Bill Text: NJ A4872 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

---

Bill Title: Requires NJT to pay certain staff and subcontractors one-and-a-half times regular rate for work done during state of emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-14 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A4872 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4872-Amended.html

---

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4872

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 26, 2020

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires NJT to pay certain staff and subcontractors one-and-a-half times regular rate for work done during state of emergency.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on June 14, 2021, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning compensation for certain work done for the New Jersey Transit Corporation during a declared state of emergency and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    For each hour of time worked during a state of emergency declared by the Governor, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall ensure that each member of the corporation's ¹[support] paratransit¹ staff and each ¹[individual that works for] member of the paratransit staff of¹ a ¹paratransit¹ subcontractor of the corporation ¹[, including paratransit drivers and attendants,]¹ is paid wages at a rate of not less than 150 percent of the employee's or individual's regular hourly wage.

     For purposes of this section, ¹["support] "paratransit¹ staff" includes, but is not limited to, ¹drivers, attendants,¹ mechanics, technical support staff, and any employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement ¹, who is engaged in the provision of complementary paratransit service independent of local fixed bus routes under the provisions of the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.)¹.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.