Senate Bill S6756

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to additional considerations for public arbitration panels relating to certain employees of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel

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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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2013-S6756 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9007
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S4113, A6564

2013-S6756 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes public arbitration panels that shall take into consideration for employees of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority who are employed as bridge and tunnel officers and are peace officers, a comparison of peculiarities in regard to other trades or professions.

2013-S6756 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6756 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6756

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 resolution  of
  disputes in the course of collective negotiations for employees of the
  Triborough  Bridge and Tunnel Authority who are employed as bridge and
  tunnel officers

  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 209 of the civil
service law, as added by chapter 929 of the laws of 1986, is amended  to
read as follows:
  (d)  Such  panel  shall  make  a  just and reasonable determination of
matters in dispute. In arriving at such determination, the  panel  shall
specify  the basis for its findings, taking into consideration, in addi-
tion to any other relevant factors, the following:
  (i) comparison of the wages, hours, fringe  benefits,  conditions  and
characteristics  of  employment  of the public employees involved in the
impasse proceeding with the wages, hours,  fringe  benefits,  conditions
and  characteristics of employment of other employees performing similar
work and other employees generally in public or  private  employment  in
New York city or comparable communities;
  (ii)  the  overall  compensation paid to the employees involved in the
impasse proceeding, including direct  wage  compensation,  overtime  and
premium  pay,  vacations,  holidays  and  other excused time, insurance,
pensions,  medical  and  hospitalization  benefits,  food  and   apparel
furnished, and all other benefits received;
  (iii)  the impact of the panel's award on the financial ability of the
public employer to pay, on  the  present  fares  and  on  the  continued
provision of services to the public;
  (iv)  changes  in  the average consumer prices for goods and services,
commonly known as the cost of living;
  (v) the interest and welfare of the public; [and]
  (vi) FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL  AUTHORITY  WHO
ARE  EMPLOYED  AS BRIDGE AND TUNNEL OFFICERS AND ARE DESIGNATED AS PEACE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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