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Provides temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Extends the minimum retirement benefit provision for retirees of the New York state teachers' retirement system who retired prior to June 1, 1980

Extends the minimum retirement benefit provision for retirees of the New York state teachers' retirement system who retired prior to June 1, 1980.

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides procedures for resolution of disputes in collective negotiations for organized units of county correction officers and deputy sheriff-jailers

Expands current binding arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes in collective negotiations to all organized units of county correction officers and deputy sheriff-jailers.

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Establishes a bladder cancer screening program for firefighters

Directs the commissioner of health to establish, promote and maintain a bladder cancer screening program for firefighters in order to encourage such firefighters to seek medical care for the…

Diane J. SavinoHealth Committee

Creates an action for damages against a contractor for failure to pay prevailing wages or taxes, contributions, assessments, or benefits

Creates an action for damages against a contractor for failure to pay prevailing wages or taxes, contributions, assessments, or benefits.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Includes certain workers in New York city vehicle repair shops within the definition of participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations

Includes certain workers in New York city vehicle repair shops within the definition of participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Prohibits bidding on public contract by employer who fled state to avoid paying benefits to employees

Prohibits employers who avoid payment of employee benefits by relocating outside state from bidding on public contracts for period of two years after due payments are made; provides for the…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides for a certain percentage of fire insurance premium taxes shall be paid for promotion and support of paid professional firefighters in New York state

Provides for a certain percentage of fire insurance premium taxes shall be paid for promotion and support of paid professional firefighters in New York state.

Diane J. SavinoInsurance Committee

Prohibits transfer of civil service employees to a higher salary grade if at time of the transfer there is an eligible list, preferred list, or re-employment roster

Prohibits the transfer of civil service employees to higher salary grade than the position held by the employee prior to the transfer if at the time of the transfer there is an eligible list,…

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Permits certain public safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators and communication officers to retire upon completion of 25 years of creditable service

Permits certain public safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators and communication officers employed by the state, or a county or municipal 911 department to retire upon completion of 25…

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Relates to contractors who continually use sub-contractors who fail to pay the prevailing wage

Relates to contractors who continually use sub-contractors who fail to pay the prevailing wage.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Assists public employees in securing affordable housing in New York state

Assists public employees in securing affordable housing in New York state; public employee homeownership assistance funds where programs are collectively bargained with employers; promulgate rules…

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides for payment of interest on payments due and owing, beginning with the 31st day after a member's effective date of retirement

Provides for payment of interest on payments due and owing, beginning with the 31st day after a NYS teachers' retirement system member's effective date of retirement; provides the rate of interest…

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Establishes protections for those who enter certain personal service contracts

Establishes protections for those who enter certain personal service contracts relating to the sound recording industry; establishes time limitations on the enforcement of such contracts with the…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Creates a cause of action against a public works contractor for failure to provide certain employee benefits

Creates a cause of action for damages by any contractor, subcontractor or employee thereof, whose bid on a public works contract was rejected, against the contractor or subcontractor whose bid was…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Relates to requiring that all workers be provided with a pay stub

Relates to requiring that all workers be provided with a pay stub.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Relates to sexual abuse of a person under thirteen

Relates to sexual abuse of a person under thirteen when the actor is eighteen years old or more.

Diane J. SavinoCodes Committee

Creates commissions to interview and recommend trustee candidates to the state university, CUNY and the community colleges

Creates independent commissions to interview and recommend trustee candidates to the state university, CUNY and the community colleges.

Diane J. SavinoHigher Education Committee

Grants additional service credit for members of public retirement systems who are absent without pay for child care leaves of absence

Grants additional service credit for members of public retirement systems who are absent without pay for child care leaves of absence; such additional credit shall not exceed one year per period of…

Diane J. SavinoEducation Committee

Requires utility companies to employ only competent workers skilled in excavation or construction projects when working on a public thoroughfare

Requires utility companies to employ only competent workers skilled in excavation or construction projects when working on a public thoroughfare of the state, county or municipality.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides that charter school employees are entitled to same collective bargaining representation and retirement as public school employees; repealer

Provides that employees of charter schools shall be entitled to be represented by the same collective bargaining unit that represents the public school employees of the school district in which the…

Diane J. SavinoEducation Committee

Provides for the payment of a relocation allowance to certain employees of the department of correctional services

Provides for the payment of a relocation allowance to certain transferred or reassigned employees of the department of correctional services.

Diane J. SavinoFinance Committee

Prohibits home improvement contractors from acting on behalf of mortgage brokers

Prohibits home improvement contractors from also acting on behalf of mortgage brokers; prohibits a mortgage broker from paying a home improvement contractor directly unless they perform their own…

Diane J. SavinoBanks Committee

Includes domestic partners in certain provisions concerning disability benefits and defines the term domestic partner

Amends the disability benefits law to include domestic partners in certain provisions and defines the term domestic partner; adds reference to domestic partner in provisions relating to voluntary…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Relates to the enforcement of public work contracts by an employee organization

Authorizes an employee organization to have the same standing to enforce the provisions of public work contracts against a contractor or any sub-contractor as the officer, department, board or…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician

Requires the availability of and reimbursement for chiropractic care under the workers' compensation law to be provided on the same basis as care by a physician under such law.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Creates new assault crime for an assault on a retired police officer who previously arrested the assailant

Creates new assault crime for an assault on a retired police officer who previously arrested the assailant; assaulting such a retired police officer with intent to seek retribution is assault in the…

Diane J. SavinoCodes Committee

Adds assaults against certain employees of state and local government agencies as assault in the second degree

Adds assaults against certain employees of state and local government agencies as assault in the second degree; assaults against employees of NYS, political subdivisions, public authority employees…

Diane J. SavinoCodes Committee

Expands prevailing wage legislation to charter schools and requires them to abide by laws pertaining to advertising for bids, letting of contracts, conspiracies

Expands prevailing wage legislation to charter schools and requires them to abide by laws pertaining to advertising for bids, letting of contracts, and criminal conspiracies in municipal…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides a special accidental death benefit to deputy sheriff members of the New York city employees' retirement system

Provides a special accidental death benefit to deputy sheriff members of the New York city employees' retirement system.

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides that actuaries of the N.Y. state public retirement systems shall prepare fiscal notes pursuant to requirements of the legislative law

Provides that actuaries of the NYS public retirement systems shall prepare fiscal notes pursuant to requirements of the legislative law and establishes the actuarial integrity oversight board.

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides certain members of the New York state teachers' retirement system with additional service credit for accumulated unused sick leave

Provides certain members of the NYS Teachers' Retirement System with additional service credit for accumulated unused sick leave.

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Requires contractors in certain large cities to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites

Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.

Diane J. SavinoCities Committee

Requires the commissioner of labor to promulgate rules and regulations directing employers to provide notice to employees eligible for the earned income tax credit

Requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of taxation and finance, to promulgate rules and regulations directing employers to annually provide notice to employees who…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides that subcontractors on public works projects provide a surety bond for the underpayment of the prevailing wage

Provides that subcontractors on public works projects provide a surety bond for the underpayment of the prevailing wage; contractors will only become liable for paying the underpaid prevailing wage…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Renames the New York state occupational safety and health hazard abatement board the New York state worker protection board

Renames the New York state occupational safety and health hazard abatement board the New York state worker protection board; establishes the membership of the board shall consist of nine persons.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities

Enacts provisions providing protection to employees from retaliatory actions by employers where such employees report illegal business activities; applicable to employees who in good faith…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Requires the low bidder on state contracts to provide proof that the prevailing wage shall be paid when such bid is lower than the next lowest bid by 10% or more

Requires the low bidder on state contracts to provide proof to the satisfaction of the contracting entity that the prevailing wage shall be paid on such contract when such bid is lower than the next…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides that certain people or corporations shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded public contracts under certain circumstances

Provides that certain people or corporations shall be ineligible to submit a bid on or be awarded public contracts under certain circumstances.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Provides for implementation of domestic violence employee awareness and assistance policies by employers and grants disability benefits credit therefor

Provides for the implementation of domestic violence employee awareness and assistance policies by employers and grants a disability benefits insurance premium credit to the employer for the…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Enacts the "owner-driver protection act" to make public work standards applicable to owner-drivers

Enacts the "owner-driver protection act"; requires public work contractors and subcontractors employing owner-drivers on public work projects to pay the prevailing rate of wage, provide appropriate…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Relates to the posting of prevailing wage by contractors

Relates to the posting of prevailing wage by contractors.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Extends unfair labor practice protection to state grant recipients

Extends application of the NYS labor relations act and unfair labor practice protections to state grant recipients who act in the capacity of employers; permits a contracting state agency to cancel…

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty

Establishes the veterans' special disability fund to provide incentives to employers to hire veterans who were previously injured during active military duty.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Relates to rights to benefits and wages

Relates to rights to benefits and wages; relates to the self-assistance program and other matters; relates to fees and expenses in in unemployment proceedings; makes related provisions.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee

Authorizes certain members of NYCERS employed as a NYC deputy sheriff were placed on maternity without pay because of pregnancy shall be eligible for service credit

Authorizes any member of the New York city employees' retirement system employed as a NYC deputy sheriff who was placed on maternity without pay because of pregnancy shall be eligible for credit for…

Diane J. SavinoCivil Service And Pensions Committee

Provides for the addition of a non-voting member to the membership of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority

Provides for the addition of a non-voting member to the membership of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, the NYC transit authority and the metropolitan transportation authority; provides…

Diane J. SavinoTransportation Committee

Relates to the sharing of information of certain employment data with state and municipal agencies and certain local development corporations

Relates to the sharing of information of certain employment data with state and municipal agencies and certain local development corporations.

Diane J. SavinoLabor Committee