NY State Senate Bill S4647B

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May 15, 2020	print number 4647b
May 15, 2020	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Mar 04, 2020	print number 4647a
Mar 04, 2020	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 08, 2020	referred to civil service and pensions
May 14, 2019	reported and committed to finance
Mar 19, 2019	referred to civil service and pensions

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May 14, 2019 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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Committee Vote: May 14, 2019

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S4647 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7127
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §13, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S159, A464
2023-2024: S6455, A1411

S4647 - Summary

Enacts the "New York state teleworking expansion act"; provides that each state agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance.

S4647 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4647

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 is the short title of "New York state teleworking expansion
act".

Section 2 adds a new section 13 to have each state agency establish
pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement a policy and program to
allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through
teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee
performance. Each State Agency shall appoint a telework coordinator who
shall be responsible for overseeing the implementation of this program.

Further defines telework to mean normal and regular work functions on a
workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal
location at different location, eliminating or reducing the physical
commute.

Also defines state agency as any state department, board, bureau, divi-
sion, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corpo-
ration, council, office, or other governmental entity.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Teleworking offers an opportunity to reduce congestion. The federal
government and many states and municipalities have established telework-
ing policies to get workers out of their cars, and not merely to reduce
congestion.

Teleworking has been shown to increase productivity and retention while
reducing absenteeism. Private sector based strategies include tax cred-
its for businesses against the cost of planning, training and capital
purchases necessary to establish a teleworking program (i.e., Georgia),
or merely free consulting and training for businesses interested in
establishing teleworking programs (i.e., Connecticut).

Numerous jurisdictions have established successful teleworking programs
for government employees. Arizona, for example, required (and achieved)
20% of state government workers in busy Maricopa County (including the
City of Phoenix) to telework. Virginia has required that each state
agency should have 25% of its employee's teleworking by 2010. The feder-
al government requires its agencies to establish teleworking programs
for its employees, and over 100,000 federal employees participate.

New York should be required to establish a teleworking program for its
employees, with appropriate goals for the percentage of city workers
teleworking.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Cost Savings to the State.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day.

S4647 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  4647

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- 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  "New
  York state teleworking expansion act"

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "New York state teleworking expansion act".
  §  2.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section 13 to
read as follows:
  § 13. TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.   1. EACH STATE  AGENCY  SHALL  ESTABLISH,
PURSUANT  TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR OTHER BINDING ARRANGE-
MENT WITH ITS EMPLOYEES, A POLICY AND  PROGRAM  TO  ALLOW  EMPLOYEES  TO
PERFORM  ALL  OR  A  PORTION OF THEIR DUTIES  THROUGH TELEWORKING TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT DIMINISHED   EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.  EACH
STATE AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE A "TELEWORK  COORDINATOR" TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM:
  (A) "TELEWORK" SHALL MEAN TO PERFORM NORMAL AND REGULAR WORK FUNCTIONS
ON  A  WORKDAY THAT ORDINARILY WOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE STATE  AGENCY'S
PRINCIPAL LOCATION AT  A  DIFFERENT  LOCATION,  THEREBY  ELIMINATING  OR
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL COMMUTE TO AND FROM SUCH STATE AGEN-
CY'S PRINCIPAL LOCATION; AND
  (B)  "STATE  AGENCY"  SHALL  MEAN ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU,
DIVISION, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATION, COUNCIL, OFFICE,  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY  PERFORMING  A
GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE.
  §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10251-02-9

Co-Sponsors

S4647A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7127
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §13, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S159, A464
2023-2024: S6455, A1411

S4647A - Summary

S4647A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4647A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to enacting the "New
York state teleworking expansion act"

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 is the short title of "New York state teleworking expansion
act".

Section 2 adds a new section 13 to have each state agency establish a
policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of
their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without
diminished employee performance. Each State Agency shall appoint a tele-
work coordinator who shall be responsible for overseeing the implementa-
tion of this program.

Further defines telework to mean normal and regular work functions on a
workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal

location at different location, eliminating or reducing the physical
commute.

Also defines state agency as any state department, board, bureau, divi-
sion, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corpo-
ration, council, office, or other governmental entity.  This section
also clearly states that nothing set forth in this section shall be
construed to impede, infringe, or diminish the rights and benefits that
accrue to employees and employers through collective bargaining agree-
ments or otherwise diminish the integrity of the collective bargaining
relationship.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Teleworking offers an opportunity to reduce congestion. The federal
government and many states and municipalities have established telework-
ing policies to get workers out of their cars, and not merely to reduce
congestion.

Teleworking has been shown to increase productivity and retention while
reducing absenteeism. Private sector based strategies include tax cred-
its for businesses against the cost of planning, training and capital
purchases necessary to establish a teleworking program (i.e., Georgia),
or merely free consulting and training for businesses interested in
establishing teleworking programs (i.e., Connecticut).

Numerous jurisdictions have established successful teleworking programs
for government employees. Arizona, for example, required (and achieved)
20% of state government workers in busy Maricopa County (including the
City of Phoenix) to telework. Virginia has required that each state
agency should have 25% of its employee's teleworking by 2010. The feder-
al government requires its agencies to establish teleworking programs
for its employees, and over 100,000 federal employees participate.  New
York should be required to establish a teleworking program for its

employees, with appropriate goals for the percentage of city workers
teleworking.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Cost Savings to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day.

S4647A - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 4647--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, KAMINSKY -- 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 enacting the "New
  York state teleworking expansion act"

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "New York state teleworking expansion act".
  § 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new  section  13  to
read as follows:
  §  13.  TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.   1. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH A
POLICY AND PROGRAM TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM ALL  OR  A  PORTION  OF
THEIR DUTIES  THROUGH TELEWORKING TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT
DIMINISHED    EMPLOYEE  PERFORMANCE. EACH STATE AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE A
"TELEWORK  COORDINATOR" TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM:
  (A) "TELEWORK" SHALL MEAN TO PERFORM NORMAL AND REGULAR WORK FUNCTIONS
ON A WORKDAY THAT ORDINARILY WOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE STATE    AGENCY'S
PRINCIPAL  LOCATION  AT  A  DIFFERENT  LOCATION,  THEREBY ELIMINATING OR
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL COMMUTE TO AND FROM SUCH STATE AGEN-
CY'S PRINCIPAL LOCATION; AND
  (B) "STATE AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY  STATE  DEPARTMENT,  BOARD,  BUREAU,
DIVISION, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATION,  COUNCIL,  OFFICE,  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY PERFORMING A
GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10251-03-0

S. 4647--A                          2

  3. NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO  IMPEDE,
INFRINGE  OR  DIMINISH  THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS THAT ACCRUE TO EMPLOYEES
AND EMPLOYERS THROUGH  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  AGREEMENTS  OR  OTHERWISE
DIMINISH THE INTEGRITY OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RELATIONSHIP.
  §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

Co-Sponsors

S4647B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7127
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §13, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S159, A464
2023-2024: S6455, A1411

S4647B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4647B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4647B

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to enacting the "New
York state teleworking expansion act"

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 is the short title of "New York state teleworking expansion
act".

Section 2 adds a new section 13 to have each state agency establish a
policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of
their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without
diminished employee performance. Each State Agency shall appoint a tele-
work coordinator who shall be responsible for overseeing the implementa-
tion of this program.

Further defines telework to mean normal and regular work functions on a
workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal

location at different location, eliminating or reducing the physical
commute.

Also defines state agency as any state department, board, bureau, divi-
sion, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corpo-
ration, council, office, or other governmental entity. This section also
clearly states that nothing set forth in this section shall be construed
to impede, infringe, or diminish the rights and benefits that accrue to
employees and employersthrough collective bargaining agreements or
otherwise diminish the integrity of the collective bargaining relation-
ship.

This section also states that no agency shall establish a policy pursu-
ant to this section for any employee that is subject to a collective
bargaining agreement unless such policy has been mutually agreed to
between the agency and employee organization.

Section 3 is the effective date,

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Teleworking offers an opportunity to reduce congestion. The federal
government and many states and municipalities have established telework-
ing policies to get workers out of their cars, and not merely to reduce
congestion.

Teleworking has been shown to increase productivity and retention while
reducing absenteeism. Private sector based strategies include tax cred-
its for businesses against the cost of planning, training and capital
purchases necessary to establish a teleworking program (i.e., Georgia),
or merely free consulting and training for businesses interested in
establishing teleworking programs (i.e., Connecticut).

Numerous jurisdictions have established successful teleworking programs
for government employees. Arizona, for example, required (and achieved)
20% of state government workers in busy Maricopa County (including the
City of Phoenix) to telework. Virginia has required that each state
agency should have 25% of its employee's teleworking by 2010. The feder-
al government requires its agencies to establish teleworking programs
for its employees, and over 100,000 federal employees participate. New
York should be required to establish a teleworking program for its
employees, with appropriate goals for the percentage of city workers
teleworking.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Cost Savings to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day.

S4647B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 4647--B

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY -- 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 committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to enacting the  "New
  York state teleworking expansion act"

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "New York state teleworking expansion act".
  §  2.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section 13 to
read as follows:
  § 13. TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.  1. EACH STATE AGENCY  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
POLICY  AND  PROGRAM  TO  ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM ALL OR A PORTION OF
THEIR DUTIES  THROUGH TELEWORKING TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT
DIMINISHED  EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE. EACH STATE AGENCY  SHALL  DESIGNATE  A
"TELEWORK  COORDINATOR" TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM:
  (A) "TELEWORK" SHALL MEAN TO PERFORM NORMAL AND REGULAR WORK FUNCTIONS
ON  A  WORKDAY THAT ORDINARILY WOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE STATE  AGENCY'S
PRINCIPAL LOCATION AT  A  DIFFERENT  LOCATION,  THEREBY  ELIMINATING  OR
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL COMMUTE TO AND FROM SUCH STATE AGEN-
CY'S PRINCIPAL LOCATION; AND
  (B)  "STATE  AGENCY"  SHALL  MEAN ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU,
DIVISION, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATION, COUNCIL, OFFICE,  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY  PERFORMING  A
GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE.

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

                                                           LBD10251-07-0

S. 4647--B                          2

  3. NO AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH A POLICY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY
EMPLOYEE  THAT  IS  SUBJECT  TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT UNLESS
SUCH POLICY HAS BEEN MUTUALLY AGREED  TO  BETWEEN  THE  AGENCY  AND  THE
EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION THAT IS CERTIFIED OR RECOGNIZED TO REPRESENT SUCH
EMPLOYEES,  WITHIN  THE  MEANING  OF  ARTICLE  FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER,
PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
  § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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