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12-9-09 S2850, the prevailing wage bill for food service workers, alive in lame duck
This legislation, opposed by GSCS, has passed in the Assembly via A451, and is still likely to come up for a vote before the lame duck session is over. The timing of these bills is difficult combined with the recession and regulations that specify that school districts cannot run their cafeterias at a deficit. Reseach shows that private provider costs will increase between 30%-40% if he legislation becomes law. How would this impact jobs, quality, preparations and delivery of food is also in question. How would the increase of mandated costs be spread?
This legislation, opposed by GSCS, has passed in the Assembly via A451, and is still likely to come up for a vote before the lame duck session is over. The timing of these bills is difficult combined with the recession and regulations that specify that school districts cannot run their cafeterias at a deficit. Reseach shows that private provider costs will increase between 30%-40% if he legislation becomes law. How would this impact jobs, quality, preparations and delivery of food is also in question. How would the increase of mandated costs be spread?
S2850/Senator Madden and A451/Assemblywomen Watson-Coleman and Pou (Identical bills); see the New Jersey legislature website for bill language.
