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January 16, 2025
Effective January 1, 2025, New York State expanded its Workers’ Compensation Law to permit all workers to seek workers’ compensation benefits for a mental health injury resulting from extraordinary work-related stress. Prior law limited workers’ compensation claims for mental health injuries to first responders who were exposed to emergencies. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has noted that some amendments to the new law will be necessary to better define the types of mental injuries that will be covered.
The author of this article, Patricia Tsipras, is a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania. This article is designed to provide one perspective regarding recent legal developments, and is not intended to serve as legal advice in Pennsylvania, New York, or any other jurisdiction, nor does it establish an attorney-client relationship with any reader of the article where one does not exist. Always consult an attorney with specific legal issues.
