STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Terminates sick leave injury program for certain State employees injured after January 1, 2007 or expiration of current collective negotiation agreement.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the sick leave injury program for certain State employees and amending N.J.S.11A:6-8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S. 11A:6-8 is amended to read as follows:
11A:6-8. a. Sick leave injury in State service. Leaves of absence for career, senior executive and unclassified employees in State service due to injury or illness directly caused by and arising from State employment shall be governed by rules of the Civil Service Commission. Leaves of absence for career and unclassified employees of a political subdivision directly caused by or arising from employment shall be governed by rules of the political subdivision. Any sick leave with pay shall be reduced by the amount of workers' compensation or disability benefits, if any, received for the same injury or illness.
b. The rules promulgated by the board to govern leaves of absence under this section shall not apply, nor shall a leave of absence pursuant to this section be available, to any career, senior executive or unclassified employee in State service, except one described below, who sustains an injury or illness after January 1, 2007 directly caused by and arising from State employment. This subsection shall not be construed as impairing the obligations set forth in any collective negotiation agreement between the State and its employees in effect on the effective date of P.L. c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill). This subsection shall not apply to any State employee who is a member of the State Police Retirement System of New Jersey, the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, and the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey as a law enforcement officer.
(cf: P.L. 2008, c.29, s.54)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill terminates the sick leave injury program for certain State employees who are injured or who become ill directly as a result of State employment after January 1, 2007 or after the expiration of the current collective negotiation agreements. The program will remain in effect for State law enforcement officers, firefighters and correction officers.