NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8599A
SPONSOR: Epstein TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring employ-
ment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service
website
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To enhance access to employment opportunities in the civil service by
requiring open positions, examination announcements, and application
instructions be posted on a publicly accessible website maintained by
the department of civil service.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 59-d to the civil service law requiring the
online posting of employment opportunities in the competitive, noncom-
petitive and labor classes, upcoming examination announcements,
directions on how to apply for examination and appointment, and iden-
tification of positions eligible for designation pursuant to sections
55-b and 55-c of the civil service law.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
Amended bill adds requirement that examinations and application
directions be posted, removes requirement that vacancies be posted for
up to 30 days, and directs the department of civil service to work with
the department of labor and the governor's office of employee relations.
JUSTIFICATION:
To ensure a large applicant pool and increase equal access to job oppor-
tunities, legislation is needed to mandate an up-to-date website where
job seekers can find open positions in the civil service. This legis-
lation would also enhance access to civil service positions designated
under civil service law sections 55-b and 55-c for veterans and people
with disabilities, who have historically had higher unemployment rates.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8599--A
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, BURDICK, ABINANTI, GALLAGHER, SEAWRIGHT,
GRIFFIN, LAWLER, SIMON, ENGLEBRIGHT, MEEKS, CRUZ, MONTESANO, LEMONDES,
DeSTEFANO, McDONALD, FERNANDEZ, GUNTHER, GOTTFRIED, SALKA, SILLITTI --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRABENEC, COOK -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to requiring employ-
ment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service
website
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
2 59-d to read as follows:
3 § 59-d. Public posting of employment opportunities. The department
4 shall make publicly available on its website all employment opportu-
5 nities in the civil service of the state and information on obtaining
6 employment with the state, including, but not limited to, vacancies in
7 the competitive, non-competitive and labor jurisdictional classes,
8 announcements for upcoming open-competitive and promotional examina-
9 tions, test application instructions, and designations of which employ-
10 ment opportunities are eligible to be filled by individuals with disa-
11 bilities and veterans with disabilities pursuant to section fifty-five-b
12 and section fifty-five-c, as amended by chapter six hundred three of the
13 laws of nineteen hundred ninety-five, of this title. The president
14 shall work in conjunction with the New York state department of labor
15 and the governor's office of employee relations in order to effectuate
16 the provisions of this section.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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