ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 3025
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JUNE 6, 2024
The Assembly Labor Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3025.
As amended, this bill exempts wages earned as a poll worker from
affecting an individual’s unemployment compensation. This bill
exempts services performed as a temporary board worker of a district
board of elections who receives compensation for the discharge of
election duties from the definition of “employment” in the
unemployment compensation law.
This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 2024-2025 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :
The committee amended the bill to:
1. update the reference from a member, to a temporary board
worker of a district board of elections who receives compensation for
the discharge of election duties, including mail-in ballot processing,
from the definition of “employment” in the unemployment
compensation law;
2. revise the term “remuneration,” regarding unemployment, to
include work as a temporary board worker during the period before
and after an election day and includes mail-in ballot processing; and
3. make technical changes to incorporate statutory revisions that
were made to the underlying law amended in section 1 of the bill.