A09823 Summary:
| BILL NO | A09823 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Abbate |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §54-a, Civ Serv L | |
| Relates to prohibiting retroactive minimum conditions of employment; provides that the employment of an employee who met the minimum qualifications or conditions for employment at the time of appointment may not be terminated or separated from service based on any new qualifications or conditions of employment enacted after the date of appointment to such civil service position. | |
A09823 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9823 IN ASSEMBLY April 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting retro- active minimum conditions of employment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 2 54-a to read as follows: 3 § 54-a. Retroactive minimum conditions of employment. Notwithstanding 4 any provision of law to the contrary, the state or any political subdi- 5 vision or authority thereof shall not retroactively apply new minimum 6 qualifications or conditions of employment for any civil service posi- 7 tion. The employment of an employee who met the minimum qualifications 8 or conditions for employment at the time of appointment may not be 9 terminated or separated from service based on any new qualifications or 10 conditions of employment enacted after the date of appointment to such 11 civil service position. Any employee terminated or separated from 12 service in violation of this section shall be reinstated to service and 13 deemed to have been in continuous service for all purposes. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 15 have been in effect on and after March 16, 2020. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15227-01-2