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NJ S2353

NJ S2353
Excludes from severance requirements under "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act" mass layoffs resulting from coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.


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Introduced
04/09/2020
In Committee
Crossed Over
04/13/2020
Passed
04/13/2020
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/14/2020

Introduced Session

2020-2021 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill provides revises the "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act" to provide that the definition of mass layoff does not include a mass layoff that is necessary because of a fire, flood, natural disaster, national emergency, act of war, civil disorder or industrial sabotage, decertification from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs as provided under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal "Social Security Act," Pub.L. 74-271 (42 U.S.C. s.1395 et seq.) or license revocation pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.). In addition, the bill makes the change to the definition of mass layoff retroactive to March 9, 2020. The bill also amends the effective date of P.L.2019, c.423, which revised the "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act" by changing severance requirements for employers in the case of mass layoffs, or termination or transfers of operations. The effective date in P.L.2019, c.423 is the 180th day next following the date of enactment of the bill, which would be July 19, 2020 based on the bill's date of enactment. This bill changes the effective date to the 90th day next following the termination of Governor Murphy's Executive Order 103.

AI Summary

This bill revises the "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act" to exclude from the definition of "mass layoff" any layoffs that are necessary due to a fire, flood, natural disaster, national emergency, act of war, civil disorder, industrial sabotage, decertification from Medicare/Medicaid, or license revocation. This change is made retroactive to March 9, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The bill also changes the effective date of a 2019 amendment to the Act, moving it from 180 days after enactment to 90 days after the termination of Governor Murphy's Executive Order 103 related to the pandemic.

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

Approved P.L.2020, c.22. (on 04/14/2020)

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