New York Assembly Bill 7648 (Prior Session Legislation)

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January 6 2010 - referred to governmental employees
Pending: Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

This bill seeks to remedy one of the most overly discriminatory employment practices of the New York State Department of Civil Service. It creates a mechanism by which employees classified as foreign language parentheticals (workers hired because the state needs their multilingual skills) will: be able to have an opportu- nity for upward job mobility; a pay differential that takes into their account their in-demand communication skills; create a supervisory title that allows for such a promotion based on job performance and years of service. None of this exists today. An detailed annual report on the status of all language parenthetical jobs in civil service system is required.

Directs the director of the classification and compensation division to classify any position requiring foreign language skills as being entitled to be paid a salary differential; requires the establishment of supervisory positions for employees required to have foreign language skills; requires establishment of career ladders for such employees; directs the department of civil service to report to the governor and the legislature on employees in state service who are required to have foreign language skills.

Asm Carmen E. Arroyo	Asm Naomi Rivera	Asm Peter M. Rivera	Asm Jose Rivera
Asm Phil Ramos	Asm N. Nick Perry	Asm José R. Peralta	Asm Felix Ortiz
Asm Herman D. Farrell, Jr.	Asm Adriano Espaillat	Asm Vivian E. Cook	Asm William F. Boyland, Jr.
Asm Jeffrion L. Aubry	Asm Adam Clayton Powell IV

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to governmental employees
2009-04-17		referred to governmental employees

Type	Source
Summary	http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07648
Text	http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07648&Summary=Y&Text=Y#A07648