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

34:16-24. Compensation; expenses The members of the commission shall serve without pay but actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the purposes of the commission. L.1955, c. 64, p. 213, s. 5.

34:16-25. Removal of members The Governor may at any time remove for inefficiency or neglect of duty any member of the commission appointed by him, charges in writing having been preferred and sustained after public hearing. L.1955, c. 64, p. 213, s. 6.

34:16-26. Report to Governor; recommendations The commission shall annually make report to the Governor of its work in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and shall submit to him its recommendations concerning legislation and a statement of the sum necessary for such work…

34:16-27 Powers of division. 8. The division shall be authorized to: (a) Adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of P.L.1955, c.64 (C.34:16-20 et seq.). (b) Provide vocational rehabilitation and independent living rehabilita…

34:16-28. Director; employees and special assistants The commission shall appoint a director, who shall be its executive officer and have primary responsibility for, and shall devote his full time to the administration of the program, and who shall employ such staff and special a…

34:16-29. Cooperation with other agencies; administration; services and facilities The commission is also authorized: (a) To co-operate with the Federal Government in carrying out the purposes of any Federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and independent living …

34:16-29.1. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services administrators, duties 32. The director or other chief administrative officer of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and ins…

34:16-30. State treasurer as custodian of funds The State Treasurer is hereby designated as the custodian of all funds received from the Federal Government for the purpose of carrying out any Federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and independent living rehabili…

34:16-31. Hearings Any individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation or independent living rehabilitation who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of the commission shall be entitled in accordance with regulations to a hearing by the commission. L.1955, c. 64, …

34:16-32. Prohibited activities No officer or employee engaged in the administration of the vocational rehabilitation and independent living rehabilitation programs shall use his official authority to influence or permit the use of the vocational rehabilitation and independent li…

34:16-33. Confidential character of records All records relating to the receipt of or application for vocational rehabilitation or independent living rehabilitation services shall be confidential and shall not be published or open to public inspection. No member, officer or emplo…

34:16-34. Amendment or repeal of act The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this act at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this…

34:16-35. Severability If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1955, c. 64, p. 217, s. …

34:16-36. Liberal construction The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order that its purposes and objects may be fully effectuated. L.1955, c. 64, p. 217, s. 17.

34:16-37. Repeals Sections 34:16-1, 34:16-2, 34:16-3, 34:16-4, 34:16-5, 34:16-6, 34:16-7, 34:16-8, 34:16-9, 34:16-10, 34:16-11, 34:16-12, 34:16-13, 34:16-14, 34:16-15, 34:16-16, 34:16-17, 34:16-18, 34:16-19, 18:17-6, 18:17-7, 18:17-8, and 18:17-9 of the Revised Statutes and "An a…

34:16-38. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1955." L.1955, c. 64, p. 218, s. 19.

34:16-39. Short title This act shall be known and cited as the "Sheltered Workshop Act of 1971." L.1971, c. 272, s. 1.

34:16-40 Definitions. 2. As used in P.L.1971, c.272 (C.34:16-39 et seq.): a. "Sheltered workshop" means an occupation oriented facility operated by a nonprofit agency, public or private, which except for its staff, employs only persons with disabilities; b. "Division" means the D…

34:16-41. Programs of vocational rehabilitation or extended employment The division shall administer a program of vocational rehabilitation to an extended employee and shall plan, institute, support, and administer a program of extended employment in, or under the supervision of …

34:16-42 Contracts with approved sheltered workshops; amount payable. 4. The division is hereby authorized to contract with an approved sheltered workshop for the furnishing of extended employment programs to persons with severe disabilities when it shall appear to the satisfacti…

34:16-43. Determination of eligibility for extended employment program; standards for operation of sheltered workshop; progress reports The division and the commission are hereby vested with the authority: a. to determine the eligibility of severely handicapped persons for the ex…

34:16-44. Inapplicability of requirement for employer's permit relating to ratio of employees in home work to those in factory for extended employment program of sheltered workshop The provisions of P.L.1941, c. 308 (C. 34:6-136.1 et seq.) relating to the ratio of employees engag…

34:16-45 State policy relative to persons with disabilities. 1. It is the policy of the State to assist persons with disabilities and organizations established to aid persons with disabilities in the sale of goods or articles which are the product of the labor of persons with dis…

34:16-46 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: a. "Person with a disability" means any individual who is unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is of a long-continued or indefinite duration…

34:16-47 Registration, authorization to identify goods, articles made by persons with disabilities. 3. To facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made by persons with disabilities, any person with a disability and any public or private institution o…

34:16-48 Sale of goods by persons with disabilities; identification. 4. No goods or articles made in this or any other state may be displayed, advertised, solicited for sale by telephone, mail or otherwise, offered for sale, or sold in this State upon a representation that such g…

34:16-49 Labels or stamps; contents. 5. Any worker with a disability, or any public or private institution or agency, corporation, firm, or association, registered with the division pursuant to P.L.1975, c.350 (C.34:16-45 et seq.), engaged in the manufacture or distribution of ar…

34:16-50 Violations. 6. Any person, firm, corporation, institution, or association who (a) shall use or employ an imprint, stamp, or symbol or label issued or approved by the division or an imitation thereof without having registered with the division, or (b) who shall directly o…

34:16-51. Findings, declarations The Legislature finds and declares that many handicapped citizens enrolled in sheltered (extended) employment programs at sheltered workshops earn subminimum wages in a noncompetitive working environment and therefore require financial assistance …

34:16-52 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: a. "Division" means the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. b. "Citizen with a disability" means any individual who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital condit…

34:16-53 Transportation expense program. 3. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development is directed to establish and implement within 120 days of the effective date of this act a program to be administered by the division to defray the public transportation or paratransit…

34:16-54. Annual survey The division shall annually conduct a survey to assess the transportation needs of these sheltered workshops. L. 1987, c. 455, s. 4.

34:16-55. Rules, regulations The Commissioner of Labor shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1987, c. 455, s. 5.