Relates to employee representation of state employees designated managerial or confidential, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1724
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to employee represen-
   tation of state employees designated managerial or confidential

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 208 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  (A) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE WHO IS DESIGNATED AS
 MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  FIRST BEING EMPLOYED OR REEMPLOYED BY A
 PUBLIC EMPLOYER, OR WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF BEING PROMOTED OR  TRANSFERRED
 WITHIN  THE  EXISTING  EMPLOYING  AGENCY  OR A NEW EMPLOYING AGENCY, THE
 PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL NOTIFY AN ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR  MANAGE-
 RIAL  OR CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, AS SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE DESIGNATED PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,  OF
 SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  NAME, ADDRESS, JOB TITLE, EMPLOYING AGENCY, DEPARTMENT
 OR OTHER OPERATING UNIT, AND WORK LOCATION; AND
   (B) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF PROVIDING NOTICE IN PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  A  PUBLIC  EMPLOYER SHALL ALLOW A DULY APPOINTED REPRESEN-
 TATIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL
 EMPLOYEES, AS SUCH EMPLOYEES  ARE  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, TO MEET WITH SUCH
 EMPLOYEE FOR A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME  DURING  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  WORK
 TIME  WITHOUT CHARGE TO LEAVE CREDITS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED WITHIN
 AN EXISTING AGREEMENT, POLICY OR PROCEDURE CURRENTLY EXISTING FOR PUBLIC
 EMPLOYEES WHO  ARE  DESIGNATED  MANAGERIAL  OR  CONFIDENTIAL,  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  ARRANGEMENTS  FOR SUCH MEETING MUST BE SCHEDULED IN
 CONSULTATION WITH A DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OF  THE  PUBLIC  EMPLOYER;
 AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (C) UPON THE REQUEST OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR MANAGERIAL
 OR  CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, AS SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND IF THE
 PUBLIC EMPLOYER CONDUCTS NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS, THE PUBLIC  EMPLOYER
 SHALL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDEN-
 TIAL EMPLOYEES, AS SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN  OF  SECTION  TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, MANDATORY ACCESS TO
 SUCH NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS. SUCH ORGANIZATION SHALL RECEIVE NOT LESS
 THAN TEN DAYS' NOTICE IN ADVANCE OF AN ORIENTATION, EXCEPT THAT A SHORT-
 ER NOTICE MAY BE PROVIDED IN A  SPECIFIC  INSTANCE  WHERE  THERE  IS  AN
 URGENT  NEED  CRITICAL TO THE EMPLOYER'S OPERATIONS THAT WAS NOT REASON-
 ABLY FORESEEABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH NOTICE. THE STRUCTURE, TIME, AND MANNER
 OF EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE ACCESS SHALL BE  DETERMINED  THROUGH  MUTUAL
 AGREEMENT BETWEEN SUCH ORGANIZATION AND THE EMPLOYER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.