Assembly Bill A5423

                             
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                                   5423
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   four-day workweek pilot program for state employees
 
   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
 159-e to read as follows:
   §  159-E.  FOUR-DAY  WORKWEEK  PILOT  PROGRAM. 1. ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, IN COOPER-
 ATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL IDENTIFY STATE AGENCIES OR  OTHER  JOBS
 IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY FUNCTION OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR WHICH A FOUR-
 DAY  WORKWEEK  IS  FEASIBLE AND BENEFICIAL FOR AT LEAST SIXTY PERCENT OF
 STATE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED  BY  SUCH  STATE  AGENCY  OR  EMPLOYED  IN  THE
 PERFORMANCE OF SUCH FUNCTION OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
   2. THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
   (A) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER
 FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FOUR-
 DAY WORKWEEK FOR STATE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED IN THE STATE  AGENCIES  OR  IN
 THE JOBS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A FUNCTION OF STATE GOVERNMENT IDENTIFIED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (B)  IF  SUCH  STATE  EMPLOYEES  FOR  WHOM A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK WILL BE
 IMPLEMENTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION ARE IN A  BARGAINING
 UNIT REPRESENTED BY AN EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE, BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION:
   (I) NEGOTIATE THE TRANSITION OF SUCH EMPLOYEES IN SUCH BARGAINING UNIT
 TO A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK; AND
   (II)  COMPLETE  A  SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH SUCH EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE
 THAT ESTABLISHES THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH  FOUR-DAY  WORKWEEK  FOR  SUCH
 EMPLOYEES IN SUCH BARGAINING UNIT.
   3. AN EMPLOYEE WHO TRANSITIONS TO A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION MAY NOT, AS A DIRECT RESULT OF SUCH TRANSITION:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (A) HAVE WORK HOURS REDUCED TO LESS THAN THIRTY-SIX HOURS OF WORK EACH
 WEEK; OR
   (B) RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN PAY OR BENEFITS.
   4.  ON  OR  BEFORE OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, THE DIVISION OF
 THE BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR  AND
 THE LEGISLATURE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) THE STATUS OF SUCH IMPLEMENTATION;
   (B) THE IMPACT OF SUCH IMPLEMENTATION ON:
   (I) VACANCY RATES; AND
   (II) THE BUDGETS OF THE AFFECTED STATE AGENCIES; AND
   (C)  ANY  OTHER  RELEVANT INFORMATION AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION OF
 THE BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.