Bill Text: NJ S2977 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires NJT to pay certain persons one-and-a-half times regular rate for work during period of commercial vehicle travel restriction issued by DOT.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-02 - Substituted by A2857 (1R) [S2977 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S2977-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2977

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED AUGUST 8, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires NJT to pay certain persons one-and-a-half times regular rate for work during period of commercial vehicle travel restriction issued by DOT.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning compensation for certain paratransit workers during periods of commercial vehicle travel restrictions 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 commercial vehicle travel restriction for inclement weather issued by the Commissioner of Transportation, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall ensure that eligible personnel are paid wages at a rate of not less than 150 percent of the individual's regular hourly wage.  Eligible personnel shall only receive the enhanced compensation pursuant to this section for hours worked during the actual period of the commercial vehicle travel restriction, as determined by the Commissioner of Transportation.

     For purposes of this section, "eligible personnel" means an operator of an Access Link paratransit vehicle who is actively engaged in operating an Access Link paratransit vehicle.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation to ensure that Access Link drivers are paid "time-and-a-half" for operating an Access Link paratransit vehicle during a commercial vehicle travel restriction for inclement weather issued by the Commissioner of Transportation.  The bill specifies that the enhanced compensation is only available for hours worked during the actual period of the commercial vehicle travel restriction.