Bill Text: NY A06712 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Seeks to comply with the federal equal pay act of 1963 by implementing a state policy of compensating employees in state service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality in job titles having been segregated by sex, race or national origin; requires the president of the civil service commission to report annually to the legislature and the governor on those segregated titles for which wage disparity exists; mandates governor to appropriate monies to ensure wage disparities are corrected.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-19 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [A06712 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06712-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6712
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 11, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROSENTHAL, JOHN, JAFFEE, ESPAILLAT, ROBINSON,
         PAULIN, CARROZZA, SCHIMEL, WRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, ALFANO, GORDON,  GABRYS-
         ZAK, GALEF, BOYLAND, LIFTON, LANCMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         BARRA, BRENNAN, CHRISTENSEN, COLTON, COOK, DESTITO, DINOWITZ, FARRELL,
         GLICK, HEASTIE, JACOBS, KOON, LUPARDO, MAISEL, McENENY, MENG, MILLMAN,
         O'DONNELL,  PHEFFER,  N. RIVERA,  SPANO, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  implementing  a
         state  policy  of  setting  salaries  on the basis of comparability of
         value of the work
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 115 of the civil service law, as added by chapter
    2  790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 115.  Policy of the state. IT IS THE POLICY OF  NEW  YORK  STATE  TO
    4  COMPLY  WITH  THE  LETTER  AND  SPIRIT  OF THE FEDERAL "EQUAL PAY ACT OF
    5  1963," PUB. L. 88-38 (29 U.S.C. S 206) WHICH REQUIRES THAT EMPLOYEES  OF
    6  BOTH  SEXES  RECEIVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, THE FEDERAL "CIVIL RIGHTS
    7  ACT OF 1964," PUB. L.   88-352 (42 U.S.C.  S  2000E-2)  WHICH  PROHIBITS
    8  DISCRIMINATION  ON  THE  BASIS  OF SEX, RACE, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN IN ALL
    9  TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW  AND  SECTION
   10  FORTY-C  OF  THE  CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, WHICH PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE
   11  BASIS OF SEX, RACE OR  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  IN  ALL  TERMS  OF  EMPLOYMENT.
   12  CONSISTENT  WITH  THESE  LAWS, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO ENSURE A
   13  FAIR, NON-BIASED WAGE STRUCTURE FOR ITS EMPLOYEES IN WHICH SEX, RACE, OR
   14  NATIONAL ORIGIN IS NOT A CONSIDERATION EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY  IN
   15  DETERMINING THE PROPER COMPENSATION FOR A TITLE IN STATE SERVICE, NOR IN
   16  DETERMINING  THE PAY FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.  In order
   17  to attract unusual merit and ability to the service of the state of  New
   18  York,  to  stimulate  higher  efficiency among the personnel, to provide
   19  skilled leadership in administrative departments, to reward merit and to
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6712                             2
    1  insure to the people and the taxpayers of the  state  of  New  York  the
    2  highest  return in services for the necessary costs of government, it is
    3  [hereby declared to be] the policy of the state to provide equal pay for
    4  [equal]  SIMILAR  work  AND  FOR  WORK  OF COMPARABLE VALUE, and regular
    5  increases in pay in proper proportion to increase of  ability,  increase
    6  of output and increase of quality of work demonstrated in service.
    7    S  2.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  1  of section 118 of the civil
    8  service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended  to
    9  read as follows:
   10    (c)  The principle of fair and equal pay for similar work AND FOR WORK
   11  OF COMPARABLE VALUE shall be followed in the classification and  reclas-
   12  sification  and the allocation and reallocation of positions pursuant to
   13  this article and all positions having the same title shall be  allocated
   14  to  the  same  salary  grade.  COMPARABLE  VALUE  SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
   15  COMPARING JOB TITLES ON THE BASIS OF STANDARDS WHICH INCLUDE THE COMPOS-
   16  ITE OF SUCH BASIC ELEMENTS OF A JOB AS THE KNOWLEDGE,  SKILLS,  ACCOUNT-
   17  ABILITY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL STRESS AND EFFORT, EXTRAORDINARY DANGERS AND
   18  RESPONSIBILITIES  NORMALLY  REQUIRED  TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM THE JOB.
   19  THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR  AND  EQUAL  PAY  FOR  WORK  OF  COMPARABLE  VALUE
   20  REQUIRES  THAT  CONSIDERATION  OF SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN SHALL NOT
   21  INFLUENCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES.
   22    S 3. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section  119  to
   23  read as follows:
   24    S  119. COMPARABILITY OF VALUE OF WORK; SEGREGATED JOB TITLES REVIEWED
   25  AND ADJUSTED. 1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT DESPITE THE  POLICY  OF  NEW
   26  YORK  STATE  AS DECLARED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE,
   27  JOB TITLES WHICH ARE SEGREGATED BY SEX, RACE,  OR  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  MAY
   28  HAVE  BEEN UNDERVALUED AND ASSIGNED WAGES WHICH DO NOT REFLECT THE RELA-
   29  TIVE WORTH OF THE JOB. IT IS THE INTENT OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  TO  REMEDY
   30  SUCH UNDERVALUATION AND TO CORRECT SUCH DISPARITIES.
   31    2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SEGREGATED TITLES (X) MEANS TITLES OR
   32  ANY CLASS OF TITLES IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS OF A SEX, RACE  OR
   33  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT SEX,
   34  RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE STATE SERVICE (P) PLUS TWENTY PERCENT  OF
   35  THAT  PERCENTAGE  (.2(P)).  THIS  IS REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA (X = P +
   36  .2(P)).
   37    3. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION SHALL, BY  JANUARY  FIRST  OF  EACH
   38  YEAR,  SUBMIT  TO  THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE
   39  RELATIONS,   A   LIST   SHOWING,   BY   NEGOTIATING   UNIT    AND    FOR
   40  MANAGEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL  EMPLOYEES,  THOSE SEGREGATED TITLES FOR WHICH A
   41  DISPARITY EXISTS BASED ON THE COMPARABILITY OF THE VALUE  OF  THE  WORK.
   42  SUCH  PRESIDENT  SHALL  ALSO  SUBMIT  TO THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR'S
   43  OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET  ALONG  WITH
   44  THE  LIST,  AN  ESTIMATE  OF THE APPROPRIATION NECESSARY TO CORRECT SUCH
   45  DISPARITIES.
   46    4. BEGINNING WITH THE BUDGET  REQUESTS  FOR  THE  SECOND  FISCAL  YEAR
   47  COMMENCING  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
   48  INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATION NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SALARIES ARE  SET  IN
   49  ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED
   50  FIFTEEN, AND PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
   51  EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   52    5. NO SALARY SHALL BE REDUCED TO ACHIEVE COMPARABLE COMPENSATION UNDER
   53  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   54    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.