NY State Senate Bill 2013-S5841A

Senate Bill S5841A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of labor to study and issue a report on the workforce guidance and information for women policy

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 10, 2014	print number 5841a
Feb 10, 2014	amend and recommit to labor
Jan 08, 2014	referred to labor returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 21, 2013	referred to labor
Jun 20, 2013	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1521
Jun 17, 2013	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 20, 2013 - Floor Vote
  S5841A
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2013
      
      aye (63)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
  Jun 20, 2013 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5841A
  
  24
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 20, 2013
      
      aye (24)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Krueger

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2013-S5841 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor

2013-S5841 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor to study and issue a report on the workforce guidance and information for women policy.

2013-S5841 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5841 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5841

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT establishing the workforce guidance  and  information  for  women
  policy  study;  and  providing  for the repeal of such provisions upon
  expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor shall study and
issue  a  comprehensive report on the workforce guidance and information
for women policy enacted pursuant to chapter 284 of the laws of 2012.
  1. For the purposes of this section, the  term  "state  agency"  shall
refer  to any agency, department, bureau, commission, board, task force,
committee, public benefit corporation,  or  public  authority,  where  a
member is appointed by the governor.
  2.  Such  study  and report carried out pursuant to this section shall
address the following issues related to said policy:
  (a) what information has been provided with  respect  to  compensation
for jobs and careers which offer higher earning potential including jobs
that are traditionally dominated by men;
  (b)  how  the  counseling,  skills  development and training have been
enhanced with respect to encouraging both women and men to seek  employ-
ment in such jobs;
  (c)  have  referrals to employers offering such jobs been made and, if
available, provide statistics on the  number  of  women  who  have  been
referred as a result of this policy;
  (d)  how  information regarding the gender wage gap and specific self-
sufficiency rates for families living and working in an applicable local
labor market have enhanced the opportunities for women to obtain  higher
paying jobs and careers; and
  (e) any other information the department deems pertinent to include in
said report related to this policy.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11479-01-3

S. 5841                             2

  3.  Such report shall be made to the governor, the temporary president
of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the  senate  committees  on
labor and infrastructure and capital investment and the assembly commit-
tee on labor no later than July 1, 2014.
  4.  The commissioner of the department of labor may request any avail-
able information from any state or county agency that  is  relevant  and
material to the completion of this study and report.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed August 1, 2014.

2013-S5841A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor

2013-S5841A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor to study and issue a report on the workforce guidance and information for women policy.

2013-S5841A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5841A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5841--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
  the  Committee  on  Labor  in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  establishing  the  workforce guidance and information for women
  policy study; and providing for the repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
  expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor shall study and
issue a comprehensive report on the workforce guidance  and  information
for women policy enacted pursuant to chapter 284 of the laws of 2012.
  1.  For  the  purposes  of this section, the term "state agency" shall
refer to any agency, department, bureau, commission, board, task  force,
committee,  public  benefit  corporation,  or  public authority, where a
member is appointed by the governor.
  2. Such study and report carried out pursuant to  this  section  shall
address the following issues related to said policy:
  (a)  what  information  has been provided with respect to compensation
for jobs and careers which offer higher earning potential including jobs
that are traditionally dominated by men;
  (b) how the counseling, skills  development  and  training  have  been
enhanced  with respect to encouraging both women and men to seek employ-
ment in such jobs;
  (c) have referrals to employers offering such jobs been made  and,  if
available,  provide  statistics  on  the  number  of women who have been
referred as a result of this policy;
  (d) how information regarding the gender wage gap and  specific  self-
sufficiency rates for families living and working in an applicable local

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11479-02-4

S. 5841--A                          2

labor  market have enhanced the opportunities for women to obtain higher
paying jobs and careers; and
  (e) any other information the department deems pertinent to include in
said report related to this policy.
  3.  Such report shall be made to the governor, the temporary president
of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the  senate  committees  on
labor and infrastructure and capital investment and the assembly commit-
tee on labor no later than July 1, 2015.
  4.  The commissioner of the department of labor may request any avail-
able information from any state or county agency that  is  relevant  and
material to the completion of this study and report.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed August 1, 2015.

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