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

34:15D-34 "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance." 2. a. There is hereby established in the department an "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance," which shall oversee and coordinate across the divisions of the department and, when necessary, between the departme…

34:15D-35 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey YouthBuild Act." L.2023, c.334, s.1.

34:15D-36 "New Jersey YouthBuild Act", purpose. 2. The purpose of the "New Jersey YouthBuild Act" shall be to: a. Enable economically disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not finished high school, to obtain the education, job skills training, personal counseling, leader…

34:15D-37 Definitions. 3. As used in this act: "Applicant" means a public or private not-for-profit agency eligible to provide education and employment training under federal or State employment training programs. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Labor a…

34:15D-38 Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner, grants, YouthBuild programs, services. 4. a. The commissioner shall, subject to appropriation, make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out YouthBuild programs as approved under this section. All p…

34:15D-39 YouthBuild, eligible participants, age range, economic status, specified group membership. 5. a. Eligible participants in a YouthBuild program shall be youth, 16 to 24 years old, who are economically disadvantaged as defined in 29 U.S.C. s.1503, and who are part of one …

34:15D-4 Workforce Development Partnership Program. 4. a. The Workforce Development Partnership Program is hereby established in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and shall be administered by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. The purpose of the …

34:15D-40 Eligible entities to be awarded funds, experience operating YouthBuild programs, Housing and Urban Development YouthBuild grant. 6. Eligible entities to be awarded funds under this act are not-for-profit private agencies with experience operating a YouthBuild program or…

34:15D-41 YouthBuild funds application requirements. 7. The commissioner shall require that an application for YouthBuild funds under this act contain at a minimum: a. A request for an implementation grant, specifying the amount of the grant requested and its proposed uses; b. A …

34:15D-42 YouthBuild applicant selected for funding, provide information, certain; Department of Labor and Workforce Development, evaluation report, Governor, Legislature. 8. a. An applicant selected for funding under this act shall provide to the department information on progra…

34:15D-5 Office of Customized Training established. 5. a. There is hereby established, as part of the Workforce Development Partnership Program, the Office of Customized Training. Moneys allocated to the office from the fund shall be used to provide employment and training servic…

34:15D-5.1 Findings, declarations relative to under-represented participants in apprenticeships. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are under-represented in the skilled trades and apprenticeship programs, despite the fact t…

34:15D-5.2 Establishment of peer-to-peer Statewide apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. 2. a. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Chief Diversity Officer …

34:15D-6 Training grants. 6. a. The Workforce Development Partnership Program shall, to the extent that resources available in the fund permit, provide, for each qualified displaced or disadvantaged worker who undergoes counseling pursuant to section 7 of this act, a training gra…

34:15D-6.1 Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant Program. 3. a. There is created in the Office of Customized Training in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development the Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to provide an incentive for eligible organiz…

34:15D-6.2 Apprentice Assistance and Support Services Pilot Program. 1. a. There is established in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a five-year Apprentice Assistance and Support Services Pilot Program. The purpose of the program shall be to address two significan…

34:15D-7 Counseling. 7. Counseling shall be made available by the department to each qualified displaced worker or qualified disadvantaged worker applying to participate in the Workforce Development Partnership program and, in the case of a qualified disadvantaged worker who is a…

34:15D-8 Employment, training services; criteria. 8. a. No employment and training services shall be obtained from a service provider with moneys from the fund unless the provider is located in New Jersey and the provider is an approved service provider, except that, in the case …

34:15D-9 Workforce Development Partnership Fund. 9. a. A restricted, nonlapsing, revolving Workforce Development Partnership Fund, to be managed and invested by the State Treasurer, is hereby established to: provide employment and training services to qualified displaced, disadva…

34:15E-1. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Youth Transitions to Work Partnership Act." L.1993,c.268,s.1.

34:15E-2. Findings, declarations 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. To succeed in the face of intensely competitive conditions, the economy of New Jersey requires the creation of a growing pool of highly trained, technologically sophisticated young workers, which can …

34:15E-3 Definitions. 3. As used in this act: "Apprenticeship Policy Committee" or "committee" means the New Jersey Apprenticeship Policy Committee which: a. Was established by a written agreement of: the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in the U.S. Department of Labor; the …

34:15E-4. Youth Transitions to Work Partnership established; purpose 4. a. The Youth Transitions to Work Partnership is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Labor. Notwithstanding any appropriations that are made to the Youth Transitions to Work Partnership from t…

34:15E-5. Grant eligibility 5. a. To be eligible for a grant from the partnership, a consortium shall include: (1) Each employer that employs apprentices in connection with the grant or participates in developing or providing linkage services pursuant to section 6 of this act; (2…

34:15E-6. School-to-apprenticeship linkage program, establishment. 6. a. Each consortium which is awarded a grant from the partnership shall establish a pre-apprenticeship, or school-to-apprenticeship linkage program, for high school students, which shall include the development …

34:15E-7. Program link to post-secondary education options established 7. Each consortium which is awarded a grant from the partnership shall establish a program which provides the option of linkages from apprenticeship to subsequent post-secondary education. Grants may also be p…

34:15E-7.1 Guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training. 1. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, shall develop guidelines for use by high school counselors to coordinate …

34:15F-1 Findings, declarations relative to mentoring programs. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that there are a significant number of students in New Jersey who are economically and socially disadvantaged and who are alienated from the community and school. These students …

34:15F-11 Rules, regulations. 11. The Department of Labor shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L. 1999, c.279, s.11.

34:15F-12 Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program. 1. a. There is established in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program which shall be administered by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce …

34:15F-13 Development, administration of program. 2. a. In cooperation with the Disadvantaged Youth Employment Opportunities Council established in section 1 of P.L.2001, c.446 (C.34:15F-12), the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the State Empl…

34:15F-14 Maximum hours of employment for youths. 3. a. The State's limitations on hours of employment for child labor shall govern the maximum hours of employment for youths employed through the program. For participation in the employment program, the youth shall receive from t…

34:15F-15 Plan to collect data on effectiveness of program. 4. a. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall implement a plan to collect data on the effectiveness of the program in meeting the needs and conditions of disadvantaged youths which place them at risk of…

34:15F-16 Eligibility for tax credit allotments. 5. Employers participating in the employment program established under this act shall be eligible for the tax credit allotments authorized under the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (now pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill…

34:15F-17 Study, report on providing students with information and employment in high-demand industries. 1. The Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall undertake a review of all existing efforts of their respective departments that …

34:15F-2 Definitions relative to mentoring programs. 2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development; "Department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; "Educational foundation" means a nonprofit organization tha…

34:15F-3 At-Risk Youth Mentoring Program. 3. There is established in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development an At-Risk Youth Mentoring Program to be administered by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to the provisions of this act. The commissi…

34:15F-4 "At-Risk Youth Mentoring Grant Fund." 4. There is established within the Department of Labor a separate grant fund to be known as the "At-Risk Youth Mentoring Grant Fund." An educational foundation shall be eligible to apply for a grant of a minimum of $25,000 up to a ma…

34:15F-5 Application for grant. 5. An educational foundation shall submit an application for a grant to the commissioner for his review. The application shall provide the following information: the name of the educational foundation; the name of the school district that created o…

34:15F-6 Participation of mentor; student schedules. 6. a. Under the program each mentor shall commit to participate in the program for a minimum of one calendar year. Each student shall meet with a mentor one day per week for at least one hour unless the district determines that…

34:15F-7 Criminal history record check for mentor. 7. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1986, c.116 (C.18A:6-7.1 et seq.) to the contrary, a mentor shall undergo a criminal history record check in accordance with the procedures established in that act, except that the educatio…

34:15F-8 Joint Committee on Mentoring. 8. There is created a joint legislative committee to be known as the Joint Committee on Mentoring. The joint committee shall be comprised of 12 members, six members from each House. The President of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the …

34:15F-9 Annual report on progress of mentoring program; report to Governor, Legislature after three years. 9. a. An educational foundation shall submit an annual report on the progress of its mentoring program to the department and to the joint committee on or before May 1 of ea…

34:16-20 Definitions. 1. As used in this chapter: "Division" means the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. "Maintenance" means payments to cover the basic living …

34:16-21. Rehabilitation commission; membership There is hereby established the Rehabilitation Commission which is placed in the Department of Labor and Industry for housekeeping purposes. The commission is hereby designated as the sole State agency to administer and supervise vo…

34:16-22. Chairman The chairman of the commission shall be the Commissioner of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey. L.1955, c. 64, p. 213, s. 3.