SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 967
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JANUARY 27, 2020
The Senate Labor Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 967.
This bill revises the definition of “employee” in the workers’ compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to permit an S corporation that has only one individual who performs services for the corporation and is the only shareholder in the corporation to choose whether to obtain workers’ compensation coverage.