Senate Bill S5480

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes policy of equal pay for both sexes and equivalent value of work and directs the taking of corrective action

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S5480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A658
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §118, add §119, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5271, A6712
2011-2012: S248, A1780
2013-2014: S1871, A753
2015-2016: S3249, A437
2019-2020: S838, A762

2017-S5480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Seeks to comply with the federal equal pay act of 1963 by implementing a state policy of compensating employees in state service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality in job titles having been segregated by sex, race or national origin; requires the president of the civil service commission to report annually to the legislature and the governor on those segregated titles for which wage disparity exists; mandates governor to appropriate monies to ensure wage disparities are corrected.

2017-S5480 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5480
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and
   Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil service law, in relation to implementing a
   state policy of setting salaries on the basis of equivalent  value  of
   work

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 118 of the civil
 service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended and
 three new paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) are added to read as follows:
   (c) The principle of fair and equal  pay  for  similar  work  AND  FOR
 EQUIVALENT  VALUE  OF  WORK  shall be followed in the classification and
 reclassification and the allocation and reallocation of positions pursu-
 ant to this article and all positions having the  same  title  shall  be
 allocated to the same salary grade.  EQUIVALENT VALUE OF WORK SHALL MEAN
 TITLES  OR POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE EQUAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF
 THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963, 29 U.S.C. 206(D), OR TITLES OR POSITION CLAS-
 SIFICATIONS THAT ARE DISSIMILAR BUT WHOSE REQUIREMENTS  ARE  EQUIVALENT,
 WHEN VIEWED AS A COMPOSITE OF SKILLS, EFFORT, RESPONSIBILITY AND WORKING
 CONDITIONS.  THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR AND EQUAL PAY FOR EQUIVALENT VALUE OF
 WORK REQUIRES THAT CONSIDERATION OF SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL  ORIGIN  SHALL
 NOT INFLUENCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION.
   (D) IT SHALL NOT BE AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE FOR AN EMPLOYER TO
 PAY  DIFFERENT  COMPENSATION  TO EMPLOYEES, WHERE SUCH PAYMENTS ARE MADE
 PURSUANT TO:
   (1) A BONA FIDE SENIORITY OR MERIT SYSTEM;
   (2) A BONA FIDE SYSTEM THAT MEASURES EARNINGS BY QUANTITY  OR  QUALITY
 OF PRODUCTION;
   (3) A BONA FIDE SYSTEM BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIALS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01714-01-7
              

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