NY state Labor Dept. cites MTA for not reporting over 200 attacks on workers

The state's Labor Division mentioned the MTA didn't file greater than 200 assaults towards staff in required harm logs over two years.
Gregory P. Mango

The MTA acquired a number of state labor violations final month tied to poor record-keeping of assaults on transit staff and failing to supply required coaching to assist staff take care of these incidents, The Submit has realized.

The state’s Labor Division mentioned the MTA didn't file greater than 200 assaults towards staff in required harm logs over the course of 2019 and 2020, in response to notices of violation and an accompanying investigative narrative obtained by The Submit.

DOL additionally dinged MTA New York Metropolis Transit for lacking required parts of the state-mandate “office violence prevention program” and failing to supply annual office violence coaching in 2019 and 2020.

“The employer didn't present every worker with data and coaching on the dangers of office violence… at the very least yearly,” in response to the discover of violation dated April 1.

The MTA was beforehand dinged in November 2019 for failing to “set up and implement reporting system for incidents of office violence,” however the issue has continued, in response to the doc.

The MTA was additionally cited for lacking required parts of the state-mandate “office violence prevention program,” the DOL mentioned.

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A DOL spokesperson confirmed the authenticity of the paperwork and mentioned “the report speaks for itself.”

“The New York State Division of Labor is working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to make sure compliance,” the spokesperson mentioned in an electronic mail.

The MTA is required to resolve the violations by August.

In 2022, a median of two assaults per week are made on subway staff, information reveals.

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Violence on the job is a significant problem for the MTA’s frontline workforce. MTA stats present a median of practically two assaults per week on subway staff thus far this 12 months and lots of dozens extra weekly instances of anti-worker harassment.

The MTA Inspector Normal has beforehand referred to as out the MTA’s failure to supply state-mandated coaching.

“The MTA is dedicated to working with the New York State Division of Labor to make sure compliance with all State rules associated to the well being and security of workers,” MTA spokesman Eugene Resnick mentioned in a press release. “Employee safety stays a prime precedence for the MTA and we take all legitimate complaints filed by workers significantly.”

The DOL claimed the MTA didn't present every worker with data and coaching on the dangers of office violence.

Gregory P. Mango