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Assembly Bill A9007

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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2013-A9007 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6756
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง209, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6564, S4113

2013-A9007 (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-A9007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9007

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

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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