ASSEMBLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 3025

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 20, 2025

      The Assembly State and Local Government Committee reports favorably an Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 3025.

      This substitute exempts wages earned as a poll worker from affecting an individual’s unemployment compensation.  The bill exempts services performed as a temporary board worker hired by a district board of elections who receives compensation for the discharge of election duties from the definition of “employment” in the unemployment compensation law.