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History
- Substituted by A9367
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.798
- Referred to civil service and pensions
Companion bill
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Relates to employment, by municipalities, of persons with disabilities
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6998
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to employment of persons with disabilities by municipalities
Purpose
To require municipalities to treat employees appointed under the Civil Service Law § 55-a as if they were employees in the competitive class for lay-off purposes and to provide the appointees with seniority, accruing from the date of appointment.
Summary of provisions
Amends section 55-a of civil service law pertaining to employment of persons with disabilities in municipalities.
New section 5 - requires municipalities to treat who were appointed to the non-competitive class through this section of law to be treated as competitive employees for layoff purposes due to economy, consolidation, abolition of function, or other reduction or abolition of rank or salary grade. For purposes of this section seniority shall be deemed from the date of appointment.
Justification
Section 55-a of the New York Civil Service Law allows qualified persons with disabilities to be appointed to competitive civil service positions without having to take an examination. This 55-a program was enacted to encourage public employers to hire qualified persons with disabilities to agency positions.
Unfortunately, while the 55-a Program provides the opportunity to work in a position that would normally be reserved for the competitive class, the current law does not provide the same protections to these appointees. The 55-a appointees are considered non-competitive class employees.
During a recent reduction in service, the Civil Service Law § 55-a employees were ranked for lay-off with the non-competitive class, despite years of successful work in a competitive class title with competitive class peers. In some cases, 55-a employees with more seniority than their competitive class peers were laid-off.
This bill would grant future 55-a appointees with seniority and competitive class protections whenever there is a need for a reduction in service.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediate.
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