Signed by Governor Phil Murphy

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases state protections for labor unions.

Highlights:

• Authorizes public unions in the state of New Jersey to have a maximum time of 120 minutes to meet with newly hired employees within 30 days of the individual start date of the hire (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes employee organizations the following rights when meeting with individual employees to address the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 3):

• Grievances;

• Workplace issues; and

• Collective bargaining negotiations.

• Authorizes employee organizations to have the right to conduct worksite meetings during lunch, non-work breaks, and before or after the workday while still on the employer’s premise to discuss workplace issues and other internal union matters (Sec. 3).

• Defines “employee organization” as an organization which has been designated as the exclusive representatives of employees in collective negotiations, commonly known and referred to as a public union (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a public employer from encouraging or discouraging an individual employee from joining, forming, or assisting an employee organization (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits a public employer from encouraging or negotiating with union members to resign or relinquish their membership in a public union or from revoking their authorization of fee reduction (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that employees who have agreed to payroll deduction fees in order to join employee organizations such as public unions must provide written notice and inform the employee organization within 5 days of reporting their intentions to the employer (Sec. 6).

• Defines that “written notice” may include either electronic communications or signatures from the employee (Sec. 6).

• Specifies that this act shall take effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases state protections for labor unions.

Highlights:

• Authorizes public unions in the state of New Jersey to have a maximum time of 120 minutes to meet with newly hired employees within 30 days of the individual start date of the hire (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes employee organizations the following rights when meeting with individual employees to address the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 3):

• Grievances;

• Workplace issues; and

• Collective bargaining negotiations.

• Authorizes employee organizations to have the right to conduct worksite meetings during lunch, non-work breaks, and before or after the workday while still on the employer’s premise to discuss workplace issues and other internal union matters (Sec. 3).

• Defines “employee organization” as an organization which has been designated as the exclusive representatives of employees in collective negotiations, commonly known and referred to as a public union (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a public employer from encouraging or discouraging an individual employee from joining, forming, or assisting an employee organization (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits a public employer from encouraging or negotiating with union members to resign or relinquish their membership in a public union or from revoking their authorization of fee reduction (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that employees who have agreed to payroll deduction fees in order to join employee organizations such as public unions must provide written notice and inform the employee organization within 5 days of reporting their intentions to the employer (Sec. 6).

• Defines that “written notice” may include either electronic communications or signatures from the employee (Sec. 6).

• Specifies that this act shall take effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text