Bill Text: NY A09755 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of labor and the president of the civil service commission to prepare reports on how many women were referred to counseling or skills development and training for jobs and careers that offer higher earning potential, including jobs traditionally dominated by men.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - signed chap.460 [A09755 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09755-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9755 IN ASSEMBLY April 5, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to workforce guidance and information for women; and to amend the civil service law, in relation to the recruitment of women to state civil service initiative The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 10-c of the labor law, as added by chapter 284 of 2 the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 10-c. Workforce guidance and information for women [policy] initi- 4 ative. 1. The department shall provide guidance to local workforce 5 investment boards and staff, to enable them to better educate and inform 6 both women and men about higher paying jobs and careers including jobs 7 traditionally dominated by men. Such guidance shall promote program 8 services for job seekers that provide: 9 (a) current information about compensation for jobs and careers that 10 offer high earning potential including jobs that are traditionally domi- 11 nated by men; 12 (b) counseling, skills development and training that encourage both 13 women and men to seek employment in such jobs; 14 (c) referrals to employers offering such jobs; and 15 (d) current local labor market information regarding the gender wage 16 gap and specific self-sufficiency rates for families living and working 17 in that local labor market. 18 2. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the governor, the 19 temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly an 20 annual evaluation report of the initiative no later than January first, 21 two thousand eighteen, and every year thereafter. The report shall 22 include: 23 (a) how many women were referred to counseling or skills development 24 and training for jobs and careers that offer high earning potential, 25 including jobs traditionally dominated by men; 26 (b) how many women were referred to such jobs; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14907-01-6