ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 967

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED:  DECEMBER 14, 2020

 

      The Assembly 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 or not to obtain workers’ compensation coverage.