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Assembly Bill A9823

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting retroactive minimum conditions of employment

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2021-A9823 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3755

2021-A9823 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting retroactive minimum conditions of employment; provides that the employment of an employee who met the minimum qualifications or conditions for employment at the time of appointment may not be terminated or separated from service based on any new qualifications or conditions of employment enacted after the date of appointment to such civil service position.

2021-A9823 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9823
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting retro-
   active minimum conditions of employment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 54-a to read as follows:
   § 54-A. RETROACTIVE MINIMUM CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDI-
 VISION OR AUTHORITY THEREOF SHALL NOT RETROACTIVELY  APPLY  NEW  MINIMUM
 QUALIFICATIONS  OR  CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR ANY CIVIL SERVICE POSI-
 TION. THE EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO MET THE  MINIMUM  QUALIFICATIONS
 OR  CONDITIONS  FOR  EMPLOYMENT  AT  THE  TIME OF APPOINTMENT MAY NOT BE
 TERMINATED OR SEPARATED FROM SERVICE BASED ON ANY NEW QUALIFICATIONS  OR
 CONDITIONS  OF  EMPLOYMENT ENACTED AFTER THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT TO SUCH
 CIVIL SERVICE POSITION.   ANY  EMPLOYEE  TERMINATED  OR  SEPARATED  FROM
 SERVICE  IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REINSTATED TO SERVICE AND
 DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN IN CONTINUOUS SERVICE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in effect on and after March 16, 2020.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15227-01-2

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