New Jersey Statutes 40A:10-34.1. Contract; coverage
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:10-34.1
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Elected officials may be considered, at the option of the employer, to be “employees” for the purposes hereof, but “employees” shall not otherwise include persons employed on a short-term, seasonal, intermittent or emergency basis, persons compensated on a fee basis, or persons whose compensation from the public employer is limited to reimbursement of necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their duties.
The contract shall include provisions to prevent duplication of benefits and shall condition the eligibility of any employee for coverage upon satisfying a waiting period stated in the contract.
The coverage of any employee, and of his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his employment or upon cessation of active full-time employment in the classes eligible for coverage, subject to such provision as may be made in any contract by his employer for limited continuance of coverage during disability, part-time employment, leave of absence other than leave for military service or layoff, or for continuance of coverage after retirement.
L.1983, c.191, s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.113; 2006, c.47, s.185.