Senate Bill S6942

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to equal pay for similar work protections for protected classes

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2019-S6942 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8971
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §118, Civ Serv L (as proposed in S.6436 & A.7748-A)

2019-S6942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to equal pay for similar work protections for protected classes.

2019-S6942 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6942
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  equal  pay  for
   similar work protections for protected classes
 
   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  amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the
 civil service law relating to equal pay for similar work protections for
 protected classes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6436  and
 A. 7748-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  The  principle of fair and equal pay for similar work or substan-
 tially similar work, when viewed as a composite of  skill,  effort,  and
 responsibility,  and  performed  under  similar  working conditions, and
 without discrimination based on status within a protected  class,  shall
 be  followed  in  the  classification and reclassification and the allo-
 cation and reallocation of positions pursuant to this  article  and  all
 positions  having  the  same[, or substantially similar,] title shall be
 allocated to the same salary grade. For the purposes  of  this  section,
 the  term  "protected  class" includes age, race, creed, color, national
 origin, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status,  sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, familial
 status, marital status, or domestic  violence  victim  status,  and  any
 employee  protected  from discrimination pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b)
 and (c) of subdivision one of section  two  hundred  ninety-six  of  the
 executive  law, and any intern protected from discrimination pursuant to
 section two hundred ninety-six-c of the executive law.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision  2  of  section  118  of  the  civil
 service  law,  as  added  by  a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the
 civil service law relating to equal pay for similar work protections for
 protected classes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6436  and
 A.  7748-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  To  ensure  that  no  employee  with  status  within  one or more
 protected class or classes shall be paid a wage at a rate less than  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.