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Would Protect Job Applicants Who Are in the Military
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New
York human resources offices would no longer be allowed to ask prospective
employees if they were in the National Guard or Reserves under one of
several legislative proposals Gov. George Pataki and the Assembly's Republicans
announced in early March, The Albany Business Review reported.
Collectively dubbed
the "Patriot Plan," the legislative and administrative proposals
are designed to guarantee the rights of New York's citizen soldiers and
ease some of the financial burdens they sometimes incur because of their
service, Pataki said.
The Plan includes
the following proposals:
- Expanding the
protections in the state's Human Rights Law to military personnel in
regard to housing, employment and credit applications.
- Allowing reservists
with vehicle leases to cancel those leases without penalty if they are
deployed.
- Extending provisions
of the federal Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, which caps interest
rates for long term installment loans paid by soldiers to 6 percent,
to National Guard soldiers who are activated by the state, and not just
the federal government.
- Free hunting and
fishing licenses.
- Free admission
to state parks for reserve and National Guard troops.
- Changes in state
personnel rules that help reservists and National Guard members and
a proposal which would allow the State Insurance Department to protect
the rights of military personnel to continue, suspend or convert health
insurance benefits while on active duty.
-- NYSSCPA.org News
Staff
Posted on 03/26/03
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