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

34:15-92. Domestic help excepted 34:15-92. Employers of domestic workers and every stock company or mutual association affording insurance for the liability of such employers by reason of that employment shall be exempted from the provisions of R.S. 34:15-80 and R.S. 34:15-81, bu…

34:15-92.1. Other exceptions If and when any class or classes of employers or employees shall be excepted from the provisions of article 2 of this chapter (s. 34:15-7 et seq.) by an act or acts of the legislature, such employers as may be thereby excepted shall, from the date whe…

34:15-93. Expense of enforcement; payments by insurers To defray the expenses of the commissioner of banking and insurance in carrying out the provisions of this article, each mutual association and each stock company writing workmen's compensation or employers' liability insuran…

34:15-94 Annual surcharge for Second Injury Fund. 34:15-94. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.408). b. Commencing January 1, 1989 and on the first day of each year thereafter, the Commissioner of Labor shall levy an annual surcharge upon all policyholders and self-insured emp…

34:15-95. Second Injury Fund The sums collected under R.S. 34:15-94 shall constitute a fund, to be known as the Second Injury Fund, out of which a sum shall be set aside each year by the Commissioner of Labor from which compensation payments in accordance with the provisions of p…

34:15-95.1. Application for benefits; decision; review; Commissioner of Labor as party Applications for benefits under this act shall be made by a verified petition filed in duplicate within 2 years after the date of the last payment of compensation by the employer or the insuran…

34:15-95.2. Vested rights No person shall be deemed to acquire or to have acquired any vested rights, under the provisions of this section. L.1940, c. 133, p. 291, s. 3.

34:15-95.3. Application of chapter; exemption of mutual agricultural insurance companies Nothing in this article (s. 34:15-70 et seq.) shall apply to any mutual agricultural insurance company incorporated under chapter 252 of the laws of 1905, being "A supplement to an act entitl…

34:15-95.4. Special adjustment benefit payment Any employee or dependent receiving weekly benefits as provided under R.S. 34:15-95, R.S. 34:15-12(b) or R.S. 34:15-13 at a rate applicable prior to January 1, 1980, and whose payment is less than the maximum compensation rate in eff…

34:15-95.5. Reduction of disability benefits for persons under age sixty-two; exception For persons under the age of 62 receiving benefits as provided under R.S. 34:15-95, or R.S. 34:15-12(b), and whose period of disability began after December 31, 1979, such compensation benefit…

34:15-95.6 Entitlement to receive weekly supplemental benefits from Second Injury Fund, certain circumstances. 1. a. Beginning on January 1, 2020, and in each fiscal year thereafter, a dependent of a public safety worker, who is receiving weekly benefits pursuant to R.S.34:15-13 …

34:15-95.7 Determination of aggregate annual surcharge. 2. In making the determination of the aggregate annual surcharge for the Second Injury Fund to be levied pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection c. of R.S.34:15-94 for calendar year 2020, the Commissioner of Labor and Workfo…

34:15-95.8 Worker's compensation benefits for certain surviving dependents of employees deemed essential during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. 1. a. Beginning on January 1, 2020, and in each fiscal year thereafter, a dependent of an essential employee, who is receiving weekly…

34:15-96 First report of accident. 34:15-96. First report of accident. Every employer who has made provisions for payment of obligations to an injured employee as required by article 5 of this chapter (R.S.34:15-70 et seq.) shall, upon the happening of any accident or the occurre…

34:15-98 Final report of accident. 34:15-98. Final report of accident. Not more than 26 weeks after an insurance carrier, third party administrator, self-insured employer or statutory non-insured employer learns that an employee has recovered so as to be able to resume work or ha…

34:15-99 Report not public. 34:15-99. Report not public. The reports of accidents filed with, or transmitted or forwarded to, the Division of Workers' Compensation or the Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, shall not be made public, and shall not be open to inspection unle…

34:15B-35 Definitions relative to job training. 1. As used in this act: "Approved community-based or faith-based organization" means an organization which is an approved service provider, a nonprofit organization exempt from federal taxation under section 501 of the Internal Reve…

34:15B-36 Funding of vocational training. 2. a. All vocational training funded with federal job training funds shall be training which is likely to substantially enhance the trainee's marketable skills and earning power and is for a labor demand occupation. b. Federal job trainin…

34:15B-37 Funding of on the job training. 3. a. On the job training shall not be paid for with federal job training funds for any employment found by the commissioner to be of a level of skill and complexity too low to merit training. b. The duration of on the job training for an…

34:15B-38 Counseling requirement. 4. a. No individual shall receive employment and training services paid for with federal job training funds other than counseling unless the individual first receives counseling pursuant to this section. The counseling shall be provided by a job …

34:15B-39 Eligibility for employment, training services. 5. An otherwise qualified individual shall not be denied employment and training services or other workforce investment services included in the Employability Development Plan developed for the individual pursuant to sectio…

34:15B-40 Approval, evaluation of service provider. 6. a. No federal job training funds shall be used to obtain employment and training services from a service provider unless the provider is an approved service provider and the provider agrees to provide, on a first-come, first-…

34:15B-41 Short title. 2. Sections 2 through 7 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C.34:15B-41 to C.34:15B-46) shall be known and may be cited as the "Sign Fabrication Safety Quality Assurance Act." L.2019, c.84, s.2.

34:15B-42 Findings, declarations relative to precautions in sign fabrication. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The general public is subject to serious safety risks when manufacturers and other facilities engaged in the fabrication of signs for governmental, commerc…

34:15B-43 Definitions relative to precautions in sign fabrication. 4. As used in sections 2 through 7 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C.34:15B-41 to C.34:15B-46): "Approved skill training program" means a sheet metal apprenticeship training program that is registered with the federal or a sta…

34:15B-44 Requirements for manufacture of fabricated signs; exceptions. 5. a. A person who manufactures any fabricated sign in New Jersey shall: (1) provide an approved skill training program for employees who perform manual labor in connection with the production of fabricated s…

34:15B-45 Violations, unlawful practice; civil penalty. 6. a. It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture, distribute, sell, or use a fabricated sign in violation of section 5 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C.34:15B-44). b. In addition to any other penalties provided by law : (1) a pers…

34:15B-46 Severability. 7. The provisions of P.L.2019, c.84 (C.34:15B-41 et al.) shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, the decision of the court shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of P.L.2019, c.84 (C.34:15B-…

34:15C-1 Definitions. 4. As used in this act: a. "At-risk youth" means a teenage high school dropout or a teenage parent or other teenager whose pattern of behavior is likely to result in becoming a high school dropout. b. "Commission" means the State Employment and Training Comm…

34:15C-10. Private career school entrance into school-to-school teach-out agreement. 16. a. A private career school shall enter into a school-to-school teach-out agreement at least 120 days prior to the cessation of school operations. b. In order to satisfy the requirements of th…

34:15C-10.1 Certificate of approval for, application by qualifying schools. 13. a. A qualifying school shall make a written application to the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development for a certificate of approval, and shall not be permitted to operate unless it receives t…

34:15C-10.1a Performance quality standards, established, Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development; rules, regulations. 2. a. Within 12 months of the effective date of P.L.2022, c.76 (C.18A:3B-45.1 et al.), the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall establish…

34:15C-10.2 State Eligible Training Provider List. 14. a. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall maintain a Statewide list of approved training providers known as the State Eligible Training Provider List. In order to be placed and retained on the list, a trainin…

34:15C-10.2a Eligibility contingent upon actions of training provider. 3. a. An individual receiving or seeking employment and training services from a training provider shall be ineligible to receive the services or any form of funding for the services, including grants, scholar…

34:15C-10.3 Definitions. 14. As used in sections 14 through 20 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.34:15C-10.3 through C.34:15C-10.9): "Closure" means the cessation of operations by a private career school. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. "Disorderly cl…

34:15C-10.4 Applicability. 15. a. Sections 14 through 20 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.34:15C-10.3 through C.34:15C-10.9) shall apply to a private career school that operates in this State. b. A private career school shall provide the commissioner a teach-out plan that addresses a potenti…

34:15C-10.6 Approval of private career school to act as eligible transfer institution. 17. a. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall approve a private career school to act as an eligible transfer institution if the school: (1) is in good standing with its accre…

34:15C-10.7 Essential records filed by private career school. 18. a. Before any private career school ceases operations, the school shall file with the commissioner copies of all essential records of the current or former students of the school. The obligation of a school under t…

34:15C-10.8 Unlawful practice, violation. 19. a. It shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for any private career school, person, or entity to collect on a student's institutional debt if the institutional financial aid agreement does n…

34:15C-10.9 Rules, regulations. 20. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, 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 p…

34:15C-11 Commission to coordinate initiatives with State departments. 14. a. The commission shall foster and coordinate workforce investment initiatives of all State Departments. It shall promote initiatives of the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education t…

34:15C-12 Preparation of annual budget for commission, funding. 15. a. The chairperson of the commission shall prepare an annual budget for the commission. Resources to support the activities of the commission and commission staff shall be contributed by each of the State's workf…

34:15C-13. Rules, regulations The commission shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.1989, c.293, s.16.

34:15C-15 Workforce Investment Boards; representatives; duties, powers. 18. a. Each workforce investment area shall be under the jurisdiction of a Workforce Investment Board. Each local workforce investment area established by the Governor shall have the same boundaries as the la…

34:15C-15.1 Workforce investment board to maintain Internet website, webpage; contents. 2. Each Workforce Investment Board shall maintain either an Internet website or a webpage on the county's Internet website. The purpose of the website or webpage shall be to provide increased …

34:15C-17 Findings, declarations relative to adult literacy. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Education affects an individual's employability, wages, productivity, ability to function effectively in the family and community, and ultimately, it affects the State's ec…