Senate Bill S7655

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7655

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to comparable salary
and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confi-
dential

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that managerial or confidential
state employees receive their Performance Advancement Adjustments on a
timely basis on par with their union-represented colleagues.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new Section 137 to the Civil Service Law that requires
that managerial or confidential state employees shall receive perform-
ance advancement adjustments on April first of each fiscal year.

Section 2 is the effective date.
              

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill, which carries no cost, will not only ensure the timely
payment of salary adjustments for 11,000 management and confidential
(M/C) employees, but confirm that M/C employees of the State of New York
will be treated no differently than their union-represented coworkers.

On at least two occasions, M/C employees did not receive their Perform-
ance Advancement Adjustments on a timely basis. These salary adjustments
are routinely made on an annual basis to State employees as they advance
within their salary grade from their hiring rate.

Such adjustments reflect an increase in pay commensurate with each
employee's greater experience on the job. In fact, this process is
explicitly outlined in the M/C Employee Handbook published by the State
of New York. Union-represented employees of the State of New York
consistently receive such salary increases in accordance with time
frames set in their respective collective bargaining agreements; M/C
employees lack such protection as they cannot, by law, negotiate terms
and conditions of employment.

This bill addresses the issue by ensuring that M/C employees receive
their Performance Advancement Adjustments on a timely basis on par with
their union-represented colleagues.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

N/A

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 15 the
date on which it shall have become a law.