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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9755
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 5, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to workforce guidance and
          information for women; and to amend the civil service law, in relation
          to the recruitment of women to state civil service initiative
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 10-c of the labor law, as added by chapter 284 of
     2  the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 10-c. Workforce guidance and information for women  [policy]  initi-
     4  ative.    1.  The  department  shall provide guidance to local workforce
     5  investment boards and staff, to enable them to better educate and inform
     6  both women and men about higher paying jobs and careers  including  jobs
     7  traditionally  dominated  by  men.  Such  guidance shall promote program
     8  services for job seekers that provide:
     9    (a) current information about compensation for jobs and  careers  that
    10  offer high earning potential including jobs that are traditionally domi-
    11  nated by men;
    12    (b)  counseling,  skills  development and training that encourage both
    13  women and men to seek employment in such jobs;
    14    (c) referrals to employers offering such jobs; and
    15    (d) current local labor market information regarding the  gender  wage
    16  gap  and specific self-sufficiency rates for families living and working
    17  in that local labor market.
    18    2. The commissioner shall prepare and  submit  to  the  governor,  the
    19  temporary  president  of  the senate, and the speaker of the assembly an
    20  annual evaluation report of the initiative no later than January  first,
    21  two  thousand  eighteen,  and  every  year  thereafter. The report shall
    22  include:
    23    (a) how many women were referred to counseling or  skills  development
    24  and  training  for  jobs  and careers that offer high earning potential,
    25  including jobs traditionally dominated by men;
    26    (b) how many women were referred to such jobs;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (c) the ratio of women to men in such jobs  and  any  change  in  that
     2  ratio from the previous year; and
     3    (d) any other information the commissioner deems relevant.
     4    §  2.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
     5  read as follows:
     6    § 12. Recruitment of women to state civil service  initiative  1.  The
     7  department, through existing programs, shall provide information to both
     8  women  and men about high paying jobs and careers, including jobs tradi-
     9  tionally dominated by men. Such information shall be distributed as part
    10  of any recruitment efforts as well as be available on  the  department's
    11  website.
    12    2.  The president shall prepare and submit to the governor, the tempo-
    13  rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly an  annual
    14  evaluation  report  of  the  initiative no later than January first, two
    15  thousand eighteen, and every year thereafter. The report shall include:
    16    (a) how many women were referred to examinations for jobs and  careers
    17  that  offer  high  earning potential, including jobs traditionally domi-
    18  nated by men;
    19    (b) the ratio of women to men in traditionally  high  paying  jobs  in
    20  state civil service and any change in that ratio from the previous year;
    21    (c)  The  president's  recommendations  and  plans  for increasing the
    22  number of women in traditionally high paying jobs; and
    23    (d) any other information the president deems relevant.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.