Assembly Bill A1399

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to powers of the public employment relations board to assess damages

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  • 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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2021-A1399 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §205, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10035
2023-2024: A138

2021-A1399 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to powers of the public employment relations board to assess damages; authorizes the board to assess exemplary damages upon a finding that an offending party has committed repeated improper practices or an egregious practice.

2021-A1399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1399
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  powers  of  the
   public employment relations board to assess damages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section 205 of the  civil
 service law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (d)  To  establish  procedures for the prevention of improper employer
 and employee organization practices as provided in section  two  hundred
 nine-a  of  this article, and to issue a decision and order directing an
 offending party to cease and desist from any improper practice,  and  to
 take  such  affirmative  action  as will effectuate the policies of this
 article [(but not to  assess  exemplary  damages)],  including  but  not
 limited  to  the reinstatement of employees with or without back pay AND
 THE ASSESSMENT OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES UPON A  FINDING  THAT  AN  OFFENDING
 PARTY   HAS  COMMITTED  REPEATED  IMPROPER  PRACTICES  OR  AN  EGREGIOUS
 PRACTICE; provided, however, that except as  appropriate  to  effectuate
 the  policies of subdivision three of section two hundred nine-a of this
 article, the board shall not have  authority  to  enforce  an  agreement
 between  an employer and an employee organization and shall not exercise
 jurisdiction over an alleged violation of such an agreement  that  would
 not  otherwise  constitute an improper employer or employee organization
 practice; provided further that, without limiting in any way the board's
 general power to take affirmative action,  including  the  provision  to
 make  whole  relief, the board's power to address employer violations of
 cease and desist orders issued pursuant to this  section  in  connection
 with  charges  of unfair labor practices under paragraph (d) of subdivi-
 sion one of section two hundred nine-a of this article shall include, to
 the extent the board deems appropriate, the authority to make  employees
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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