Bill Text: NY S04852 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for persons required to have foreign language skills.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S04852 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04852-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4852

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 16, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
          Pensions

        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  the  compensation
          paid  to  persons  employed  in  positions  requiring foreign language
          skills and directing the department of  civil  service  to  conduct  a
          study  on  certain  job  titles that require proficiency in a language
          other than English

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 130 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     3    15.  The director of classification and compensation shall, subject to
     4  the approval of the director of the budget, establish a pay differential
     5  for titles that require specialized skill, ability, training,  or  know-
     6  ledge  including,  but  not  limited to, proficiency in a language other
     7  than English.
     8    § 2. The department of civil service is hereby directed to  conduct  a
     9  study  and  publish  a  report  on civil service job titles that require
    10  proficiency in a language other than English. The study and report shall
    11  include, but not be limited to:
    12    1. a list of employees in job titles that  require  proficiency  in  a
    13  language other than English and the number of employees in each title;
    14    2.  the jurisdictional classification and appointment type of such job
    15  titles;
    16    3. the salary grades and allocations of such job titles;
    17    4. a determination of whether the current salary allocations for  each
    18  job title adequately reflect the title's responsibilities and duties;
    19    5.  whether any changes should be made to the current job descriptions
    20  of such job titles to reflect more accurately the actual duties of  such
    21  titles;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    6.  the  gender  and race/ethnicity identification of the employees in
     2  such job titles;
     3    7.  a  list of state offices and/or departments with employees in such
     4  job titles and the location of such job titles;
     5    8. the number of times that examinations are held for  appointment  or
     6  promotion  into titles that require proficiency in a language other than
     7  English in the past five years;
     8    9. the number of individuals that have taken examinations for appoint-
     9  ment or promotion into titles that require  proficiency  in  a  language
    10  other than English in the past five years;
    11    10. the number of times that existing employees in titles that require
    12  proficiency in a language other than English advanced to a different job
    13  title within the past five years; and
    14    11. a determination of whether there should be a career ladder for job
    15  titles that require proficiency in a language other than English.
    16    §  3.  Every  public employer as defined in this section shall provide
    17  all requested assistance and information  to  the  department  of  civil
    18  service  in  conducting  the study required by this act. It shall be the
    19  duty of each officer of the public employer to comply with  and  aid  in
    20  all  proper  ways  in carrying into effect the provisions of this study.
    21  For the purposes of this act, the  term  "public  employer"  shall  mean
    22  those  employers with offices and positions in the classified service of
    23  the state and its civil divisions  and  the  term  "classified  service"
    24  shall have the same meaning as in section 40 of the civil service law.
    25    §  4.  The  department  of  civil  service shall submit such published
    26  report pursuant to section two of this act to the speaker of the  assem-
    27  bly, the minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the
    28  senate,  the minority leader of the senate, and the governor's office of
    29  employee relations no later than one year after the  effective  date  of
    30  this act.
    31    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.