SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 634

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY 22, 1996

      The Senate State Government Committee reports favorably Senate, No. 634. 

      This bill provides that a permanent State employee who is offered the opportunity, in lieu of layoff, to transfer to the same or a comparable title, or to accept demotion to a lower title, within the layoff unit shall have at least 24 hours during which to decide whether to accept a particular transfer or demotion.