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

34:1A-1.12 Commissioner; actions relative to employer violations. 2. a. (1) If the commissioner determines that an employer has violated any State wage, benefit and tax law, including but not limited to a violation of R.S.34:15-79, or failed to meet obligations required by R.S.43…

34:1A-1.13 Presumption of successor firm. 3. A rebuttable presumption that an employer has established a successor firm shall arise if the two parties share two or more of the following capacities or characteristics: a. Performing similar work within the same geographical area; b…

34:1A-1.14 Notification of employer responsibility relative to record maintenance. 4. a. Each employer which is required to maintain and report records regarding wages, benefits, taxes and other contributions and assessments pursuant to State wage, benefit and tax laws, as define…

34:1A-1.15 Provision of information relative to certain employee leave and benefit rights. 1. a. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall maintain on its Internet website a webpage developed by the department, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public S…

34:1A-1.16 Definitions, publishing of violators of State wage, benefit, and tax laws. 1. a. As used in this section: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development or the Commissioner's duly authorized representative. "Contracting" mean…

34:1A-1.17 Entrance into place of business, employment; stop-work order. 1. a. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development and any agent of the commissioner, upon receipt of a complaint or through routine investigation for a violation of any State wage, benefit and tax la…

34:1A-1.18 Violations concerning misclassification of employees; penalties. 1. a. If the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development finds that a violation of a State wage, benefit and tax law has occurred and that the violation was in connection with failing to properly clas…

34:1A-1.19 Post notices about misclassification. 1. Post notices about misclassification. a. Each employer required to maintain and report records regarding wages, benefits, taxes and other contributions and assessments pursuant to State wage, benefit and tax laws, as defined in …

34:1A-1.2 Department of Labor and Workforce Development; reference. 1. On and after the effective date of this 2004 amendatory and supplementary act, the Department of Labor shall be entitled and known as the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and whenever, in any law,…

34:1A-1.20 Information regarding worker misclassification. 2. Information regarding worker misclassification. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall maintain a webpage that contains information regarding: (a) The prohibition against employers misclassifying emplo…

34:1A-1.20a Employer disclosure of immigration status to conceal violation of State wage, benefit, tax laws, prohibited; penalties. 1. a. If the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development finds that an employer has, for the purpose of concealing any violation of State wage, …

34:1A-1.21 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. More than 19 million people in the United States work in state and local governments, and more than 570,000 people have public sector jobs in New Jersey, including 130,000 State government employees…

34:1A-1.22 Task Force to Promote the Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities. 2. a. There is established, in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Task Force to Promote the Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities. The task force …

34:1A-1.23 Purpose of task force. 3. a. The purpose of the task force is to study the problem of unemployment and underemployment among individuals with disabilities, review relevant, available programs within the State of New Jersey for State and local government agencies to rec…

34:1A-1.3 Transfer of workforce development programs from DHS. 2. a. To the extent not inconsistent with any federal law, and notwithstanding any other State law, all employment-directed and workforce development programs and activities of the Department of Human Services which a…

34:1A-1.4 New Jersey Youth Corps transferred. 3. The New Jersey Youth Corps, established pursuant to P.L.1984, c.198 (C.9:25-1 et seq.), is hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. To the extent not inconsistent with any federal law, and notwithsta…

34:1A-1.5 Certain powers, functions, duties of DOE transferred. 4. a. Notwithstanding any other State law, all powers, functions and duties of the Department of Education with respect to the following employment-directed and workforce development programs and activities are hereb…

34:1A-1.6 Construction of act relative to Civil Service tenure, rights, protection. 5. a. Nothing in this 2004 amendatory and supplementary act and no transfer carried out pursuant to this act shall be construed or permitted to deprive any person of any tenure rights or reduce or…

34:1A-1.7 Short title. 1. This act shall be known as "The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative Act." L.2005,c.309,s.1.

34:1A-1.8 Requirements for job training counselors for victims of domestic violence. 2. Each counselor who provides counseling pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.48 (C.34:15B-38), section 7 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-7), or section 3 of P.L.1992, c.47 (C.43:21-59), and any oth…

34:1A-1.9 Rules, regulations. 3. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and in consultation with the Advisory Council on Domestic Violence created pursuant to P.L.1979, c.3…

34:1A-10. Organization of existing Department of Labor continued; divisions constituted bureaus; deputy directors Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing Department o…

34:1A-11. Division of Workmen's Compensation; powers and duties All of the functions, powers and duties of the workmen's compensation bureau of the existing Department of Labor, and those exercised or performed by it or any of its officers or employees in the administration of th…

34:1A-12. Division of Workmen's Compensation; officials and employees in Division; director; powers and duties The Division of Workmen's Compensation shall consist of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry who shall act as chairman, a director who shall be appointed as hereinafte…

34:1A-12.1. Director and each judge of compensation to be attorneys The Director of the Division of Workmen's Compensation and each judge of compensation shall be an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey. L.1952, c. 269, p. 921, s. 5. Amended by L.1960, c. 58, p. 488, s. 2.

34:1A-12.2. Referee, qualifications of Any person hereafter appointed as a "referee," "referee, formal hearings," "supervising referee," or "supervising referee, formal hearings" shall be an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey, except that a referee or a referee, formal he…

34:1A-12.3. Continuation of deputy directors as judges of compensation All persons heretofore appointed and serving as deputy directors of compensation shall continue in such appointments, as heretofore, with the title of judge of compensation. L.1960, c. 58, p. 488, s. 3.

34:1A-12.4. Director of Division of Worker's Compensation; duties 4. The Director of the Division of Worker's Compensation shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be prominently displaye…

34:1A-13. Organization of existing workmen's compensation bureau continued Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the workmen's compensation bureau of the existing Department of …

34:1A-14. Powers and duties of the Unemployment Compensation Commission assigned to Division of Employment Security All of the functions, powers and duties of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, of the respective bureaus and divisions therein, and of the executive director …

34:1A-15. Director of division of Employment Security The division of Employment Security shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. The director of such division shall be …

34:1A-15.1. Director of Division of Employment Services; duties 5. The Director of the Division of Employment Services shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be prominently displayed at…

34:1A-15.2. Director of the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance; duties 6. The Director of the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of…

34:1A-17. Powers and duties of Employment Security Council The Employment Security Council shall: (a) Consult and advise with the Commissioner of Labor or his designated representative with respect to the administration and operation of the unemployment compensation law and the t…

34:1A-18. Advisory Council on Disability Benefits in Division of Employment Security; powers There shall also be within the Division of Employment Security the Advisory Council on Disability Benefits, as established by and constituted under the Temporary Disability Benefits Law, …

34:1A-19. Board of Review in Division of Employment Security 19. There shall be within the Division of Employment Security a Board of Review consisting of three members, who shall act as a final appeals board in cases of benefit disputes, including appeals from determinations wit…

34:1A-2. Commissioner of Labor and Industry; head of department; appointment; term; salary The administrator and head of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, and who shall be a person qualified by training and exper…

34:1A-20. Appeal tribunals; membership; compensation; disqualification for interest; alternates; disputed benefit claims To hear and decide disputed benefit claims, including appeals from determinations with respect to demands by the deputy for refunds of benefits under section 4…

34:1A-21. Organization of existing Unemployment Compensation Commission continued; divisions constituted bureaus Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing Unemployment …

34:1A-23. New Jersey State Board of Mediation transferred to Department of Labor and Industry; removal of members The New Jersey State Board of Mediation of the existing Department of Labor and all of its functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to the Department of La…

34:1A-24. Directors of divisions; unclassified service of civil service; removal; vacancies The director of each division in the Department of Labor and Industry shall be in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State. Any such director may be removed from office b…

34:1A-25. Appropriations transferred All appropriations and other moneys available to become available to any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and I…

34:1A-26. Employees; transfer Such employees of any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry or to any office or agency designated, continued o…

34:1A-27. Civil service, pension and retirement rights not affected Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person holding any office or position not abolished pursuant to the provisions of this act, of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by…

34:1A-28. Files, books, records and property transferred All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Departm…

34:1A-29. Orders, rules and regulations continued This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, commission, board, officer or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or trans…