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Assembly Bill A4867

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Creates requirements of a public employer when a collective bargaining agreement has expired and a new agreement is not in place

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2021-A4867 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6344
2013-2014: A4932
2015-2016: A6460
2017-2018: A6625
2019-2020: A5435
2023-2024: A1878

2021-A4867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a public employer is not required to pay increases in wages or benefits after the expiration of collective bargaining agreement pending negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.

2021-A4867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4867
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  the  requirements
   of  a  public  employer  when  a  collective  bargaining agreement has
   expired and a new agreement is not in place

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 1 of section 209-a of the
 civil service law, as amended by chapter 244 of the  laws  of  2007,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  to refuse to continue all the terms of an expired agreement until
 a new agreement is negotiated, unless the employee organization which is
 a party to such agreement has, during such negotiations or prior to such
 resolution of such negotiations, engaged in conduct violative of  subdi-
 vision  one of section two hundred ten of this article, PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT NOTHING HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW SHALL REQUIRE A
 PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO PAY HIGHER WAGES OR BENEFITS TO ANY EMPLOYEE BASED ON
 LONGEVITY, LENGTH OF SERVICE OR PASSAGE OF TIME AFTER THE EXPIRATION  OF
 SUCH AGREEMENT AND BEFORE A NEW AGREEMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED, INCLUDING
 WITHOUT  LIMITATION  ANY  STEP INCREASES IN WAGES BASED ON EXISTING WAGE
 SCALES, LONGEVITY PAYMENTS, INCREASED  VACATION  OR  PERSONAL  TIME,  OR
 OTHER SIMILAR INCREASES IN WAGES OR BENEFITS;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08984-01-1

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