| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
| Jan 06, 2011 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S1245
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S1245 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S1245 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1245
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the civil service law, in relation to
enacting the "state workforce injury reduction act"
PURPOSE OF BILL:
To ensure that agencies seriously examine injuries to their employees
and formulate ways to prevent similar injuries from occurring in the
future.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill names the act the "state workforce injury
reduction act".
Section 2 of the bill amends section 7 of the civil service law by
adding a new subdivision 7 that requires each state agency referenced
in the annual report issued by the president of the civil service
commission pursuant to this section to write and submit an action
plan with participation from employee representatives for reducing
occurrences of such injuries in the coming year.
Section 3 requires the act to take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
2011-S1245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1245
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 6, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, PARKER, PERALTA -- 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 enacting the
"state workforce injury reduction act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state
workforce injury reduction act".
S 2. Section 7 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. EACH STATE AGENCY REFERENCED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED BY THE
PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL WITHIN THIR-
TY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH REPORT SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY A WRITTEN
ACTION PLAN FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF SUCH INJURIES IN THE COMING
YEAR. STATE AGENCIES WILL PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION THROUGH AN
AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE WHEN PREPARING AND IMPLEMENTING SUCH
WRITTEN ACTION PLANS.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01429-01-1
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