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- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to hazardous duty differentials
Purpose of the bill
To give hazardous duty pay to certain Department of Corrections employees with substantial contact with inmates.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one of the bill amends Section 130, paragraph a of subdivision 9, of the Civil Service Law to give employees in shock incarceration facilities and other employees in facilities or work release programs operated by the Department of Corrections who have substantial contact with inmates the same hazardous duty pay provided for employees in medium security facilities. Section two provides an effective date.
Justification
Hazardous duty pay is given at the discretion of the Director of Classification and Compensation whenever the director determines an employee is "exposed to an unavoidable, clear and direct risk and hazard to safety and health." The civil service manual further limits such pay to maximum and medium security Correctional facilities. However, other Department of Corrections employees are also exposed to risk and hazard. For example, some facilities are used to hold inmates while determining which are eligible for shock incarceration. Those not qualifying are sent to medium security facilities. Employees at such "triage" facilities are not eligible for hazardous duty pay, yet work with some of the same inmates as employees that do receive such pay. The act will cure this inequity by providing that all Department of Corrections employees with "substantial direct contact with inmates" receive the same hazardous duty pay as employees in medium security facilities.
Effective date
This act shall take effect ninety days after it is enacted.
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