Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Senator BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Van Drew
SYNOPSIS
Reinstates sick leave injury program for State corrections officers and juvenile justice officers under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the eligibility of certain State employees to participate in the sick leave injury program and amending N.J.S.11A:6-8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.11A:6-8 is amended to read as follows:
11A:6-8. Sick leave injury in State service. a. Leaves of absence for career, senior executive and unclassified employees in State service due to injury or illness directly caused by and arising from State employment shall be governed by rules of the Civil Service Commission. Leaves of absence for career and unclassified employees of a political subdivision directly caused by or arising from employment shall be governed by rules of the political subdivision. Any sick leave with pay shall be reduced by the amount of workers' compensation or disability benefits, if any, received for the same injury or illness.
b. The rules promulgated by the commission to govern leaves of absence under this section shall not apply, nor shall a leave of absence pursuant to this section be available, to any career, senior executive or unclassified employee in State service who sustains an injury or illness on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3, or the expiration of a collective negotiations agreement with a relevant provision in effect on that effective date, directly caused by and arising from State employment. This subsection shall not be construed as impairing the obligations set forth in any collective negotiations agreement between the State and its employees in effect on the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section, or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a leave of absence pursuant to this section shall be available to any State corrections officer or juvenile justice officer in State service who sustains an injury caused by and arising from direct contact with inmates in the performance of the officer’s duties.
(cf: P.L.2010, c.3, s.6)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill reinstates the sick leave injury program for any State corrections officer or juvenile justice officer in State service who sustains an injury caused by and arising from direct contact with inmates in the performance of the officer’s duties.
Under current law, the State’s sick leave injury program no longer applies to any career, senior executive or unclassified employee in State service who sustains an injury or illness on or after May 21, 2010, or the expiration of a collective negotiations agreement with a relevant provision in effect on that date, directly caused by and arising from State employment.
This bill reinstates the sick leave injury program with limited application to such officers.