On June 24, the Senate Budget Committee advanced S-1403, which would require employers or contractors engaged in work for a public body to register with and submit payroll records to the Department of Labor.
Specifically, the legislation would subject contractors who “enter into any other contract for work for a public body” to the Public Works Contractor Registration Act which in turn would subject them to the Registered Apprenticeship program. The bill defines “work for a public body” as construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, custom fabrication, duct cleaning, repair work, or maintenance work, which is done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of the funds of a public body, done on any property or premises owned or leased by the public body or under an agreement to be owned or leased by the public body, or undertaken in connection with any loan, loan guarantee, grant, incentive, expenditure, investment, tax exemption or other financial assistance approved, funded, authorized, administered or provided by a public body, or undertaken to fulfill any condition of receiving any of the financial assistance.
Based on the definition of “work for a public body” under S-1403 along with the requirements of the Public Works Contractor Registration Act, any PILOT project would become subject to the Registered Apprenticeship Program.
S-1403, which the League opposes, awaits consideration by the full Senate. The companion bill, A- 4029, awaits consideration by the Assembly Labor Committee.
Contact: Lori Buckelew, Deputy Executive Director & Director of Government Affairs, lbuckelew@njlm.org, 609-695-3481, x112.