Bill Text: NY S07296 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the president of the civil service commission, with the assistance of information technology services as needed, to prepare and deliver a triennial report relating to current programs within each state agency that allow for alternative work schedules or flexible work hours beginning September two thousand eighteen.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-28 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8929 [S07296 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07296-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7296
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          president  of  the  civil  service commission to prepare and deliver a
          triennial report relating to current programs within each state agency
          that allow for alternative work schedules or flexible work hours
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of section 7 of the civil service law, as
     2  added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the civil service  law,
     3  relating  to  requiring the president of the civil service commission to
     4  prepare and deliver a biennial report relating to current programs with-
     5  in each state agency that allow for alternative work schedules or flexi-
     6  ble work hours, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5811A and A.
     7  7634A, is amended to read as follows:
     8    7. The president, [in coordination] with the assistance of the  office
     9  of information technology services as needed, shall prepare a [biennial]
    10  report on or before the first day of [September beginning] September two
    11  thousand  eighteen  and every three years thereafter to be issued to the
    12  governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary  president  of  the
    13  senate,  the minority leader of the assembly, and the minority leader of
    14  the senate. Such report shall detail current programs within state agen-
    15  cies that allow for alternative work schedules or flexible  work  hours,
    16  the positive and negative experiences for agencies in utilizing alterna-
    17  tive  work  schedules or flexible work hours, whether legal or practical
    18  reasons affect the ability to offer such  schedules,  and  any  existing
    19  plans agencies may have for [expanding or contracting] altering schedule
    20  options  available  to employees. The president shall compile input from
    21  agencies selected pursuant to this subdivision, and  each  agency  shall
    22  provide  all  available  information  upon  request  to  the  president.
    23  [However, no plan regarding alternative work schedules or flexible  work
    24  hours shall be implemented and cannot be enforced with regard to employ-
    25  ees  represented  by  a  bargaining  unit  unless and until such plan is
    26  implemented through a collective bargaining  agreement.]  The  president
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  [shall]  may  also  include [an analysis on any findings of] information
     2  about best practices among selected agencies [and whether  agencies  can
     3  adopt  additional practices to provide alternative schedules or flexible
     4  work  hours].  Nothing  set  forth in this section shall be construed to
     5  impede, infringe or diminish the rights  and  benefits  that  accrue  to
     6  employees  and  employers  through  collective bargaining agreements, or
     7  otherwise diminish the integrity of the collective bargaining  relation-
     8  ship.  For  purposes of this subdivision, "alternative work schedules or
     9  flexible work hours" shall mean an ongoing  schedule  modification  that
    10  applies  to more than one employee in a described business unit[; alter-
    11  native]. Alternative work schedules or flexible  work  hours  shall  not
    12  include  voluntary reduction in work schedule agreements and individual-
    13  ized work schedules.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    15  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the civil service law,
    16  relating  to  requiring the president of the civil service commission to
    17  prepare and deliver a biennial report relating to current programs with-
    18  in each state agency that allow for alternative work schedules or flexi-
    19  ble work hours, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5811A and A.
    20  7634A, takes effect.