SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3249

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MAY 12, 2025

      The Senate Labor Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3249.

      As amended, this bill provides that an employer who employs employees who are engaged in performing service in the ready-mix concrete industry and are under contract pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement is in compliance with the State’s earned sick leave law if the employer offers fully paid time off, of any kind, including but not limited to, personal days, vacation days, and sick days, of 40 or more hours per benefit year, to employees who are under contract pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, and that the paid time off may be used for those purposes provided for in the collective bargaining agreement. 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amendments:

      (1)  clarify that an employer who employs employees who are engaged in performing service in the ready-mix concrete industry and are under contract pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement is in compliance with the State’s earned sick leave law; and

      (2)  remove the retroactive effective date so that the bill takes effect immediately.