Assembly Actions -
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Apr 19, 2010 |
referred to civil service and pensions delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.31 rules report cal.31 reported reported referred to rules reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 13, 2010 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 12, 2010 |
committed to governmental employees |
Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.101 returned to assembly died in senate |
Apr 29, 2009 |
referred to civil service and pensions delivered to senate passed assembly |
Apr 23, 2009 |
advanced to third reading cal.358 |
Apr 21, 2009 |
reported |
Apr 06, 2009 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 24, 2009 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to governmental employees |
Assembly Bill A1119
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DESTITO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Barbara Lifton
Joan Millman
Sandy Galef
William Colton
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Alfano
Robert Barra
William Boyland
Richard Gottfried
2009-A1119 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A1119 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Makes it a discriminatory practice for public employers to compensate employees of different sexes differently for work that is of comparable worth; makes exception for seniority system; prohibits reducing anyone's compensation to conform with this provision; provides three years for a compliance plan.
2009-A1119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1119 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DESTITO, LIFTON, MILLMAN, GALEF, COLTON, CLARK, FIELDS, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BARRA, BOYLAND, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, McENENY, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to making it a discriminatory practice for public employers to compensate employees of different sexes differently for work that is of comparable worth THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 153 to read as follows: S 153. WAGE DISCRIMINATION BY SEX PROHIBITED. 1. IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR ANY PUBLIC EMPLOYER IN THIS STATE TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN EMPLOYEES IN ITS EMPLOY ON THE BASIS OF SEX, BY COMPENSATING ANY EMPLOYEE IN ANY OCCUPATION AT A SALARY OR RATE LESS THAN THE SALARY OR RATE AT WHICH OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE OPPOSITE SEX ARE COMPENSATED FOR POSITIONS OR TITLES WHICH HAVE COMPARABLE WORTH AS MEAS- URED BY THE SKILL, EFFORT AND RESPONSIBILITY NORMALLY REQUIRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF WORK AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE WORK IS NORMALLY PERFORMED. 2. NOTHING IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT DIFFERING COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES WHERE SUCH COMPENSATION IS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO A BONA FIDE SENIORITY SYSTEM. 3. A PUBLIC EMPLOYER WHO IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION, REDUCE THE COMPENSATION OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR REDUCE THE RATE OF COMPENSATION FOR ANY POSITION. 4. AN AGREEMENT BY ANY EMPLOYEE TO WORK FOR LESS THAN THE COMPENSATION TO WHICH THE EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE A BAR TO ANY ACTION TO WHICH THE EMPLOYEE WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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