New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo’s Prepared Remarks to the Senate Labor Committee
“Good afternoon, Chair Madden, Vice-Chair Lagana, and members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me today to talk about two things: misclassification and unemployment insurance.
I’m going to start with misclassification, which the legislature has put a bullseye on and used its authority and jurisdiction with great success. I will then discuss unemployment, a federal program, which limits the state’s ability to make changes – even those that would directly benefit workers in need.
This entire time, through pandemic and UI issues, our resolve to achieve our core mission has never wavered: to ensure our workforce is among the strongest and healthiest in the country, to see our businesses flourish, and do our part to help achieve a stronger and fairer economy.
You – our legislators, this committee in particular – have worked hard to make New Jersey a great place to work and do business.
We want all our workers to reap the benefits of your policies, which is why we’re putting your laws to good work, especially the new packages of bills aimed at combatting misclassification.
Falsely classifying employees as independent contractors, and paying workers in cash off the books, deprives them of their rights to minimum wage, overtime, earned sick days, workers’ comp, family leave, unemployment… and most work-related benefits you can think of.
New Jersey has taken a very strong...
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