Bill Text: NY A04421 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that an employee whose position is eliminated for certain reasons and who is subsequently transferred to a different agency be entitled to the same hourly salary, retain all accrued sick leave, retain, cash out or use all accrued vacation time, and be paid relocation expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to labor [A04421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04421-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4421
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON, M. G. MILLER, BLAKE, COOK, HOOPER --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY, RIVERA, WALKER -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Labor
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring that state agen-
          cies must protect salary and benefits of employees whose positions are
          eliminated  as a result of privatization, reorganization, closure or a
          reduction in work force
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-n to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 202-n. Salary  and  benefits  protection  -  employee  transfer.  An
     4  employee  whose  position  is  eliminated  as a result of privatization,
     5  reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in  force  at  an
     6  agency,  or  other  actions  by  the legislature and who is subsequently
     7  transferred to a different position in a state agency is entitled to:
     8    1. the same hourly salary as previously received if the  new  position
     9  is at the same grade level or higher as the one previously held;
    10    2. retain all accrued sick leave credits;
    11    3.  retain,  cash out, or use accrued vacation leave credits to extend
    12  the employee's effective layoff date; and
    13    4. relocation expenses which must be paid by the hiring agency.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04984-01-7