COVID-19 Rule and Legal Changes or Updates

WCB Information Related to COVID-19

COVID-19 Board panel decisions

• See our Select COVID-19-Related Decisions page.

COVID-19 testing

• Adoption of Addition of 12 NYCRR 329-1.3(d) (COVID-19 Testing) (04/01/21)
• Emergency Adoption and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of Addition of 12 NYCRR 329-1.3(d) (COVID-19 Testing)

IME and deposition extensions

• IME and Deposition Extensions Necessitated by COVID-19 (03/22/21)

Labor market attachment

• Updated Labor Market Attachment Guidance (08/13/21) PDF
• Labor Market Attachment During COVID-19 Pandemic (March 2020) PDF

Personal service upon the Board

• Personal Service Upon the Board (June 2020) PDF

Signature requirements

• Emergency Relief from Original Signature Requirements on Listed Documents

Virtual hearings / hearing centers closed

• COVID-19: Workers' Comp Hearings Now Remote, Board Offices Closed to the Public (03/16/20)

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Board communications

The Board has issued several summaries on the Board’s response to, and operations during, the COVID-19 pandemic, which you can access below.

Still current:

• Connecting during COVID-19 (October 2021)

Older messages (note – some information/links no longer relevant):

• Important Update on Workers’ Compensation Board Operations (June 2021)
• Summary of NYS WCB Response to COVID-19 (September 2020) PDF
• Summary of NYS WCB Response to COVID-19 (April 2020) PDF
• NYS WCB Initial Response to the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 (March 2020)

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