Relates to primary social security retirement benefits for certain members; provides that in the computation of the normal service retirement benefit of members of the New York city fire department pension fund, there shall be no reduction for the primary social security retirement benefit.
Relates to service retirement benefits for certain members of the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that for New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members of the New York city employees' retirement system, the service retirement benefit shall not be reduced by the primary social security retirement benefit commencing at age sixty-two.
Creates a pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil service examination fee; requires an annual report on the results of such program.
Relates to establishing a variable supplements fund for sanitation members of the New York city employees' retirement system; creates a board to manage such fund and to make payments.
Conforms the suspension or demotion upon the abolition or reduction of non-competitive or labor class positions in the state service with such treatment for competitive class positions.
Requires civil service examination announcements to be issued to the local board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), high schools, colleges, universities, local social services districts, and job training programs.
Provides for crediting of probationary service when a person appointed provisionally in accordance with section sixty-five of the civil service law receives a permanent appointment to the same title.
Allows New York state employees to use accrued vacation time toward student loan payments; defines terms; requires the president of the civil service commission to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.
Enables public employers to offer an age fifty-five with ten years of service or age fifty with twenty-five years of service temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees.
Provides for the continuation of state health benefit plans for certain survivors of employees of the state and/or of a political subdivision or of a public authority.
Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county.