N.Y. Civ. Serv. Law § 7

§ 7. Powers and duties of the president of the state civil service\ncommission. The president of the commission shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n 1. He shall be the head of the department of civil service and the\nappointing officer thereof, and shall be responsible for the discharge\nof the duties and functions of the department and for the enforcement of\nthe rules and regulations.\n 2. He may select suitable persons in the service of the state or any\nof its civil divisions, after consulting the head of the department or\noffice in which such persons serve, to act as examiners under his\ndirection. Persons so selected shall be entitled to reimbursement from\nthe department for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in\nconnection with such service.\n 3. He shall adopt a departmental seal and require that it be used for\nthe authentication of orders and other documents and for such other\npurposes as he may prescribe.\n 4. Subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules established\nthereunder, he shall make regulations for and have control of\nexaminations for the service of the state, and the civil divisions\nthereof, except civil divisions for which a municipal commission\nperforms such function, and shall supervise and preserve the records\nthereof.\n 5. He shall provide pre-retirement counseling services to employees of\nthe state and of the civil divisions thereof who are members of the\nstate retirement system, and in cooperation with such retirement system,\nmunicipal civil service commissions, the adult education bureau of the\neducation department and local school boards, establish such courses on\npersonal counseling as may be necessary to prepare public employees for\nretirement.\n 6. The president of the commission shall prepare an annual report\ndescribing occupational injuries, illnesses, and workers' compensation\nexperience for all state agencies as defined by subdivision three of\nsection two-a of the state finance law. Such report shall be published\nno later than September thirtieth of each year, beginning in two\nthousand eight, and shall report information on the basis of the last\ncompleted state fiscal year. In subsequent years, the report shall\ninclude comparative data for up to five prior fiscal years if such data\nis available. The report shall be delivered to the governor, the\nlegislature and to any labor organization that represents state agency\nemployees and shall be available to the public. The contents of the\nreport shall include the following information for each state agency,\nbroken down by institutions and facilities as was done in the report\npreviously published by the department entitled "Occupational Accidents\nand Workers' Compensation Experience for NYS Government Employees"\npublished from nineteen hundred eighty-seven to nineteen hundred\nninety-two:\n (a) the total number of employees, the number of work-related\naccidents and the rate of work-related injuries and illnesses;\n (b) the number of lost work time injuries and illnesses and the rate\nof lost work time cases;\n (c) the number of days of lost work time and the number and rate of\nlost full time employees;\n (d) the cost to the state of lost work time due to work-related cases;\n (e) the cost to the state of medical expenses due to work-related\ninjuries and illnesses;\n (f) a description of the types of injuries, the number of injuries and\nillnesses of each type and the most common causes of those cases, and\nthe body part injured;\n (g) a list of the job titles with work-related injury and illness\nrates that are more than twenty-five percent above the average for all\nstate agencies;\n (h) a list of the state agencies with work-related injury and illness\nrates that are more than twenty-five percent above the average for all\nstate agencies;\n (i) work-related injury and illness rates for all state agencies by\ncollective bargaining units; and\n (j) a summary of findings and recommendations prepared in consultation\nwith the workers' compensation board and the state insurance fund for\nstate agencies regarding the prevention of injury and illnesses and the\nreduction of costs due to these cases.\n 7. The president, in coordination with the office of information\ntechnology services, shall prepare a biennial report on or before the\nfirst day of September beginning September two thousand eighteen to be\nissued to the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the\nsenate, the minority leader of the assembly, and the minority leader of\nthe senate. Such report shall detail current programs within state\nagencies that allow for alternative work schedules or flexible work\nhours, the positive and negative experiences for agencies in utilizing\nalternative work schedules or flexible work hours, whether legal or\npractical reasons affect the ability to offer such schedules, and any\nexisting plans agencies may have for expanding or contracting options\navailable to employees. The president shall compile input from agencies\npursuant to this subdivision, and each agency shall provide all\navailable information upon request to the president. However, no plan\nregarding alternative work schedules or flexible work hours shall be\nimplemented and cannot be enforced with regard to employees represented\nby a bargaining unit unless and until such plan is implemented through a\ncollective bargaining agreement. The president shall also include an\nanalysis on any findings of best practices among agencies and whether\nagencies can adopt additional practices to provide alternative schedules\nor flexible work hours. For purposes of this subdivision, "alternative\nwork schedules or flexible work hours" shall mean an ongoing schedule\nmodification that applies to more than one employee in a described\nbusiness unit; alternative work schedules shall not include voluntary\nreduction in work schedule agreements and individualized work schedules.\n