Signed by Governor Phil Murphy

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands health care and minimum wages for airport workers.

Highlights:

• Alleges improved retention rates of workers in the airport and train station is an investment in service and safety for all who pass through the airport and train station and compensating these workers so that they can afford healthcare and receive a living wage is a way to increase retention (Sec. 1.c).

• Specifies the required hourly supplement will be an amount equal to the supplemental benefits rate designated by the Commissioner immediately preceding August 1 (Sec. 1.e).

• Classifies "applicable standard rate" as  a combination of (Sec. 2.a):

• The standard wage rate;

• The standard benefits supplement rate; and

• The standard paid leave.

• Establishes “standard wage rate" as the following (Sec. 2.f):

• Effective September 1, 2021, the greater of:

• $2.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2022 the greater of:

• $2.50 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to Covered Airport and Related Location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2023 the greater of:

• $3.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to Covered Airport and Related Location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2024 the greater of:

• $3.50 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2025 the greater of:

• $4.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Requires any employer of a covered airport and related location worker shall ensure that such covered airport and related location worker is compensated at a rate that is no less than the applicable standard rate (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands health care and minimum wages for airport workers.

Highlights:

• Alleges improved retention rates of workers in the airport and train station is an investment in service and safety for all who pass through the airport and train station and compensating these workers so that they can afford healthcare and receive a living wage is a way to increase retention (Sec. 1.c).

• Specifies the required hourly supplement will be an amount equal to the supplemental benefits rate designated by the Commissioner immediately preceding August 1 (Sec. 1.e).

• Classifies "applicable standard rate" as  a combination of (Sec. 2.a):

• The standard wage rate;

• The standard benefits supplement rate; and

• The standard paid leave.

• Establishes “standard wage rate" as the following (Sec. 2.f):

• Effective September 1, 2021, the greater of:

• $2.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2022 the greater of:

• $2.50 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to Covered Airport and Related Location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2023 the greater of:

• $3.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to Covered Airport and Related Location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2024 the greater of:

• $3.50 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Effective September 1, 2025 the greater of:

• $4.00 more than any minimum wage rate, that would be otherwise applicable to covered airport and related location workers; or

• Any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established through a policy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;

• Requires any employer of a covered airport and related location worker shall ensure that such covered airport and related location worker is compensated at a rate that is no less than the applicable standard rate (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text