Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A253
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROZIC
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A253 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A253 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "public authorities teleworking expansion act"; provides that each public authority with twenty-five or more employees shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions at home that ordinarily would be performed at the authority's location or facility, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such authority's principal location; requires that prior to establishing a teleworking program, each authority shall determine whether or not such program is cost effective
2015-A253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 253 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting the "public authorities teleworking expansion act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public authorities teleworking expansion act". S 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 2854 to read as follows: S 2854. TELEWORKING PROGRAMS. 1. EVERY AUTHORITY WITH TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE EMPLOYEES SHALL ESTABLISH A POLICY AND PROGRAM TO ALLOW SUCH EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM ALL OR A PORTION OF THEIR DUTIES THROUGH TELEWORK- ING TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT DIMINISHED EMPLOYEE PERFORM- ANCE, PROVIDED THAT ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY WITH A UNIONIZED WORKFORCE SHALL ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING SUCH A PROGRAM FOR ITS UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES. EACH AUTHORITY SHALL DESIGNATE A "TELEWORK COORDINATOR" TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTA- TION OF TELEWORKING PROGRAMS. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TELEWORK" SHALL MEAN TO PERFORM NORMAL AND REGULAR WORK FUNCTIONS ON A WORKDAY AT HOME THAT ORDINARILY WOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE AUTHORITY'S LOCATION OR FACILITY, THEREBY ELIMINATING OR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL COMMUTE TO AND FROM SUCH AUTHORITY'S PRINCIPAL LOCATION. 3. PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING A TELEWORKING PROGRAM, EACH AUTHORITY SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PROGRAM IS COST EFFECTIVE. EACH PARTIC- IPATING AUTHORITY SHALL THEN DEFINE WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00424-01-5
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