Is My Employer Required to Provide Face Masks?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 20, 2020

Elizabeth Joynes Jordan, supervising attorney on the Workplace Justice Team at Make the Road New York, and Charlene Obernauer, executive director at The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), talk about how essential workers, on the front lines of the pandemic, can best stay healthy, and what they can demand from their employers in terms of protective gear and paid sick leave.

More resources: Frequently Asked Questions from Make the Road NY on workers' rights in this moment. 

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