Bill Text: NY A01574 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 1574 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Implements state policy of fair and equal pay for equivalent value of work; provides that the principle of fair and equal pay for similar work and for equivalent value of work shall be followed in the classification and reclassification and the allocation and reallocation of positions and all positions having the same title shall be allocated the same salary grade.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-30 - amended on third reading 1574a [A01574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01574-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1574--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 75
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. JAFFEE, GALEF, COLTON, HEVESI, SOLAGES, JOYNER,
          MOSLEY,  CERETTO,  SKOUFIS,  RAMOS,  GOTTFRIED,  ROBINSON,  SEAWRIGHT,
          WEPRIN, OTIS, WALKER, LINARES, JEAN-PIERRE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of  A. BRENNAN, CAHILL, COOK, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GLICK, LAVINE, LUPAR-
          DO, MARKEY, PERRY, RIVERA, SCHIMEL, SIMON,  STECK,  THIELE,  TITUS  --
          read  once  and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees --
          advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,  retaining
          its place on the order of third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil service law, in relation to implementing a
          state policy of fair and equal pay for equivalent value of work
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 28
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  28.  Policy of the state. 1. It is the policy of New York state and
     4  all political subdivisions thereof to comply with the letter and  spirit
     5  of the federal "Equal Pay Act of 1963," Pub. L. 88-38 (29 U.S.C.  § 206)
     6  which  requires that employees of both sexes receive equal pay for equal
     7  work, the federal "Civil Rights Act of 1964," Pub. L. 88-352 (42  U.S.C.
     8  §  2000e-2)  which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, race or
     9  national origin in all terms of employment, article fifteen of the exec-
    10  utive law and section forty-c of the civil rights  law,  which  prohibit
    11  discrimination on the basis of sex, race or national origin in all terms
    12  of employment. Consistent with these laws, it is the policy of the state
    13  to ensure a fair, non-biased compensation structure for all employees in
    14  which sex, race or national origin is not a consideration either direct-
    15  ly  or  indirectly  in  determining  the  proper wages for a title or in
    16  determining the pay for any individual or group of  employees.  For  the
    17  purpose  of  this  section,  the  terms  "wages"  and "wage rates" shall
    18  include all compensation in  any  form  that  an  employer  provides  to
    19  employees  in  payment for work done or services rendered, including but
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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