S 1267: Provides that a state employee whose position is eliminated for certain reasons and who is subsequently transferred to a different agency be entitled to the same hourly salary, retain all accrued sick leave, retain, cash out or use all accrued vacation time, and be paid relocation expenses.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1267 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring that state agen- cies must protect salary and benefits of state employees whose posi- tions are eliminated as a result of privatization, reorganization, closure or a reduction in work force The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-m to 2 read as follows: 3 § 202-m. Salary and benefits protection - state employee transfer. A 4 state employee whose position is eliminated as a result of privatiza- 5 tion, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at 6 an agency, or other actions by the legislature and who is subsequently 7 transferred to a different position in a state agency is entitled to: 8 1. the same hourly salary as previously received if the new position 9 is at the same grade level or higher as the one previously held; 10 2. retain all accrued sick leave credits; 11 3. retain, cash out, or use accrued vacation leave credits to extend 12 the employee's effective layoff date; and 13 4. relocation expenses which must be paid by the hiring agency. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03885-01-5