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

34:8C-1 Definitions relative to labor contracts. 1. As used in this act: "Client employer" means a business entity in the construction industry, regardless of its form, that obtains or is provided workers, directly from a labor contractor or indirectly from a subcontractor, to pe…

34:8C-2 Responsibilities of labor contractor; certifications. 2. a. Any labor contractor that provides workers to a client employer in the construction industry shall: (1) certify that the labor contractor has not charged recruitment fees to the workers; (2) certify that the cont…

34:8C-3 Violations, penalties. 3. Any labor contractor or client employer who violates this act shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per worker supplied to a client employer by the labor contractor for the first violation, $5,000 per worker suppli…

34:8D-1 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. At least 127,000 individuals work for temporary help service firms, sometimes referred to as temp agencies or staffing agencies, in New Jersey. Approximately 100 temporary help service firms with several br…

34:8D-10 Violation, temporary help service firm, third party client, retaliation, exercising rights granted. 10. a. It is a violation of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) for a temporary help service firm or third party client, or any agent of a temporary help service firm or thi…

34:8D-11 Aggrieved person, temporary help service firm, third party client violation, civil action, Superior Court. 11. a. A person aggrieved by a violation of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) by a temporary help service firm or a third party client may institute a civil action …

34:8D-12 Director, authority, suspend, revoke, refuse certification; notification. 12. a. The director shall have the authority to deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any certification issued under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8). b. The director shall notify a temp…

34:8D-13 Rights, obligations. 14. The rights and obligations established by P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) shall be in addition to those set forth in P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) and …

34:8D-2 Definitions. 2. As used in P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.): "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, or a designee of the commissioner. "Director" means Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety,…

34:8D-3 Temporary help service firm, statement provided, time of dispatch, information, certain. 3. a. Whenever a temporary help service firm agrees to send a person to work as a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement, the temporary help service firm shall pro…

34:8D-4 Temporary help service firm, designated classification placements, recordkeeping, information, certain. 4. a. Whenever a temporary help service firm sends one or more persons to work as temporary laborers in designated classification placements, the temporary help service…

34:8D-5 Fee charge, transportation, designated work site, prohibited. 5. a. A temporary help service firm or a third party client, or a contractor or agent of either, shall charge no fee to a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement to transport a temporary labo…

34:8D-6 Wage payment, temporary help service firm, itemized statement, listing information, certain. 6. a. At the time of payment of wages, a temporary help service firm shall provide each temporary laborer in a designated classification placement with a detailed itemized stateme…

34:8D-7 Restriction, temporary laborer, permanent position acceptance, prohibited. 7. a. (1) No temporary help service firm shall restrict the right of a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement to accept a permanent position with a third party client to whom th…

34:8D-8 Temporary help service firm, designated classification placements, certified by director. 8. a. A temporary help service firm which is located, operates, or transacts business within this State shall not make any designated classification placements unless it is certified…

34:8D-9 Violation, uncertified temporary help service firm, contract. 9. It is a violation of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) for a third party client to enter into a contract with a temporary help service firm not certified under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8), for th…

34:9-1. Employment of aliens on public works forbidden; penalty It shall be unlawful for the state or any county, municipality, board, committee, commission or officer thereof, officer, body or organization having charge of any public work or any construction, whether the same be…

34:9-2. Resident citizens to be preferred in employment on public works In the construction of any public work for the state, or any county, city, town, township, or borough, or other municipal corporation or any board, committee, commission or officer thereof, whether the same b…

34:9A-1. Short title This act shall be known as the Seasonal Farm Labor Act. L.1945, c. 71, p. 350, s. 1. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 2, eff. June 7, 1967.

34:9A-10. Inspectional services Each camp shall from time to time be inspected by the bureau. Inspectors shall be trained and authorized to consult with and assist camp owners and operators with respect to the requirements of this act. Inspectors shall also ascertain and report t…

34:9A-11. Preventive and curative public health services The bureau through the Department of Health shall make surveys to determine the adequacy of preventive and curative health services available to occupants of migrant labor camps, and where such services are found inadequate…

34:9A-12. Communicable diseases For the purpose of this act the commissioner may through the State Director of Health exercise the powers of a local board or health officer with respect to communicable diseases defined by chapter four of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes. The comm…

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.…