Bill > A2487

Introduced Session

This bill requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and supplemental benefits. Specifically, the bill requires certain workers at the Newark Liberty International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport Train Station to be paid certain wage rates that rise annually over the course of six years, from September 1, 2020 to September 1, 2025. Under the bill, covered airport and related location worker means any person employed to perform work at Newark Liberty International Airport or Newark Liberty International Airport Train Station, provided at least one-half of the employee's time during any workweek is performed at Newark Liberty International Airport or Newark Liberty International Airport Train Station. The term will not include not include persons employed in an executive, administrative, or professional capacity, or any person employed by a public agency. In 2020, the wage rate will be the greater of: $2.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers, established by the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.); or any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In 2025, and each September 1 thereafter, the wage rate will be the greater of: $4.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers, established by the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.); or any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; or an amount equal to the wage rate designated by the commissioner the immediately preceding August 1 based on the determination made by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to the federal "McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act" (41 U.S.C. s.6701 et seq.), for the classification of "Guard I" for the county in which the covered airport and related location is located. Additionally, the bill mandates a standard benefits supplement rate and paid leave requirements for covered airport and train station workers.

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Daniel Benson (D)*,  Joseph Egan (D)*,  Annette Quijano (D)*,  Shanique Speight (D)*,  John Burzichelli (D),  Ralph Caputo (D),  Linda Carter (D),  Annette Chaparro (D),  Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D),  Herbert Conaway (D),  Joe Danielsen (D),  Wayne DeAngelo (D),  JoAnn Downey (D),  Roy Freiman (D),  Thomas Giblin (D),  Jamel Holley (D),  Eric Houghtaling (D),  Mila Jasey (D),  Angelica Jimenez (D),  Gordon Johnson (D),  Robert Karabinchak (D),  Jim Kennedy (D),  Yvonne Lopez (D),  John McKeon (D),  Angela Mcknight (D),  Pedro Mejia (D),  Bill Moen (D),  Gabriela Mosquera (D),  Raj Mukherji (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Eliana Pintor Marin (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),  Gary Schaer (D),  Bill Spearman (D),  Sterley Stanley (D),  Shavonda Sumter (D),  Lisa Swain (D),  Adam Taliaferro (D),  Britnee Timberlake (D),  Cleopatra Tucker (D),  Chris Tully (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D),  Anthony Verrelli (D),  Benjie Wimberly (D),  Andrew Zwicker (D), 

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