S 7310: Provides for a grace period until July 1, 2025, in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to full duty without discipline.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7310 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT providing for a grace period in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to work; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. Any employee of the department of corrections and commu- 2 nity supervision who engaged in a strike or work stoppage on or between 3 the dates of February 18, 2025, and the effective date of this act, 4 shall be allowed to be reinstated and return to work on their assigned 5 tour by July 1, 2025. For any department of corrections and community 6 supervision employee who participated in a voluntary work stoppage 7 between February 18, 2025, and the effective date of this act and 8 returns to work before July 1, 2025, there shall be no disciplinary 9 action or demotion of rank. Any department of corrections and community 10 supervision employee who resigned between February 18, 2025, and the 11 effective date of this act shall be allowed full reinstatement to the 12 department of corrections and community supervision and will be allowed 13 to return to full duty without discipline. Any employee who has been 14 terminated or received termination notice shall be returned to full duty 15 without discipline and shall be reinstated to the status they maintained 16 on or before February 18, 2025. 17 2. No department of corrections and community supervision employee on 18 pre-approved leave for family medical leave, workers compensation, paid 19 parental leave, long term sick leave, bereavement, or sick leave at 20 half-pay, shall be ordered to prematurely return to work between Febru- 21 ary 18, 2025 and July 1, 2025. The provisions of this subdivision shall 22 not apply to vacation or personal leave. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 24 deemed repealed July 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11596-01-5