New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 5 - STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM › Subchapter 5 - RETIREMENT › Section 17:5-5.16 - Work-related travel; accidental disability retirement and accidental death benefit coverage

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A member whose
				duties include regular or occasional travel in the course of employment will be
				considered in the "performance of regular or assigned duties" for the purposes
				of accidental disability retirement or "in the actual performance of duty" for
				the purposes of accidental death benefits during employment-related travel as
				provided in this section. For the purposes of this section, "in performance of
				duty" means and includes both "performance of regular or assigned duties" and
				"in the actual performance of duty."
(b) If a member's duties require or authorize
				the member to travel between a regularly assigned office or workplace and other
				locations, or among other locations, the member is in performance of duty
				during travel between a regularly assigned office or workplace and other
				locations, or among other locations.
(c) If a member's duties require or authorize
				the member to travel between the member's place of residence and a location
				other than an office or workplace of the employer to which the member is
				regularly assigned or near to the regularly assigned office or workplace to
				perform the duties of the employment, the member is in performance of duty when
				the member completely leaves the property of the member's residence and begins
				to travel to the other location, or until the member begins entry to the
				property of residence after travel from the other location, and all expenses of
				the travel are paid for by the employer. A member's duties are considered to
				authorize or require travel from the place of residence to a location other
				than a regularly assigned office or workplace of the employer in the following
				situations:
1. The member's regular or
				assigned duties involve field work which requires or authorizes the member to
				travel to locations other than a regularly assigned office or workplace of the
				employer to perform the member's duties and do not require the member to report
				to a regularly assigned office or workplace before or after traveling to other
				locations. Travel by the member between a regularly assigned office or
				workplace of the employer and the place of residence of the member is not
				considered part of the member's duties.
2. The member's regular or assigned duties
				are usually performed at an office or workplace of the employer to which the
				member is regularly assigned but occasionally require or authorize travel to
				other locations.
3. The member is
				authorized or required by the member's employer to respond to an emergency
				situation outside of the member's regularly scheduled work hours, regardless of
				whether the member goes to a regularly assigned office or workplace or another
				location, or whether the expenses of the travel are paid for by the employer or
				the member.
4. The member is
				attending a meeting, seminar, convention or a similar type of work-related
				activity as authorized or required by the employer at a location other than a
				regularly assigned office or workplace, regardless of whether the expenses of
				the travel are paid for by the employer or the member. Where there are social
				or recreational activities associated with the work-related activity or
				attendance requires living accommodations, only travel to and from the general
				activity and participation in and travel to and from the work-related functions
				of the activity are considered part of the duties of the member. Activities
				related to social or recreational functions or living accommodations are not
				considered part of the duties of the member.
i. In all cases, a certification from the
				employer is required and must include a copy of the member's job description, a
				statement of the member's work schedule on the day of the travel in question,
				and proof of or a statement by the employer that the travel was authorized or
				required by the employer and indicating who paid the travel expense.