2023 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.