Senate Dems Shun Governors Relieve For Municipalities

Unionized Public Employee Saddle Municipalities With Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Sick And Vacation Time Payouts. 

Senators Tom Kean, Jr. (R- Union) and Joe Kyrillos (R- Monmouth) said that Legislative Democrats are seeking to preserve jackpot payouts for municipal employees at the expense of New Jersey's Taxpayers

“Current employees, who are left untouched by the Democrats’ sham sick leave reform bill, have racked up $825 million in unused leave time that will be paid for by the taxpayers,” said Senator Kean. “There is no excuse to allow these employees to continue to accumulate time that may be cashed out upon retirement on top of that $825 million, as has been proposed by Legislative Democrats.”

“There’s no defensible reason to add to the taxpayers’ burden,” said Kyrillos. “Democrats seem to be genetically incapable of embracing common sense reform.”  Read More

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Senate Re-Loads On Independent Contractor Misclassification

Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have introduced the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act (S. 770), as a trimmed-down version of last years the Employee Misclassification Prevention Act Taking a cue from state legislators that have labeled new state laws involving wage violations as a form of “payroll theft,” the sponsors of the bill characterize misclassification of employees as a form of “payroll fraud.”

It the bill were to be enacted, it would expand the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (which currently addresses minimum wage, overtime, and child labor laws) to cover misclassification of employees as independent contractors. It would create a new definition of workers called “non-employees,” impose upon businesses the obligation to provide a classification notice for both “non-employees” and “employees,” make the misclassification of “employees” as “non-employees” a new labor law offense, and expose businesses to fines of up to $5,000 per worker for each violation of the law.  Read More

Make No Mistake, If Enacted This Law Can Adversely Affect You And Your Business!! 

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EPA's Train Wreck Threatens To Derail The Economy

During a speech on small business at Cleveland State University , Obama described a goal of “knocking down barriers that stand in the way of your growth.” Unfortunately, his EPA couldn’t be more in the dark about how to implement that practice. The EPA is poised to adopt more than 30 new, major regulations and over 170 major policy rules in the next several months.

Even with 14 million Americans out of work and an economy still searching for light at the end of the tunnel, the EPA is poised to enact a series of back-door mandates that will stifle economic growth. And with the speed that this runaway train is traveling, people in every state should be scared of the “Train Wreck” headed towards a town near you.

Unfortunately, the large majority of Americans won't realize or even understand the impact of the EPA’s “Train Wreck” of new regulations on jobs, the economy and price of essential energy until it’s too late.

The truth is, the EPA itself doesn’t know what these regulations might cost to implement, although various outside analysts seem to agree that, at minimum, the 10 major rules that the EPA issued in 2010 could cost the economy at least $23 billion and nearly one million jobs. Read More

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Electric Car’s Tax-Free Ride May Soon Come To An End

Well at least it was fun while it lasted. The tax-free joyride electric and hybrid-electric vehicle owners have been enjoying while cruising the highways and byways of America may soon be a thing of the past.

A handful of states and the U.S. Government may look at "vehicle miles traveled" (VMT) standards and other fees for plug-in vehicles to make up for the tax revenue not collected via gasoline taxes.

While electric vehicle advocates say it is too early to tax the emergent EV industry, VMT supporters say consumers pumping gasoline into their vehicles shouldn't have to shoulder all of the tax burden for road and highway repair and maintenance. Read More

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New Law Bans Exclusion of Unemployed Applicants for Jobs

A New Law Prohibiting the intentional exclusion of unemployed individuals in advertisements for job vacancies was signed by Governor Chris Christie. 

The law, (A3359) which went into effect immediately, prohibits employers from “knowingly or purposefully” publishing, in print or on the Internet, an advertisement for any job vacancy in New Jersey that contains: 1) any provision stating or suggesting that the qualifications for a job include current employment; 2) any provision stating or suggesting that the employer will not consider or review an application for employment submitted by any job applicant currently unemployed; or 3) any provision stating or suggesting that the employer will only consider or review applications for employment submitted by job applicants who are currently employed.

The law does not apply to advertisements requiring that candidates hold current or valid licenses or certifications or hold a current job with that employer. Penalties include $1,000 for a first violation and will increase with subsequent violations. More

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New Jersey & Solar Not So Perfect Together

There is considerable confusion about whether an Electrical Contractor's License and Business Permit is required for solar-photovoltaic (SPV) installations in New Jersey.

The answer, direct from NJ's Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors who regulate the Electrical Contracting Industry in NJ is; with the exception of owners of single family homes performing the installation of PV panels on own home themselves is yes. See letter published in the NJ Construction Code Communicator Here

N.J.S.A. 45:5A-1 et seq., known as "The Electrical Contractors Licensing Act of 1962", States; "No person shall advertise, enter into, engage in, or work in a business as an electrical contractor unless they have secured a business permit and a license from the New Jersey Board of Electrical Contractors (the Board)."

The term "electrical contractor" is defined as a person who engages in the business of contracting to install, erect, repair, or alter electrical equipment for the generation, transmission, or utilization of electrical energy (N.J.S.A. 45:5A-2(d)).

SPV systems, by definition, are electrical work. They are a series of components that generate (the SPV panels), transmit, and/or utilize electrical energy. Any person engaged in installing, erecting, repairing, etc. such equipment must be an electrical contractor under the provisions of the Act. Read More

The Law applies to all Residential, Commercial, and Institutional, and Industrial installations of Photo Voltaic Panels.

Additionally any person who engages in these activities without a valid Electrical Contractors Business Permit may be charged with a Felony in the State of New Jersey. (151_C.2C21-33 of the New Jersey Statutes)

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"The Art Of The Deal" Obama Style

Hidden Bailout of Unions and Big Corporations in ObamaCare



HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius & House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Celebrate
Health Care Law H.R. 3590 with Obama

More "Unintended Consequences" from Obamacare.

From the Washington Examiner:

Investigators for the House Energy and Commerce Committee have discovered that a little-known provision in the national health care law has allowed the federal government to pay nearly $2 billion to unions, state public employee systems, and big corporations to subsidize health coverage costs for early retirees. At the current rate of payment the $5 billion appropriated for the program may soon be depleted.

The discovery came on the eve of an oversight hearing focused on the workings the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIO), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Section 1102 of the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), which created something called the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. The legislation called for the program to spend a total of $5 billion, beginning in June 2010, shortly after Obamacare was passed.

The idea was to subsidize unions, states, and companies that had made unsustainable commitments to provide health insurance for workers who retired between the ages of 55 and 64. UAW has received $206 million while AT&T got $140 million. State public unions also got the bailout with the public retirement systems in Texas and Ohio getting tens of millions of dollars. Read More

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House Creates Taskforce To Repeal Davis-Bacon

New Taskforce to Push for Repeal of Davis Bacon Act

The Republican Study Committee, has created a Repeal Taskforce that will “work to eliminate U.S. federal laws that inhibit, restrict, or are otherwise harmful to the American public.  The taskforce will focus on laws that are unconstitutional, anti-free-enterprise, or otherwise counter to economic, national security, or social conservatism.”  The taskforce will be lead by Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.). 

The first target of the taskforce will be the Davis-Bacon Act, which has been shown to increase costs on federal construction projects by an average of 15%.  Davis-Bacon is being targeted "because it makes federally funded or assisted construction projects more expensive for the American taxpayer."  Members of the Repeal Task force will work to: introduce repeal bill either in committee or on the House floor, actively support repeal legislation on and off-the Hill, and promote the bill on their website, the House floor and in the media. Read More

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Governor Signs Two NJECPAC Supported Legislative Bills Into Law

Governor Christie Signs NJECPAC Supported Legislation

NJECPAC is happy to report that Governor Chris Christie has signed two NJECPAC Supported Bills into law providing long needed tax relief to small businesses in New Jersey.

The enactment of these two new laws sends a welcome signal to businesses across New Jersey that the Governor and Legislature can work together to enact small business tax relief. The Legislation signed into law are:

S-2753 (Whelan, Madden)/A-3869 (Greenwald, Milam), which enacts single-sales-factor tax reform, which ends a tax disadvantage for New Jersey companies that sell their products and services here, but also have in-state employment and property. Previously, a New Jersey company with employees and property here paid more in taxes than an out-of-state company that had the same level of in-state sales, but little employment or property here. 

S-2754 (Buono, Greenstein)/A-3870 (Greenwald, Barnes), which permits businesses such as LLCs, partnerships, S corporations and sole proprietorships to deduct losses in one year from income in future profitable years. These companies pay gross income taxes, and this type of loss carry-forward was only available to companies paying corporate business taxes. In addition, the measure would allow these businesses to offset a gain in one income category from a loss in another income category. For instance, a company could offset gains in an LLC from losses in a partnership. Under current law, losses can only be used to offset income generated from the same business unit.

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New Jersey May Scrap Overtime Rules for Exempt Employees

On April 15, The State held a public hearing in Trenton on a Proposed Amendment to N.J.A.C. 12:56-6.1. The law concerns overtime exemptions for certain classifications of employees such as Administrative, Executive, Outside Sales Positions etc.

The New Jersey Department of Labor is proposing repeal of the States existing overtime regulations concerning these exemptions. The plan is to replace the existing Regulations with the Federal Regulations concerning overtime pay.

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