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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4421
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, M. G. MILLER, BLAKE, COOK, HOOPER --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY, RIVERA, WALKER -- read once and
referred 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.
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