Bill Text: NY S07148 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-31 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S07148 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07148-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7148 IN SENATE March 31, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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, requiring the establishment of career ladders for persons holding such positions, requiring establishment of supervisory posi- tions for persons required to have foreign language skills, and requiring the department of civil service to annually report to the governor and the legislature on persons in state service holding posi- tions requiring foreign language skills The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 121 of the civil service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. Positions requiring foreign language skills. The director of the 4 classification and compensation division shall classify any position 5 requiring foreign language skills to be paid a differential as deter- 6 mined by the director for permanent competitive and non-competitive 7 employees in a language parenthetics title or in a position where the 8 duties require them to use a foreign language. In addition such director 9 shall establish and classify supervisory positions for employees who are 10 required to have foreign language skills such that such persons in 11 supervisory positions are adequately compensated for their language 12 skills and experience, and who are able to effectively supervise and 13 evaluate persons holding positions requiring foreign language skills. 14 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 121 of the civil service law, as added 15 by chapter 907 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 16 5. Career ladders. The director of the classification and compensation 17 division may, in order to implement a plan for the progressive advance- 18 ment of employees in an occupational group, based on their acquiring, as 19 prescribed by such director, of either training or experience or both, 20 reclassify the positions of the incumbents who meet the prescribed qual- 21 ifications to titles allocated to higher salary grades. The advancement 22 of an incumbent pursuant to this subdivision is not, and is not to be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09986-01-5