Title 34, Title 34: LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

34:1-13. Oaths and affidavits; authority to administer The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors may administer oaths and take affidavits in matters relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this title.

34:1-14. Inspectors not to engage in other business; hours of labor No inspector shall engage in any business, occupation or employment during his term of office that will in any way interfere with or prevent his full and faithful performance of his duties. Each inspector shall, …

34:1-15. Inspections and reports The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors shall have the right at all reasonable hours to enter and inspect all places and establishments regulated or affected by this title and each inspector shall make a report in writing of such ins…

34:1-16. Obstructing or impersonating officers; penalty No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with, by force or otherwise, the performance of any duty under the provisions of this title by the commissioner or by any of the deputy commissioners, inspectors or tru…

34:1-17. Minors; reports to school officers Each inspector shall note in writing the names of minors discharged from any employment and within twenty-four hours thereafter shall send or deliver a list of such minors with their names in full, residence by street and number, name o…

34:1-18. Prosecutions for violations The commissioner shall prosecute violations of the provisions of this title in any court of competent jurisdiction.

34:1-19. Report to governor The commissioner shall, on or before October thirty-first in each year, make report to the governor of the work of the department.

34:1-2. Department continued; organization The department of labor, hereinafter in this title referred to as the "department" , organized by an act entitled "An act to reorganize the department of labor; to provide for the execution of its powers and the performance of its duties…

34:1-20. Rules, regulations and orders The commissioner may make and publish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as he shall deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this title. Whenever any condition is found to exist in contravention of any provision of this titl…

34:1-23. Fees for approval of plans, specifications, buildings, or new work; computation; disposition The commissioner may charge a fee of not less than $15.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for issuing a certificate of approval of any plans or specifications, or both, required by law o…

34:1-24. Fees for blue prints and publications The commissioner may charge a reasonable fee for blue prints, literature and publications issued by the department.

34:1-25. Moneys paid to state treasurer Fees and moneys collected by the commissioner under the provisions of this title shall be paid by him to the state treasurer.

34:1-3. Principal office The department shall have its principal office in Trenton.

34:1-38.1. Mechanical inspection bureau; composition; examining board; appointment; qualifications of members; duties of bureau There shall be within the Division of Labor, Department of Labor and Industry, a mechanical inspection bureau which shall administer engineers' and fire…

34:1-38.2. Powers and duties of examining board The examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau shall administer the licensing of engineers and firemen and the inspection of boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants. The examining board shall exercise supervision…

34:1-4. Commissioner; appointment, term and salary The commissioner shall be a citizen and resident of this state, appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall hold his office for the term of five years and until his successor is appointed…

34:1-40. Prescription of duties and adoption of rules and regulations by commissioner; conduct of examinations; issuance of licenses The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws for the operation of the mechanical inspectio…

34:1-41. Expenses of members of mechanical inspection bureau Each member of the mechanical inspection bureau shall be paid his necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty. Amended by L.1960, c. 134, p. 648, s. 4.

34:1-44. Inspectors; eligibility and qualifications; certificate Any citizen of the State having had at least 5 years' experience as engineer in the maintenance and operation of steam boilers, or as boiler maker, or as inspector for an insurance company specializing in the inspec…

34:1-45. Examinations The commissioner shall from time to time direct the examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau to hold examinations for inspectors and shall prescribe the rules for and scope of such examination. Amended by L.1960, c. 134, p. 648, s. 6.

34:1-47. Board of boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration rules; composition; rules and regulations The Governor shall appoint 6 citizens of this State, 2 of whom shall be professional engineers licensed by this State, and who shall represent the following interests: one manufa…

34:1-48. Chief of bureau of statistics and records; appointment The bureau of statistics and records shall be under the direction of a chief of bureau who shall be appointed by the commissioner.

34:1-49. Duties of bureau in general The bureau of statistics and records shall collect, classify and report to the legislature, on or before the last day of October in each year, statistical details relating to labor in the state with particular regard to the commercial, industr…

34:1-5. Duties of commissioner; assignment of duties to bureaus; supervision over deputies and inspectors The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. All powers and duties vested in and devolved upon the commissioner or the department shall …

34:1-5.1 Annual determination of resort municipalities. 2. The Department of Labor shall annually determine which municipalities qualify as resort municipalities and determine and certify the annual mean population of resort municipalities. This information shall be transmitted t…

34:1-5.2 Annual mean population of resort municipalities. 3. As used in this act: "Annual mean population" means for each resort municipality the following: 12P + 3SP AMP =................. 12where AMP equals Annual Mean Population P equals Population SP equals Seasonal Populatio…

34:1-5.3 Estimated seasonal population of resort municipalities. 4. a. The seasonal population of each resort municipality shall be estimated by the Department of Labor by taking into account such factors as it deems advisable and appropriate to determine such estimates. b. The d…

34:1-5.4 Rules, regulations. 5. The Commissioner of Labor may adopt and promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act as he shall deem necessary. L.1998,c.50,s.5.…

34:1-50. Commercial statistics and information The annual report of the bureau shall include statistics showing the number of private firms and corporations engaged in the several industries in this state; the capital invested; amount of raw material used and its cost value; amou…

34:1-51. Names of informants not to be divulged The information secured shall be presented in the annual report by figures only; the names of persons, firms or corporations shall in no case be printed and the business of manufacturers, individually, shall not be divulged.

34:1-52. Returns by employers It shall be the duty of every owner, operator, lessee, manager or superintendent of every factory, mill, workshop, mine or other establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this state, to make such reports or returns on blanks furnish…

34:1-53. Penalty for failure to report Any owner, operator, lessee, manager or superintendent of an establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this state, who willfully neglects or refuses to make return or report as and when required pursuant to section 34:1-52 …

34:1-54. Power of chief of bureau to examine witnesses The chief of the bureau of statistics and records shall have power to examine witnesses under oath.

34:1-55. Bulletins and pamphlets The bureau of industrial statistics and records shall publish and issue from time to time bulletins and pamphlets pertaining to its work and shall perform such other duties as the commissioner shall direct.

34:1-56. Industrial directory The bureau of statistics and records shall continue the compilation and publication every third year, or oftener if in the judgment of the commissioner the interests of the state will be served thereby, of a revised industrial directory including suc…

34:1-57. Workmen's compensation bureau; director; compensation The workmen's compensation bureau shall consist of the commissioner who shall act as chairman, a director, deputy commissioners of compensation appointed by the commissioner; and such referees and other employees as m…

34:1-57.2. First director The first director of the workmen's compensation bureau to be designated under this act shall be the deputy commissioner of compensation serving upon the effective date hereof in the capacity of secretary of the bureau. L.1945, c. 74, p. 379, s. 3.

34:1-58. Deputy commissioner; compensation board Any referee, who is a counselor at law duly admitted to practice by the supreme court, and who has served as a referee in the bureau for not less than two years, may at the discretion of the commissioner be certified to the civil s…

34:1-59. Bureau of employment The bureau of employment shall consist of a chief of bureau appointed by the commissioner and such clerks and employees as may be necessary. The commissioner may, for the purposes of the bureau, use such offices as may be available.

34:1-6. Inspections; enforcement districts The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this title and exercise supervision and control over the deputy commissioners, bureau chiefs and all inspectors, and shall, as often as is practicable, cause inspections to be made of all …

34:1-60. Subdivisions of employment bureau The department is authorized to establish such subdivisions of the bureau of employment as he may deem advisable for the following purposes: To bring together employers seeking employees and working people seeking employment; To supply i…

34:1-61. Co-operation; advisory assistants The commissioner is authorized to co-operate with other public employment bureaus, whether operated by voluntary, charitable or eleemosynary organizations, or by municipalities in this or other states, or by states, or by the United Stat…

34:1-62. Federal employment service; planned co-operation; custody and disbursement of funds The bureau of employment of the New Jersey department of labor is hereby designated as the state agency which shall co-operate with the employment service of the United States department …

34:1-63. Information as to employment The commissioner shall collect and disseminate all data as to unemployment and places offering employment in the manner most likely to enable the unemployed to secure employment.

34:1-64. Publication of information The commissioner in his discretion may issue such bulletins, notices, circulars or other printed matter as may be necessary in furtherance of the purposes and duties of the bureau of employment.

34:1-65. Records of strikes The bureau of employment and bureaus co-operating in carrying out the provisions of sections 34:1-59 to 34:1-64, 34:1-66 to 34:1-69 of this title, shall keep a record of all labor disturbances or strikes within the territory covered by each office. All…