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                                   3870
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sens. PERSAUD, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed 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:
 
   Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  202-n  to
 read as follows:
   §  202-N.  SALARY  AND  BENEFITS  PROTECTION  -  EMPLOYEE TRANSFER. AN
 EMPLOYEE WHOSE POSITION IS ELIMINATED  AS  A  RESULT  OF  PRIVATIZATION,
 REORGANIZATION  OF  AN  AGENCY, CLOSURE OF OR A REDUCTION IN FORCE AT AN
 AGENCY, OR OTHER ACTIONS BY THE  LEGISLATURE  AND  WHO  IS  SUBSEQUENTLY
 TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT POSITION IN A STATE AGENCY IS ENTITLED TO:
   1.  THE  SAME HOURLY SALARY AS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED IF THE NEW POSITION
 IS AT THE SAME GRADE LEVEL OR HIGHER AS THE ONE PREVIOUSLY HELD;
   2. RETAIN ALL ACCRUED SICK LEAVE CREDITS;
   3. RETAIN, CASH OUT, OR USE ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE CREDITS  TO  EXTEND
 THE EMPLOYEE'S EFFECTIVE LAYOFF DATE; AND
   4. RELOCATION EXPENSES WHICH MUST BE PAID BY THE HIRING AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04425-01-9