadwinner. The Excluded Workers Fund was passed on April 8th after a tireless effort by community-based organizations that included a 23-day hunger strike. In July, the Department of Labor issued regulations for the fund’s implementation. The […]
Governor Hochul announced last week that $250 million of the $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund (EWF) have already been released. An additional $600 million has been approved as of September 3. The fund provides up to $15,600 in direct cash assistance to workers shut-out of traditional state unemployment and federal COVID relief programs. Speaking to […]
The Commissioner of Health designated COVID-19 a “highly contagious and communicable disease” on Monday, mandating extensive new health and safety requirements for all employers. The NY HERO Act increases worker safety against airborne communicable diseases and strengthens prevention against workplace infections. Under the law, all employers are required to adopt a workplace safety plan and […]