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Elderly spouses of cops, firefighters and other New York City workers who died in the line of duty are being told they will have to start paying for health insurance if they opt out of a new ...
The New York City Office of Collective Bargaining (OCB) is an agency of the New York City government that regulates labor relations disputes and controversies with city employees, including certification of collective bargaining representatives, mediation, impasse panels, and arbitration.
The New York State Department of Labor estimates about 130,000 pregnant women a year will be eligible for the new benefit, with about 65,800 of them hourly workers.
The Labor Relations Board was established at this time to supervise labor-management relations, and the State Board of Mediation was set up to mediate settlements in labor disputes, carrying on services that had been provided since 1886. Also in 1937, New York passed a minimum wage law protecting women and minors.
As an English colony, New York's social services were based on the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1598-1601, in which the poor who could not work were cared for in a poorhouse. Those who could were employed in a workhouse. The first Poorhouse in New York was created in the 1740s, and was a combined Poorhouse, Workhouse, and House of Corrections.
The New York State Office of Mental Health Safety and Security was created through New York State Mental Hygiene Law to keep patients, staff, and visitors on the campus safe at all times, secure the grounds and buildings of the Office of Mental Health, prevent trespass, prevent patient escapes as well as to transport Office of Mental Health patients to and from court and other OMH facilities.
It allows enrollees to compare health insurance plans and provides those who qualify with access to tax credits. Enrollment started on October 1, 2013. [2] It was created in April 2012. [1] During the first month of operation 16,404 people enrolled in health plans offered through New York's health insurance marketplace. [3]
The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse was transferred from the New York State Department of Health to the Department of Mental Hygiene in 1962. [19] In 1972 the Mental Hygiene Law was revised and reenacted. [ 20 ]