Bill Text: NY S03870 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S03870 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03870-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3870 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD04425-01-9