N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 149: Employees

§ 149. Employees. Permanent employees of the department of labor

assigned to duties wholly in relation to the enforcement and

administration of this chapter, in the competitive class of the

classified civil service in office when this section takes effect shall

continue in office, except that upon certification by the chairman to

the director of the budget filed within sixty days from the time this

chapter takes effect that any such employee is not required for the

exercise of the functions, powers, duties and obligations transferred

and assigned to the board pursuant to this chapter, such employee shall

not be continued; provided, however, that whenever there are more than

three officers or employees in the same class and grade of position the

provisions of section thirty-one of the civil service law shall apply,

and any such employee or employees not continued in office shall be

placed on the preferred eligible list.

The chairman of the board may appoint officers and employees,

including such investigators, statisticians, examiners, and other

assistants, as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers and the

performance of the duties of the chairman or the board.

The chairman may transfer officers or employees from their positions

to other positions under the board; may abolish or consolidate such

positions; and may suspend or remove from office any officer or employee

of the board; subject, however, to the provisions of the civil service

law and rules.