General Assembly Raised Bill No. 153
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 839
*00839_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 153
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 839
*00839_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING A RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE RESERVE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) On or before October 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall, within existing budgetary resources, develop a plan to create and implement a retired state employee workforce reserve to utilize the services of retired state employees, on a part-time basis, in lieu of allowing state employees to accumulate overtime.
(b) On or before January 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public employees on the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such report shall include the projected cost of establishing a retired state employee workforce reserve, the projected savings from utilizing retired state employees on a part-time basis in lieu of paying overtime wages to state employees, and recommendations for administrative or legislative action needed to implement the plan.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Administrative Services to develop a plan to utilize retired state employees on a part-time basis rather than allow state employees to accumulate overtime.
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