NY State Senate Bill S248A

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Apr 18, 2012	print number 248a
Apr 18, 2012	amend (t) and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 04, 2012	referred to civil service and pensions
Apr 13, 2011	defeated in civil service and pensions
Feb 28, 2011	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 05, 2011	referred to civil service and pensions

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Apr 13, 2011 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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S248 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1780
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§115 & 118, add §119, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S5271, A6712
2013-2014: S1871, A753
2015-2016: S3249, A437
2017-2018: S5480, A658
2019-2020: S838, A762

S248 - Summary

Seeks to comply with the federal equal pay act of 1963 by implementing a state policy of compensating employees in state service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality in job titles having been segregated by sex, race or national origin; requires the president of the civil service commission to report annually to the legislature and the governor on those segregated titles for which wage disparity exists; mandates governor to appropriate monies to ensure wage disparities are corrected.

S248 - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER:S248

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the civil service law, in relation to implementing a state
policy of setting salaries on the basis of
comparability of value of the work

GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To implement the state policy of compensating employees in state
service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage
inequality in job titles which have been segregated by sex, race, or
national origin.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Amends §115 of the civil service law to define the intent of New York
state to comply with the federal "Equal Pay Act of 1963" and "Civil
Rights Act of 1964" and to state its intent to ensure a fair and
non-biased wage structure for all employees regardless of sex, race
or national origin. Amends §118 of the civil service law to define
how comparable value of job titles shall be determined. Adds a new
§119 to the civil service law which (a) defines segregated titles,
(b) mandates that the President of the Civil Service Commission
report annually to the Legislature and Executive on those segregated
titles for which wage disparity exists, and (c) mandates the Governor
to request appropriation necessary to ensure that wage disparities

are corrected.

JUSTIFICATION:
While newspapers carry banner headlines about the advances women have
made in the work force, the fact is, women's wages continue to lag
far behind men's. The economic position of women on the whole has
deteriorated, despite affirmative action and equal pay laws, and the
movement of some women into a few traditionally male-dominated
occupations.

The wage gap exists, in part, because many women are still segregated
into a few low-paying occupations. More than half of all women
workers hold sales, clerical and service jobs. Studies show that the
more an occupation is dominated by women, the less it pays. Part of
the wage gap results from differences in education, experience or
time in the workforce. But a significant portion cannot be explained
by any of those factors; the General Accounting Office's Oct. 2003
report on Women's Earnings, which examined 18 years of data, found a
206 earnings gap between women and men that could not be explained,
even when accounting for demographic and work-related factors such as
occupation, industry, race, marital status and job tenure.

More than half of all women work in occupations which are over 70%
female, and 25% are in jobs which are more than 98% female. The
National Academy of Sciences, which has conducted the most
authoritative study to date on comparable worth, found that "the more
an occupation is dominated by women,
the less it pays." The Academy concluded that sex discrimination is
deeply imbedded in our society's wage structures and in our so-called
free market system.


PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010: S.5271/A.6712 - Died in Senate Committee/Passed Assembly
2007-2008: A.7407 - Passed Assembly
2005-2006: A.305 - Passed Assembly
2003-2004: A.737 - Passed Assembly
2002: A.236 - Passed Assembly
2001: A.236 - Passed Assembly
2000: A.4171 - Passed Assembly
1999: A.4171 - Passed Assembly
1998: A.810 (Katz) - Passed Assembly
1997: A.810 (Katz) - Gov. Emp.

FISCAL  IMPLICATIONS  FOR  STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:  Determined by
amount of wage disparity.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

S248 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   248

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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 implementing a
  state policy of setting salaries on  the  basis  of  comparability  of
  value of the work

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

  Section 1. Section 115 of the civil service law, as added  by  chapter
790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
  S  115.    Policy  of the state. IT IS THE POLICY OF NEW YORK STATE TO
COMPLY WITH THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF  THE  FEDERAL  "EQUAL  PAY  ACT  OF
1963,"  PUB. L. 88-38 (29 U.S.C. S 206) WHICH REQUIRES THAT EMPLOYEES OF
BOTH SEXES RECEIVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, THE FEDERAL  "CIVIL  RIGHTS
ACT  OF  1964,"  PUB.  L.   88-352 (42 U.S.C. S 2000E-2) WHICH PROHIBITS
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX, RACE, AND  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  IN  ALL
TERMS  OF  EMPLOYMENT,  ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND SECTION
FORTY-C OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, WHICH PROHIBIT  DISCRIMINATION  ON  THE
BASIS  OF  SEX,  RACE  OR  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  IN ALL TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT.
CONSISTENT WITH THESE LAWS, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE  TO  ENSURE  A
FAIR, NON-BIASED WAGE STRUCTURE FOR ITS EMPLOYEES IN WHICH SEX, RACE, OR
NATIONAL  ORIGIN IS NOT A CONSIDERATION EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN
DETERMINING THE PROPER COMPENSATION FOR A TITLE IN STATE SERVICE, NOR IN
DETERMINING THE PAY FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.  In  order
to  attract unusual merit and ability to the service of the state of New
York, to stimulate higher efficiency among  the  personnel,  to  provide
skilled leadership in administrative departments, to reward merit and to
insure  to  the  people  and  the taxpayers of the state of New York the
highest return in services for the necessary costs of government, it  is
[hereby declared to be] the policy of the state to provide equal pay for

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

                                                           LBD01541-01-1

S. 248                              2

[equal]  SIMILAR  work  AND  FOR  WORK  OF COMPARABLE VALUE, and regular
increases in pay in proper proportion to increase of  ability,  increase
of output and increase of quality of work demonstrated in service.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  1  of section 118 of the civil
service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended  to
read as follows:
  (c)  The principle of fair and equal pay for similar work AND FOR WORK
OF COMPARABLE VALUE shall be followed in the classification and  reclas-
sification  and the allocation and reallocation of positions pursuant to
this article and all positions having the same title shall be  allocated
to  the  same  salary  grade.  COMPARABLE  VALUE  SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
COMPARING JOB TITLES ON THE BASIS OF STANDARDS WHICH INCLUDE THE COMPOS-
ITE OF SUCH BASIC ELEMENTS OF A JOB AS THE KNOWLEDGE,  SKILLS,  ACCOUNT-
ABILITY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL STRESS AND EFFORT, EXTRAORDINARY DANGERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES  NORMALLY  REQUIRED  TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM THE JOB.
THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR  AND  EQUAL  PAY  FOR  WORK  OF  COMPARABLE  VALUE
REQUIRES  THAT  CONSIDERATION  OF SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN SHALL NOT
INFLUENCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES.
  S 3. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section  119  to
read as follows:
  S  119. COMPARABILITY OF VALUE OF WORK; SEGREGATED JOB TITLES REVIEWED
AND ADJUSTED. 1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT DESPITE THE  POLICY  OF  NEW
YORK  STATE  AS DECLARED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE,
JOB TITLES WHICH ARE SEGREGATED BY SEX, RACE,  OR  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  MAY
HAVE  BEEN UNDERVALUED AND ASSIGNED WAGES WHICH DO NOT REFLECT THE RELA-
TIVE WORTH OF THE JOB. IT IS THE INTENT OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  TO  REMEDY
SUCH UNDERVALUATION AND TO CORRECT SUCH DISPARITIES.
  2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SEGREGATED TITLES (X) MEANS TITLES OR
ANY CLASS OF TITLES IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS OF A SEX, RACE  OR
NATIONAL  ORIGIN  IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT SEX,
RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE STATE SERVICE (P) PLUS TWENTY PERCENT  OF
THAT  PERCENTAGE  (.2(P)).  THIS  IS REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA (X = P +
.2(P)).
  3. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION SHALL, BY  JANUARY  FIRST  OF  EACH
YEAR,  SUBMIT  TO  THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS,   A   LIST   SHOWING,   BY   NEGOTIATING   UNIT    AND    FOR
MANAGEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL  EMPLOYEES,  THOSE SEGREGATED TITLES FOR WHICH A
DISPARITY EXISTS BASED ON THE COMPARABILITY OF THE VALUE  OF  THE  WORK.
SUCH  PRESIDENT  SHALL  ALSO  SUBMIT  TO THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET  ALONG  WITH
THE  LIST,  AN  ESTIMATE  OF THE APPROPRIATION NECESSARY TO CORRECT SUCH
DISPARITIES.
  4. BEGINNING WITH THE BUDGET  REQUESTS  FOR  THE  SECOND  FISCAL  YEAR
COMMENCING  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATION NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SALARIES ARE  SET  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED
FIFTEEN, AND PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  5. NO SALARY SHALL BE REDUCED TO ACHIEVE COMPARABLE COMPENSATION UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

S248A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1780
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§115 & 118, add §119, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S5271, A6712
2013-2014: S1871, A753
2015-2016: S3249, A437
2017-2018: S5480, A658
2019-2020: S838, A762

S248A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S248A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER:S248A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the civil service law, in relation to implementing a state
policy of setting salaries on the basis of
equivalent value of work

PURPOSE:
To implement the state policy of compensating employees in
state service equally for work of equivalent value by eliminating
wage inequality in job titles and position classifications which have
been segregated by sex, race, or national origin.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Define the intent of "Equal Pay Act of 1963" intent to ensure a fair
regardless of sex, race

Amends § 115 of the civil service law to New York state to comply with
the federal and "Civil Rights Act of 1964" and to state its and
non-biased wage structure for all employees or national origin.

Amends § 118 of the civil service law to define "equivalent value of
work" and to provide for exceptions to the rule.

Adds a new § 119 to the civil service law which (a) defines segregated

titles, (b) prescribes methodologies that may be used by the
president of the civil service commission for determining equivalent
value of work, (c) mandates that the president of the civil service
commission report the Legislature and Executive, by January 1, 2013,
on those segregated titles for which a wage disparity exists, and (d)
mandates the president to request an appropriation necessary to
correct such disparities.

JUSTIFICATION:
While newspapers carry banner headlines about the
advances women have made in the work force, the fact is, women's
wages continue to lag far behind men's. The economic position of
women on the whole has deteriorated, despite affirmative action and
equal pay laws, and the movement of some women into a few
traditionally male-dominated occupations.

The wage gap exists, in part, because many women are still segregated
into a few low-paying occupations. More than half of all women
workers hold sales" clerical and service jobs. Studies show that the
more an occupation is dominated by women, the less it pays. Part of
the wage gap results from differences in education, experience or
time in the workforce. But a significant portion cannot be explained
by any of those factors; the General Accounting Office's Oct. 2003
report Women's Earnings, which examined 38 years of data, found a 20
percent earnings gap between women and men that could not be

explained, even when accounting for demographic and work-related
factors such as occupation, industry, race, marital status and job
tenure.

More than half of all women work in occupations which are over 70%
female, and 25% are in jobs which are more than 95% female. The
National Academy of Sciences, which has conducted the most
authoritative study to date on comparable worth, found that "the more
an occupation is dominated by women, the less it pays." The Academy
concluded that sex discrimination is deeply imbedded in our society's
wage structures and in our So-called free market system.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011:      A.1780 - Passed Assembly
2009-2010: A.6712 - Passed Assembly
2007-2008: A.7407 - Passed Assembly
2005-2006: A.305  - Passed Assembly
2003-2004: A.737  - Passed Assembly
2002:      A.236  - Passed Assembly
2001:      A.236  - Passed Assembly
2000:      A.4171 - Passed Assembly
1999:      A.4171 - Passed Assembly
1998:      A.810  - Passed Assembly (Katz)
1997:      A.810  - Gov. Emp. (Katz)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Determined by the amount of wage disparity.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S248A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 248--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and
  Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  implementing  a
  state  policy  of setting salaries on the basis of equivalent value of
  work

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

  Section  1.  Section 115 of the civil service law, as added by chapter
790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
  S 115.  Policy of the state. IT IS THE POLICY OF  NEW  YORK  STATE  TO
COMPLY  WITH  THE  LETTER  AND  SPIRIT  OF THE FEDERAL "EQUAL PAY ACT OF
1963," PUB. L. 88-38 (29 U.S.C. S 206) WHICH REQUIRES THAT EMPLOYEES  OF
BOTH  SEXES  RECEIVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, THE FEDERAL "CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT OF 1964," PUB. L.   88-352 (42 U.S.C.  S  2000E-2)  WHICH  PROHIBITS
DISCRIMINATION  ON  THE  BASIS  OF SEX, RACE, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN IN ALL
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW  AND  SECTION
FORTY-C  OF  THE  CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, WHICH PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE
BASIS OF SEX, RACE OR  NATIONAL  ORIGIN  IN  ALL  TERMS  OF  EMPLOYMENT.
CONSISTENT  WITH  THESE  LAWS, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO ENSURE A
FAIR, NON-BIASED WAGE STRUCTURE FOR ITS EMPLOYEES IN WHICH SEX, RACE, OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN IS NOT A CONSIDERATION EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY  IN
DETERMINING THE PROPER WAGES FOR A TITLE IN STATE SERVICE, NOR IN DETER-
MINING  THE  PAY  FOR  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  OR GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.   FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER,  THE  TERMS  "WAGES"  AND  WAGE  "RATES"  SHALL
INCLUDE  ALL  COMPENSATION,  IN  ANY  FORM, THAT AN EMPLOYER PROVIDES TO
EMPLOYEES IN PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE OR SERVICES RENDERED,  INCLUDING  BUT

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

                                                           LBD01541-03-2

S. 248--A                           2

NOT  LIMITED TO BASE PAY, BONUSES, COMMISSIONS, AWARDS, TIPS, OR VARIOUS
FORMS OF NON-MONETARY COMPENSATION IF PROVIDED IN LIEU OF OR IN ADDITION
TO MONETARY COMPENSATION AND THAT HAVE ECONOMIC VALUE TO AN EMPLOYEE. In
order  to  attract unusual merit and ability to the service of the state
of New York, to stimulate higher  efficiency  among  the  personnel,  to
provide  skilled  leadership  in  administrative  departments, to reward
merit and to insure to the people and the taxpayers of the state of  New
York  the  highest return in services for the necessary costs of govern-
ment, it is [hereby declared to be] the policy of the state  to  provide
equal  pay  for equal AND SIMILAR work AND FOR EQUIVALENT VALUE OF WORK,
and regular increases in pay in proper proportion to increase of  abili-
ty,  increase  of output and increase of quality of work demonstrated in
service.
  S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision  1  of  section  118  of  the  civil
service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended and
two new paragraphs (d) and (e) are added to read as follows:
  (c)  The  principle  of  fair  and  equal pay for similar work AND FOR
EQUIVALENT VALUE OF WORK shall be followed  in  the  classification  and
reclassification and the allocation and reallocation of positions pursu-
ant  to  this  article  and all positions having the same title shall be
allocated to the same salary grade.  EQUIVALENT VALUE OF WORK SHALL MEAN
TITLES OR POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE EQUAL WITHIN THE MEANING  OF
THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963, 29 U.S.C. 206(D), OR TITLES OR POSITION CLAS-
SIFICATIONS  THAT  ARE DISSIMILAR BUT WHOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE EQUIVALENT,
WHEN VIEWED AS A COMPOSITE OF SKILLS, EFFORT, RESPONSIBILITY AND WORKING
CONDITIONS. THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR AND EQUAL PAY FOR EQUIVALENT VALUE  OF
WORK  REQUIRES  THAT CONSIDERATION OF SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN SHALL
NOT INFLUENCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WAGES.
  (D) IT SHALL NOT BE AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE FOR AN EMPLOYER TO
PAY DIFFERENT WAGE RATES TO EMPLOYEES,  WHERE  SUCH  PAYMENTS  ARE  MADE
PURSUANT TO:
  (1) A BONA FIDE SENIORITY OR MERIT SYSTEM;
  (2) THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF THE JOB; OR
  (3)  ANY  OTHER  BONA  FIDE  FACTOR  OTHER  THAN SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL
ORIGIN, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT SUCH FACTOR DOES NOT RESULT IN  DISCRIMI-
NATION BASED ON SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
  (E)  NOTHING  SET  FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO IMPEDE,
INFRINGE OR DIMINISH THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS WHICH ACCRUE  TO  EMPLOYEES
THROUGH  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  AGREEMENTS,  OR  OTHERWISE DIMINISH THE
INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RELATIONSHIP.
  S 3. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section  119  to
read as follows:
  S  119.  EQUIVALENT  VALUE OF WORK; SEGREGATED JOB TITLES REVIEWED AND
ADJUSTED. 1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT DESPITE THE POLICY OF  NEW  YORK
STATE  AS  DECLARED  IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, JOB
TITLES WHICH ARE SEGREGATED BY SEX, RACE, OR NATIONAL  ORIGIN  MAY  HAVE
BEEN  UNDERVALUED  AND  ASSIGNED WAGES WHICH DO NOT REFLECT THE RELATIVE
WORTH OF THE JOB. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE  LEGISLATURE  TO  REMEDY  SUCH
UNDERVALUATION AND TO CORRECT SUCH DISPARITIES.
  2.  THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS SPECIFY-
ING THE METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING EQUIVALENT VALUE OF  WORK  BASED  ON
SKILL,  EFFORT,  RESPONSIBILITY, AND WORKING CONDITIONS. ANY METHODOLOGY
PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSION, SUCH AS  A  SYSTEMATIC  POINT  FACTOR  JOB
EVALUATION SYSTEM, SHALL ENSURE THAT COMPARISON SYSTEMS DO NOT IGNORE OR
UNDERVALUE  THE  WORTH OF JOBS WHERE WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE DISPROPOR-
TIONATELY REPRESENTED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  CHAPTER,  A  SEGREGATED

S. 248--A                           3

TITLE  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  ANY  TITLE  IN  WHICH  THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF
EMPLOYEES OF A PARTICULAR SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE  TITLE  IS
EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF
THAT SEX, RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE STATE SERVICE.
  3.  THE  PRESIDENT SHALL, BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, AND
EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER, SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE  AND  THE  GOVER-
NOR'S  OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, A LIST SHOWING, BY NEGOTIATING UNIT
AND FOR MANAGEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, THOSE SEGREGATED  TITLES  FOR
WHICH  A DISPARITY EXISTS BASED ON THE EQUIVALENT VALUE OF THE WORK. THE
PRESIDENT SHALL ALSO SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE DIVISION OF BUDGET ALONG WITH  THE  LIST,  AN
ESTIMATE  OF  THE  APPROPRIATION  NECESSARY TO CORRECT SUCH DISPARITIES.
WHEN THE DEPARTMENT CREATES NEW TITLES OR, BECAUSE OF  MERGES  OR  TAKE-
OVERS,  TRANSFERS  STATE  WORKFORCE FROM ONE TITLE TO ANOTHER TITLE, THE
PRESIDENT  SHALL RE-SUBMIT SUCH LIST OF ANY SEGREGATED TITLES FOR  WHICH
A  DISPARITY  EXISTS  BASED  ON  THE  EQUIVALENT VALUE OF WORK AND SHALL
SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF  EMPLOYEE  RELATIONS
AND  THE  DIVISION OF BUDGET WITH SUCH LIST AN ESTIMATE OF THE APPROPRI-
ATION NECESSARY TO CORRECT SUCH DISPARITIES.
  4. BEGINNING WITH THE  BUDGET  REQUESTS  FOR  THE  FIRST  FISCAL  YEAR
COMMENCING  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATION NECESSARY TO ENSURE  THAT  WAGES  ARE  SET  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION ONE HUNDRED
FIFTEEN AND PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  5.  THE  PRESIDENT  SHALL  NOT,  IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION,
REDUCE THE WAGES OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR REDUCE THE WAGE RATE FOR  ANY  POSI-
TION.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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