Senate Bill S6888

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills

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Current 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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2023-S6888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5634
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8574
2021-2022: S4852, A1406

2023-S6888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for persons required to have foreign language skills.

2023-S6888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6888
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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  the  compensation
   paid  to  persons  employed  in  positions  requiring foreign language
   skills and directing the department of  civil  service  to  conduct  a
   study  on  certain  job  titles that require proficiency in a language
   other than English
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 130 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  WHENEVER  THE DIRECTOR FINDS THAT UNDER PREVAILING WAGE PRACTICES
 IN PRIVATE OR OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE, EMPLOYEES IN A GIVEN
 OCCUPATION WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROFICIENT IN A  LANGUAGE  OTHER  THAN
 ENGLISH  RECEIVE A HIGHER RATE OF PAY THAN EMPLOYEES IN THE SAME OCCUPA-
 TION WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROFICIENT  IN  A  LANGUAGE  OTHER  THAN
 ENGLISH,  THE  DIRECTOR  MAY, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF
 THE BUDGET, ESTABLISH A PAY DIFFERENTIAL FOR TITLES THAT REQUIRE  PROFI-
 CIENCY  IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.  SUCH DIFFERENTIAL SHALL BE IN
 ADDITION TO AN EMPLOYEE'S BASIC SALARY AND SHALL NOT AFFECT,  IMPAIR  OR
 IMPEDE  ANY  PERFORMANCE ADVANCE PAYMENTS, PERFORMANCE AWARDS, LONGEVITY
 PAYMENTS OR OTHER RIGHTS OR BENEFITS TO WHICH AN EMPLOYEE MAY  BE  ENTI-
 TLED  UNDER  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY
 DIFFERENTIAL PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  INCLUDED  AS
 COMPENSATION FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES. A PAY DIFFERENTIAL SHALL BE TERMI-
 NATED  FOR  ANY  EMPLOYEE WHEN THE EMPLOYEE CEASES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE
 POSITION FOR WHICH SUCH PAY DIFFERENTIAL WAS AUTHORIZED. A PAY DIFFEREN-
 TIAL SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL TERMINATED  BY  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
 CLASSIFICATION  AND COMPENSATION DIVISION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE DIREC-
 TOR OF THE BUDGET OR UNTIL A NEW PAY DIFFERENTIAL IS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION. THE DIRECTOR SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO  DETERMINE  HOW
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05539-01-3
              

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