Under the new law, companies with 50 or more retail employees must install panic buttons, which the legislation defines as “a physical button that when pressed immediately dispatches local law ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act  (the "Act") into law. The Act, which takes effect on March 3, ...

On September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (“Act” and “Legislation”), which in 6 months, will impose a series of new obligations on ...

aimed at increasing retail worker safety protections. The law will take effect March 1, 2025, and panic buttons will need to be accessible or operational in New York locations by January 1 ...

Kathy Hochul (D) signed a new law Thursday that requires large retailers to add silent alarms ... draft of the bill described the alarms as “panic buttons,” but the finalized text of the ...

However, according to Minnesota Retailers Association President Bruce Nustad, it wasn’t yet time for consumers to hit the panic button and stock up on toilet paper and staple food items.

One week after staff members at Apalachee High School were outfitted with wearable panic buttons for the new school year, the devices were used to alert law enforcement of the shooting that ...

Paschal Air, Plumbing and Electric has acquired Oklahoma City-based Patriot Heat & Air as the company continues its expansion plans. "The addition of Patriot Heat & Air to the Paschal family ...

“Alyssa was beautiful, vivacious, amazing, a soccer player, such zest for life, and Alyssa’s Law is named after her, and every time that panic button is pushed, Alyssa is saving lives,” said ...

to see how the new law affected safety protocols the districts already had in place. Edmond said it implemented the Rave panic button system on all of its campuses last school year. “We have ...

Teachers at Apalachee High School had recently begun wearing ID badges with panic buttons that could notify law enforcement of emergencies and initiate lockdowns, according to reporting by the ...