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Unified Court System employees take advantage of CSEA- sponsored training
Apply to be a NYS Court Officer Trainee
Are you, or someone you know, .in upstate New York and looking .for career advancement?
The New York State Office of Court Administration is offering an open-competitive examination or a New York State Court
Officer Trainee. The vacancies
will be filled in New York State Judicial Districts 3rd through
8th, which covers parts of the CSEA’s Southern Region, as well as our union’s Capital, Central and Western Regions.
The examinations are computer- based and will be administered
at exam sites throughout these districts. Please note that there
are no vacancies in the 7th Judicial
District, although applicants will be able to take the examination within this district.
All successful hires will become CSEA bargaining unit members. Here are the details of the examination:
NYS Court Officer-Trainee (JG:16)
Open-Competitive Examination (Examination No. 45-834)
The above examination will be open for filing from January 3, 2024 through February 14, 2024.
The examination will be administered from April 20, 2024 to May 3, 2024 at test centers located in or convenient to Judicial Districts 3rd through 8th in “Upstate” New York. The examination will be computer- based.
Applicants will be e-mailed a self-scheduling link on or about April 3, 2024 to self-schedule the examination. All examination appointments must be self-scheduled at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled examination time.
The examination announcement, electronic applications, FAQs, subject matter, and related links can be found at https://ww2.nycourts.gov/ Exampagecot2023.
Questions not found in the FAQs may be directed to COEXAMS@nycour ts.gov.
As part of the 2021-2026 contract .negotiated between CSEA and the Unified Court Systems (UCS) all non-Judicial UCS employees in CSEA represented units are eligible to participate in virtual training during the court’s recess in December.
For many previous years during the court recess between Christmas and New Year’s Day, employees have been forced to charge personal accruals.
This new benefit, beginning with the recent 2023 court recess, allows employees who choose to participate in
the CSEA virtual training to attend up to two full days of CSEA sponsored training without charging personal accruals. It is instead designated as excused paid leave.
“This is a great benefit and a fantastic option for UCS employees to take advantage of. Employees really appreciate being able to save accruals while gaining valuable knowledge without having to commute into work those days,” said Region V Judiciary Local President Ian Spencer. “My hope is even more
people will take advantage of this next year, it’s yet another great example of how CSEA negotiates contractual benefits for its membership.”
More than 800
UCS employees
opted to participate in the recent
training offering from CSEA across the two days training was offered.
Participants could choose to attend either or both days of training.
On the training's first day, participants learned about CSEA, including presentations
from our union’s Member Benefits Department and Pearl Insurance, as well as a presentation on workers’ compensation rights by attorneys from Fine, Olin & Anderman.
The second day covered the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and workplace safety and health.
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Spencer
“This is a great benefit and a fantastic option for UCS employees
to take advantage
of. Employees really appreciate being
able to save accruals while gaining valuable knowledge without having to commute into work those days.”