Bill > S2584

Introduced Session

This bill amends the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law, N.J.S.A.34:11D-1 et seq., to clarify that collective bargaining agreements that are amendable rather than only those that expire or are terminable are subject to the provisions of the act. When New Jersey's Earned Sick Leave Law was enacted, it provided, with respect to workers subject to collective bargaining agreements in effect at the time the law was enacted, that the provisions of the law would apply to those workers upon the expiration of the collective bargaining agreements. However, not all contracts are terminable in nature. Some contracts, such as the contracts utilized in accordance with the "Railway Labor Act," 45 U.S.C. s. 151 et seq., become amendable at a certain time. Once these contracts become amendable, a deliberative process ensues to create new working terms and conditions, and the status quo remains in effect until the creation of a new contract. This bill ensures that workers who are subject to amendable contracts will receive sick leave under the State's Earned Sick Leave Law.

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Tony Bucco (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee (on 02/08/2024)

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