New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 3 - TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND › Subchapter 6 - RETIREMENT › Section 17:3-6.19 - 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 the member's 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. 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.