BILL NUMBER: S1722
SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to salary schedule
parity
 
PURPOSE:
To provide for salary schedule parity for M/C employees.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Adds new section 137 to Civil Service law, requires that the
Salary Grade ranges in the salary schedules of State of New York's
Management and Confidential (M/C) employees be not less than those of
comparable Salary Grade ranges in the salary schedules of union-repre-
sented and similarly graded positions (Section 130 of Civil Service
Law).
Section 2. Enacting Clause
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation requires that the Salary Grade ranges in the salary
schedules of State of New York's Management and Confidential (M/C)
employees be not less than those of comparable Salary Grade ranges in
the salary schedules of union-represented and similarly graded positions
(Section 130 of Civil Service Law). M/C employees are prohibited from
collective bargaining for salary and benefits by the State's Taylor Law.
They should not be, however, penalized in salary for that reason. M/C
Salary Schedules are often structurally inconsistent with salary sched-
ules of the Public Employee Federation (PEF) and Civil Service Employees
Association (CSEA). For example, a comparative review demonstrates that
M/C employees in the most populous Salary Grades can earn between $1,000
and $3,000 LESS per year in base salary than their PEF-represented coun-
terparts at the same Salary Grade! It is improper to compensate employ-
ees at radically different amounts across bargaining units when Salary
Grades (and sometime even titles) are equal! This legislation restores
parity between the salaries of unionized and non-unionized State of New
York employees, returns stability in earnings when employees transfer
between bargaining units, and most importantl y treats M/C employees
equally and no less well than their union represented colleagues by
guaranteeing salaries comparable to those of their union-represented
colleagues.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Legislation
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
First of April after it shall have become a law.