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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3176
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, COOK, FALL, RIVERA, McDONOUGH, HYNDMAN,
STECK, CRUZ, DeSTEFANO, EPSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
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 state employees whose posi-
tions 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-m to
2 read as follows:
3 § 202-m. Salary and benefits protection - state employee transfer. A
4 state employee whose position is eliminated as a result of privatiza-
5 tion, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at
6 an 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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