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

34:9A-13. Notice of communicable diseases; quarantine; food poisoning It shall be the duty of the person in charge of a camp to report immediately to the local health authority the name and address of any individual in the camp known to have or suspected of having a communicable …

34:9A-14. Construction and operation of camps; field surveys and censuses The bureau in co-operation with the Department of Community Affairs, shall make field surveys and censuses adequate to determine the number, location and character of migrant agricultural workers, the needs…

34:9A-15. Personnel; appointments The commissioner may appoint such professional, technical and clerical assistants and employees as may be necessary for the performance of his functions under this act. L.1945, c. 71, p. 356, s. 15.

34:9A-16. Rules and regulations The commissioner may make, modify and repeal rules and regulations for the interpretation and application of the provisions of this act, and, in his discretion he may temporarily suspend the operation of one or more sections of this act whenever he…

34:9A-17. Civil penalties In addition to any other sanctions herein or otherwise provided by law, the commissioner, upon notice and hearing, may impose a penalty not exceeding $500.00 for any violation of this act or of any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder. Such penalty s…

34:9A-18. Entry and inspection The commissioner, his authorized officers and agents may, for the purpose of this act: (a) Enter public or private property to determine whether there exists any camp to which this article applies; (b) Enter and inspect all camps wheresoever situate…

34:9A-19. Prohibition of violations No person, or any agent or officer thereof, shall construct, establish, maintain, operate, or occupy, or permit the construction, establishment, maintenance, operation, occupancy or use of any camp which does not fully comply with any of the re…

34:9A-2. Definitions As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) " Farm labor camp," or "Migrant labor camp" shall mean one or more tents, vehicles, buildings or structures, together with the tract of land appertaining thereto, used as living…

34:9A-20. Certified labor camps; application; inspections; erection, construction or alteration Each person employing any person to work in or at camps to which this article applies shall apply, not later than 60 days prior to the opening of any such camp in any calendar year to …

34:9A-21. Use of certificate; revocation No person shall display any certificate issued under this article in or about any premises other than the camp for which the certificate was issued; nor shall any person advertise, represent or describe any camp for which such a certificat…

34:9A-22. Shelter; sleeping places, requirements Every camp shall provide sleeping places in reasonably good structural condition, including adequate provision against fire hazards, so as to shelter the occupants against the elements and to exclude ground dampness. Sleeping place…

34:9A-23. Beds or bunks Each sleeping place shall be equipped with beds or bunks made of steel, canvas, or other sanitary material, so constructed as to afford reasonable comfort to the user, and so arranged as to allow a clear space of at least twenty inches, extending from the …

34:9A-24. Air and privacy Every sleeping place erected or constructed subsequent to the effective date of this act shall contain sufficient air space and partitions to insure an adequate supply of fresh air, and reasonable privacy for each occupant; provided, that each such sleep…

34:9A-25. Food preparation Every camp shall be provided with adequate stoves or similar cooking facilities. Every tent, or structure where food is cooked, prepared or served in a camp shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and the openings thereof shall be screened. All …

34:9A-26. Water (a) The occupants of each camp shall be provided a potable water supply in accordance with the following requirements: (1) Each camp shall be provided with an adequate supply of potable water which is of safe sanitary quality. (2) Wells or springs used as sources …

34:9A-27. Bathing facilities (a) Convenient and suitable bathing facilities of a reasonable nature to suit conditions, kept clean and sanitary, shall be provided for every camp. (b) The occupants of each camp erected or constructed subsequent to the effective date of this act sha…

34:9A-28. Toilets and privies (a) Each camp to which this article applies shall provide privy or other toilet facilities and a sewage disposal system in accordance with the following requirements: (1) An adequate number of convenient and suitable privy or other toilet facilities,…

34:9A-29. Garbage and wastes All garbage, kitchen wastes, and rubbish in camps shall be deposited in suitable covered receptacles which shall be emptied daily and the contents buried or otherwise disposed of in accordance with regulations duly issued by the commissioner. L.1945, …

34:9A-3. Bureau of migrant labor; establishment There is hereby established in the Department of Labor and Industry a bureau of migrant labor. L.1945, c. 71, p. 351, s. 3. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 4, eff. June 7, 1967.

34:9A-30. Milk, food and meals; sales by concessionaires Wherever milk, food or meals are prepared, served, furnished or offered for sale in a camp by the owner, operator or concessionaire, (a) The kitchen and dining rooms shall be separated from sleeping quarters and toilets. (b…

34:9A-31. Responsibility Every person, or the agent or officer thereof, employing persons to work in or at camps to which this article applies and the superintendent or overseer in charge of the work in or at such camps shall carry out the provisions of this article. Said person,…

34:9A-32. Public nuisance Any camp which does not conform to this article shall be deemed a public nuisance and if not made to conform within five days or within such longer period of time as may be allowed by the commissioner by written notice, shall be abated by proper suit bro…

34:9A-33. Peace officers For the purpose of securing the enforcement of this article the officers and agents of the commissioner shall have the authority of peace officers to make arrests, to serve any process or notice throughout the State, and may exercise such other authority …

34:9A-34. Penalties Any person, or the agent or officer thereof, who violates any provision of this article or of any rule or regulation duly issued under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.…

34:9A-35. Appropriations There is hereby appropriated to the division for the remainder of the current fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, for the purposes of this act, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), of which twenty…

34:9A-36. Effective dates Sections one to seventeen, inclusive, and sections twenty, twenty-one, thirty-three and thirty-five of this act shall take effect immediately. The remaining sections of this act shall take effect September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-f…

34:9A-37. Definitions As used in this act: (a) "Farm operator" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, firm, company, or other legal entity, or any officers or agents thereof, in immediate possession of any farm as owner or lessee, and, as such, responsible…

34:9A-38. Furnishing drinking water and toilet facilities in fields At any farm where seasonal farm workers labor in a field that is an unreasonable distance from central facilities, the farm operator shall provide in the working area a sufficient supply of cool, potable water, a…

34:9A-39. Commissioner of department of labor and industry; enforcement of act; promulgation of rules and regulations The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry is authorized to enforce this act and to promulgate all reasonable rules and regulations which, in his di…

34:9A-4.1. Migrant labor board; abolition; transfer of functions, powers and duties The migrant labor board is hereby abolished and all of its functions, powers and duties are vested in the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Any rules or regulations previously approved by the mi…

34:9A-40. Violations; penalties; collection; defenses 4. Any farm operator who violates any of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 to be collected in a civil acti…

34:9A-41. Violations of act; injunction; parties Upon a violation of this act or of any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, any aggrieved seasonal farm worker and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall be entitled to institute a civil action in a …

34:9A-7. Deputy commissioner of labor; appointment The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall have the duties and exercise the powers of the bureau through such deputy commissioner of labor as he may designate. L.1945, c. 71, p. 352, s. 7. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 5, eff. J…

34:9A-7.1. Seasonal worker defined As used in this act "seasonal worker" shall mean any person who is engaged in any seasonal or temporary work. L.1971, c. 194, s. 1, eff. June 7, 1971.

34:9A-7.2. Certified Spanish language interpreters; permanent and temporary staff The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall provide for and establish in the Bureau of Migrant Labor a permanent staff of certified Spanish language interpreters and other personn…

34:9A-7.3. Permanent staff employment under civil service; employment and compensation of temporary staff Interpreters and other employees for the permanent staff shall be appointed and employed by the commissioner subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. Te…

34:9A-7.4. Rules and regulations The commissioner is authorized to adopt, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations pertaining to the qualification and certification of interpreters and their duties and such other matters as he determines necessary to implement this act. …

34:9A-9. Duties and powers of bureau The bureau shall: (a) Enforce the provisions of article 2 of this act either directly or through interdepartmental agreements; (b) Enforce all other applicable labor laws, including, but not limited to, those relating to private employment age…