Bill Text: NJ S558 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee [S558 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-S558-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 558

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning the classification of golf caddies for certain purposes and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who performs caddie services for a fee or other compensation on a golf course shall be considered an independent contractor for purposes of State law.

     b.    Caddie services performed for a fee or other compensation on a golf course shall not be considered employment for purposes of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.) or other applicable State tax laws, the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., or the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.).

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that a person who performs caddie services for a fee or other compensation on a golf course is considered an independent contractor for purposes of State employment law.

     The bill exempts from coverage under various employment laws of the State any services performed by a golf caddie for a fee or other compensation on a golf course.  The exempted golf caddie would not be subject to various taxes and would not be eligible for various benefits.