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                                  9755

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to workforce guidance and
  information for women; and to amend the civil service law, in relation
  to the recruitment of women to state civil service initiative

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

  Section  1.  Section 10-c of the labor law, as added by chapter 284 of
the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S 10-c. Workforce guidance and information for women  [policy]  INITI-
ATIVE.    1.  The  department  shall provide guidance to local workforce
investment boards and staff, to enable them to better educate and inform
both women and men about higher paying jobs and careers  including  jobs
traditionally  dominated  by  men.  Such  guidance shall promote program
services for job seekers that provide:
  (a) current information about compensation for jobs and  careers  that
offer high earning potential including jobs that are traditionally domi-
nated by men;
  (b)  counseling,  skills  development and training that encourage both
women and men to seek employment in such jobs;
  (c) referrals to employers offering such jobs; and
  (d) current local labor market information regarding the  gender  wage
gap  and specific self-sufficiency rates for families living and working
in that local labor market.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE AND  SUBMIT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE
TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AN
ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORT OF THE INITIATIVE NO LATER THAN JANUARY  FIRST,
TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  AND  EVERY  YEAR  THEREAFTER. THE REPORT SHALL
INCLUDE:
  (A) HOW MANY WOMEN WERE REFERRED TO COUNSELING OR  SKILLS  DEVELOPMENT
AND  TRAINING  FOR  JOBS  AND CAREERS THAT OFFER HIGH EARNING POTENTIAL,
INCLUDING JOBS TRADITIONALLY DOMINATED BY MEN;
  (B) HOW MANY WOMEN WERE REFERRED TO SUCH JOBS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (C) THE RATIO OF WOMEN TO MEN IN SUCH JOBS  AND  ANY  CHANGE  IN  THAT
RATIO FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR; AND
  (D) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT.
  S  2.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
read as follows:
  S 12. RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN TO STATE CIVIL SERVICE  INITIATIVE  1.  THE
DEPARTMENT, THROUGH EXISTING PROGRAMS, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO BOTH
WOMEN  AND MEN ABOUT HIGH PAYING JOBS AND CAREERS, INCLUDING JOBS TRADI-
TIONALLY DOMINATED BY MEN. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS PART
OF ANY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AS WELL AS BE AVAILABLE ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S
WEBSITE.
  2.  THE PRESIDENT SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AN  ANNUAL
EVALUATION  REPORT  OF  THE  INITIATIVE NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:
  (A) HOW MANY WOMEN WERE REFERRED TO EXAMINATIONS FOR JOBS AND  CAREERS
THAT  OFFER  HIGH  EARNING POTENTIAL, INCLUDING JOBS TRADITIONALLY DOMI-
NATED BY MEN;
  (B) THE RATIO OF WOMEN TO MEN IN TRADITIONALLY  HIGH  PAYING  JOBS  IN
STATE CIVIL SERVICE AND ANY CHANGE IN THAT RATIO FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR;
  (C)  THE  PRESIDENT'S  RECOMMENDATIONS  AND  PLANS  FOR INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF WOMEN IN TRADITIONALLY HIGH PAYING JOBS; AND
  (D) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE PRESIDENT DEEMS RELEVANT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.