{"id":8455,"date":"2026-02-27T13:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:46:11","slug":"pef-appointment-letter-bill-signed-by-governor-takes-effect-by-december-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-2\/pef-appointment-letter-bill-signed-by-governor-takes-effect-by-december-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF Appointment Letter Bill signed by Governor, takes effect by December 2027\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8460 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Hocul-Bill-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gov Hochul Signing Bill\" width=\"370\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Hocul-Bill-1.jpg 519w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Hocul-Bill-1-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>February 27, 2026 &#8212;<\/em> In private sector employment, when a new employee is hired or promoted, they receive a letter announcing the specifics related to their appointment, including salary, benefits information, and more. While some of New York State\u2019s civil servants may have received this type of \u201cappointment letter,\u201d many state employees never receive them or receive them late. That is because appointment letters were not mandatory, until now.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Late last year Governor Hochul signed a bill that PEF strongly advocated for that will ensure all newly hired and promoted employees receive appointment letters by December 2027.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The new law brings much needed transparency to the hiring process, says PEF Director of Civil Service Enforcement and Research (CSE\/R) Veronica Foley.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe always want to ensure that we continue our advocacy for solutions that empower prospective and existing civil servants to find meaningful work that can sustain families,\u201d said Foley. \u201cThis law is a start.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She said that CSE\/R often speaks to members who have valid questions regarding their rights and status within the Civil Service system, but when pressed for details to aid in an investigation, they do not have them. CSE\/R has worked with members who have not known whether they are permanent, provisional, or temporary upon appointment. In addition to listing the position type, appointment letters will include the jurisdictional class of the position, the appointment type, starting wages, probationary periods, employee benefits and the bargaining unit of the title.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Foley said this type of communication means that the state\u2019s Department of Civil Service (DCS) is one step closer to modernization, which is a goal of both PEF and DCS.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF members who do not know their position type, the jurisdictional class of their position or want to know more about benefits like retirement, deferred compensation or representation rights, should ask for the information from their local human resources department either upon a new appointment or now.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 27, 2026 &#8212; In private sector employment, when a new employee is hired or promoted, they receive a letter announcing the specifics related to their appointment, including salary, benefits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-8455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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