Requires appointing authorities to provide appointment and promotion letters

Public workers get written job terms

The law takes effect 90 days after becoming law and covers New York classified-service appointments and promotions. The appointing authority must provide a letter within 14 days after the appointment takes effect. It must identify the appointment type: permanent, provisional, temporary, temporary pending commission approval, or another legally authorized type. It must state the position type, its civil service class, its expected duration if not permanent, and weekly work percentage if not full-time. If probation is required, the letter must give its minimum and maximum length and explain job protections after completion. It must list your individual starting pay and the title’s full salary range. If you previously held a higher salary grade, it must explain any pay reduction upon appointment. It must identify the bargaining unit and, when applicable, provide the employee organization’s contact information or website. For trainee titles, it must explain the training length, final title and salary grade, advancement requirements, review schedule, and pay advances. If another position is held for your return while you are on leave, it must explain when that hold expires and when you can return. The letter must include benefits information and website links covering employer health and dental benefits, retirement, and New York State deferred compensation. You can report suspected errors, and the authority must review them. It must issue a corrected letter within 60 days of your notice if it finds errors, or tell you the information is correct.