NY Civ Serv L § 7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title A - Organization and Functions of State Civil Service Department 7 - Powers and Duties of the President of the State Civil Service Commission.

§ 7. Powers  and  duties  of  the president of the state civil service commission. The president of the commission  shall  have  the  following powers and duties:   1.  He  shall  be  the head of the department of civil service and the appointing officer thereof, and shall be responsible for  the  discharge of the duties and functions of the department and for the enforcement of the rules and regulations.   2.  He  may select suitable persons in the service of the state or any of its civil divisions, after consulting the head of the  department  or office  in  which  such  persons  serve,  to  act as examiners under his direction. Persons so selected shall be entitled to  reimbursement  from the  department  for  their  actual  and  necessary expenses incurred in connection with such service.   3. He shall adopt a departmental seal and require that it be used  for the  authentication  of  orders  and  other documents and for such other purposes as he may prescribe.   4. Subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules established thereunder,  he  shall  make  regulations  for  and  have   control   of examinations  for  the  service  of  the  state, and the civil divisions thereof,  except  civil  divisions  for  which  a  municipal  commission performs  such  function,  and  shall supervise and preserve the records thereof.   5. He shall provide pre-retirement counseling services to employees of the state and of the civil divisions thereof  who  are  members  of  the state retirement system, and in cooperation with such retirement system, municipal  civil  service commissions, the adult education bureau of the education department and local school boards, establish such courses  on personal  counseling as may be necessary to prepare public employees for retirement.   6. The president of the commission  shall  prepare  an  annual  report describing  occupational  injuries, illnesses, and workers' compensation experience for all state agencies as defined  by  subdivision  three  of section  two-a  of the state finance law. Such report shall be published no later than  September  thirtieth  of  each  year,  beginning  in  two thousand  eight,  and  shall report information on the basis of the last completed state fiscal year.  In  subsequent  years,  the  report  shall include  comparative data for up to five prior fiscal years if such data is available. The  report  shall  be  delivered  to  the  governor,  the legislature  and  to any labor organization that represents state agency employees and shall be available to the  public.  The  contents  of  the report  shall  include  the following information for each state agency, broken down by institutions and facilities as was  done  in  the  report previously  published by the department entitled "Occupational Accidents and Workers'  Compensation  Experience  for  NYS  Government  Employees" published   from  nineteen  hundred  eighty-seven  to  nineteen  hundred ninety-two:  (a)  the  total  number  of  employees,  the  number  of  work-related accidents and the rate of work-related injuries and illnesses;  (b)  the  number of lost work time injuries and illnesses and the rate of lost work time cases;  (c) the number of days of lost work time and the number  and  rate  of lost full time employees;  (d) the cost to the state of lost work time due to work-related cases;  (e)  the  cost  to  the  state of medical expenses due to work-related injuries and illnesses;  (f) a description of the types of injuries, the number of injuries and illnesses of each type and the most common causes of  those  cases,  and the body part injured;  (g)  a  list  of  the  job titles with work-related injury and illness rates that are more than twenty-five percent above the average  for  all state agencies;  (h)  a list of the state agencies with work-related injury and illness rates that are more than twenty-five percent above the average  for  all state agencies;  (i)  work-related  injury  and illness rates for all state agencies by collective bargaining units; and  (j) a summary of findings and recommendations prepared in consultation with the workers' compensation board and the state  insurance  fund  for state  agencies regarding the prevention of injury and illnesses and the reduction of costs due to these cases.   7. The president, with the assistance of  the  office  of  information technology  services  as needed, shall prepare a report on or before the first day of September two  thousand  eighteen  and  every  three  years thereafter  to  be  issued to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of  the  senate,  the  minority  leader  of  the assembly,  and  the  minority  leader  of  the senate. Such report shall detail current programs within state agencies that allow for alternative work schedules  or  flexible  work  hours,  the  positive  and  negative experiences  for  agencies  in  utilizing  alternative work schedules or flexible work hours, whether  legal  or  practical  reasons  affect  the ability  to  offer  such  schedules, and any existing plans agencies may have for altering schedule options available to employees. The president shall compile input from agencies selected pursuant to this subdivision, and each agency shall provide all available information upon request  to the  president.  The  president  may also include information about best practices among selected agencies. Nothing set  forth  in  this  section shall  be  construed  to  impede,  infringe  or  diminish the rights and benefits that accrue  to  employees  and  employers  through  collective bargaining  agreements,  or  otherwise  diminish  the  integrity  of the collective bargaining relationship. For purposes  of  this  subdivision, "alternative  work  schedules  or  flexible  work  hours"  shall mean an ongoing schedule modification that applies to more than one employee  in a  described  business unit. Alternative work schedules or flexible work hours shall not include voluntary reduction in work schedule  agreements and individualized work schedules.   8.   The   president  shall  have  the  power  to  review  claims  for reimbursement submitted by public authorities or municipal  corporations other  than  a  city  with a population of a million or more pursuant to section ninety-two-d of the general municipal law to determine  if  such claim  shall  be approved, reduced, amended or rejected. Such review and determination shall be made in accordance with section  ninety-two-d  of the general municipal law.