assembly Bill A437A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes policy of equal pay for both sexes and equivalent value of work and directs the taking of corrective action

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 11, 2016 referred to civil service and pensions
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Apr 05, 2016 amended on third reading 437a
Jan 06, 2016 ordered to third reading cal.32
returned to assembly
died in senate
Apr 27, 2015 referred to civil service and pensions
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Apr 23, 2015 advanced to third reading cal.173
Apr 22, 2015 reported
reported referred to ways and means
Jan 07, 2015 referred to governmental employees

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A437 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §118, add §119, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6712
2011-2012: A1780
2013-2014: A753
2017-2018: A658
2019-2020: A762

A437 - 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.

A437 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   437

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, ROBINSON, PAULIN, SCHIMEL,
  WRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, WEPRIN, HEVESI, ENGLEBRIGHT, SKOUFIS,  CRES-
  PO,  STECK,  SKARTADOS,  RUSSELL,  STIRPE,  SOLAGES,  ROBERTS, OTIS --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, BUCHWALD, COLTON, COOK, DINOW-
  ITZ, FARRELL, GLICK, HEASTIE, LUPARDO, PERRY -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Employees

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.

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A437A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §118, add §119, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6712
2011-2012: A1780
2013-2014: A753
2017-2018: A658
2019-2020: A762

A437A (ACTIVE) - 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.

A437A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 437--A
                                                         Cal. No. 32

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, ROBINSON, PAULIN, SCHIMEL,
  WRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, WEPRIN, HEVESI, ENGLEBRIGHT, SKOUFIS,  CRES-
  PO,  STECK, SKARTADOS, RUSSELL, STIRPE, SOLAGES, OTIS, WALKER, COLTON,
  MILLER, LINARES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BRENNAN,  BUCHWALD,
  COOK,  DINOWITZ,  FARRELL,  GLICK,  LUPARDO,  PERRY  --  read once and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- advanced  to  a
  third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
  the order of third reading

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.  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
three new paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) 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 COMPENSATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03039-04-6