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More than 2,000 state government workers will altogether receive nearly $3 million in back pay for working overtime during the height of the pandemic, the office of Governor Kathy Hochul said. …
State officials reached an agreement Monday to award nearly $3 million in backpay to more than 2,100 New York State employees who worked overtime during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(The Center Square) — More than 2,100 New York public workers will be getting bonus checks for overtime during the COVID-19 pandemic, under a new labor agreement.
Proposed legislation that has garnered support from a public employees union would provide greater protection to state workers who file complaints of bullying, which is mostly not illegal in the state.
The Public Employees Federation, a union representing 50,000 white-collar state workers, is campaigning to pass Albany legislation defining actions constituting “bullying” and “abusive conduct” in state agencies for the first