STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4936--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 24, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee 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 20 not limited to base pay, bonuses, commissions, awards, tips, or various 21 forms of non-monetary compensation if provided in lieu of or in addition EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06061-02-6