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UNDER THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, LAID OFF SEASONAL EMPLOYEES WHO HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION WERE NOT ENTITLED TO REMAIN IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WHEN REHIRED BY THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined a seasonal employee of a public benefit corporation who was laid off and re-hired was not entitled to stay with the collective bargaining unit to which he belonged before the lay-off. Petitioner had worked for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) at a ski center. The ski center was transferred from the DEC to Olympic, a public benefit corporation. Under the Public Authorities Law petitioner was entitled to stay with the collective bargaining unit to which he belonged at the DEC. However, after the lay-off, under the terms of the relevant statute, petitioner was properly transferred to the Olympic bargaining unit (with decreased benefits):

This appeal turns on the meaning of the terms “terminated” and “ceases” within the context of Public Authorities Law § 2629 (2) (a). As neither word is defined in the Public Authorities Law and both are words of ordinary import, we interpret them in a manner consistent with “their usual and commonly understood meaning” … . …

Petitioner argues that a layoff is inconsistent with these definitions and merely constitutes a temporary interruption in a career. We disagree, in light of the express statutory provision that an employee whose employment “is terminated or otherwise ceases, by any means” may not return to his or her prior collective bargaining unit upon subsequent rehire (Public Authorities Law § 2629 [2] [a] [emphasis added]). To interpret the language as petitioner urges would render the phrase “by any means” superfluous … . Matter of Civil Serv. Empls. Assn., Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO v Olympic Regional Dev. Auth.. 2018 NY Slip Op 04998, Third Dept 7-5-18

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