SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4194

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 6, 2021

      The Senate Labor Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4194.

      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 law.  The bill provides that those caddie services are not to 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., other applicable State tax laws, the workers’ compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the wage payment law, P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.), or the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.).