Bill Text: NY A02465 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing the private employers veterans' preference policy act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to veterans' affairs [A02465 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02465-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2465
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CUSICK, ASHBY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Veterans' Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  permitting  private
          employers to adopt a veterans' preference employment policy
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  369-f
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  369-f. Private employers veterans' preference policy. 1. As used in
     4  this section:
     5    a. "Private employer" shall mean a corporation,  partnership,  limited
     6  liability  company,  not-for-profit  corporation or other private entity
     7  with one or more employees and excludes the state, a municipality, coun-
     8  ty or school district.
     9    b. "Veteran" shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the
    10  United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast  guard  or  the
    11  reserves  component,  or  who  served  in active military service of the
    12  United States as a member of the  army,  national  guard,  air  national
    13  guard,  New  York guard or New York naval militia, and meets one or more
    14  of the following:
    15    (i) Served on active duty for a period of more than one hundred eighty
    16  days and was discharged or released from active duty with other  than  a
    17  dishonorable discharge.
    18    (ii)  Was  discharged or released because of a service connected disa-
    19  bility.
    20    (iii) Was discharged or released from duty with other than a dishonor-
    21  able discharge from service under an order  to  active  duty,  excluding
    22  active duty for training.
    23    c.  "Veterans'  preference  employment  policy"  shall  mean a private
    24  employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting,  or  retaining  a
    25  veteran over another equally qualified applicant or employee.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00249-01-9
        A. 2465                             2
     1    2.  A private employer may adopt and apply a voluntary veterans' pref-
     2  erence employment policy.
     3    3.  A  veterans'  preference employment policy shall be in writing and
     4  shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding the  hiring
     5  or promotion of veterans or the retention of veterans during a reduction
     6  in the workforce.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law.