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

34:6-146. Registration of manufacturers, contractors 3. a. No manufacturer or contractor shall engage in the apparel industry in this State unless the manufacturer or contractor is registered as a manufacturer or contractor with the department, in writing, on a form provided by t…

34:6-147. Special Task Force on the Apparel Industry reestablished as apparel industry unit 4. The commissioner shall establish, within 120 days of the effective date of this act, a Special Task Force on the Apparel Industry to enforce State labor laws affecting the employment of…

34:6-148. Duties of apparel industry unit 5. The apparel industry unit is charged with the following duties: a. To inspect manufacturers and contractors, with respect to their production employees, for compliance with the registration requirements of section 3 of this act; b. To …

34:6-149 Powers of apparel industry unit. 6. The apparel industry unit shall have the following powers: a. To investigate and conduct inspections at locations where an apparel industry manufacturer or contractor is operating to ensure compliance with this act; b. To inspect books…

34:6-150 Violations, penalties. 7. a. Any manufacturer or contractor who has failed to comply with the registration requirements of section 3 of this act shall be deemed to have violated this act. b. Any manufacturer or contractor who has failed to comply, for the second time wit…

34:6-151. Additional penalties 1. a. The commissioner may, in addition to seeking civil, administrative, or criminal penalties pursuant to P.L.1987, c.458 (C.34:6-144 et seq.), order the apparel industry unit to confiscate any partially or completely assembled articles of apparel…

34:6-152. List of violators made public 2. The commissioner or his designee shall make public a list of all manufacturers and contractors which have been found guilty of violations of P.L.1987, c.458 (C.34:6-144 et seq.) or any other act for which a manufacturer or contractor may…

34:6-153. Manufacturer, contractor to keep records on production employees 3. Each manufacturer and contractor shall keep accurate records regarding all of its production employees during the preceding three years and make those records available to the apparel industry unit upon…

34:6-154. Information confidential, use by apparel industry unit 8. Information obtained or collected by the department pursuant to this act shall be exempt from P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), and shall be used exclusively by the apparel industry unit in effectuating the pur…

34:6-155. Report 9. Two years after the effective date of this act the special task force shall issue a report on its activities. This report shall be delivered to the labor committees and appropriations committees of the Legislature. L.1987,c.458,s.9.

34:6-156. Training for apparel industry unit 10. The apparel industry unit shall receive training to be provided by the State in each of the areas of the State's labor laws and other applicable State laws necessary to carry out the duties and powers of section 5 and section 6 of …

34:6-157. Appropriation 11. a. There is appropriated from the General Fund $350,000.00 to the Division of Workplace Standards in the Department of Labor to effectuate the purposes of this act. b. Receipts from registration fees and penalties collected pursuant to the provisions o…

34:6-158 Findings, declarations relative to procurement of apparel. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A significant portion of the apparel industry has a history of poor conditions for its workers; b. The largest part of the apparel purchases of the State of New Jers…

34:6-159 Definitions relative to procurement of apparel. 2. For the purpose of P.L.2009, c.247 (C.34:6-158 et seq.): "Apparel" means any clothing, headwear, linens or fabric. "Apparel contracts" shall include all purchases, rentals or other acquisitions of apparel products by the…

34:6-160 Apparel production in compliance with certain requirements. 3. When purchasing or otherwise obtaining apparel from a vendor, including approving a vendor for participation in allowance or voucher programs, a public body shall require that all apparel production is in com…

34:6-161 Information provided to public body by bidder for apparel contract. 4. Every bidder for an apparel contract with a public body shall inform the public body in writing of the following information, which shall be made available by the public body to the public as soon as …

34:6-162 Apparel Procurement Board. 5. a. The Apparel Procurement Board is established and shall be composed of seven individuals as follows: three individuals selected by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO who represent unions of uniformed personnel of the State; three individuals sel…

34:6-21.1. Reports of fires in industrial establishments The fire chief of every municipality, or in the absence thereof, the person in responsible charge of fire fighting in such municipalities, shall report the occurrence of every fire in an industrial establishment in the muni…

34:6-21.2. Form of report The report shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner and shall identify the premises by ownership and location, state the number of injuries and fatalities that were caused by the fire, contain an estimate of amount of fire dama…

34:6-21.3. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty. L.1950, c. 51, p. 90, s. 3.

34:6-47.1. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor or any of his authorized representatives. b. "High-voltage lines" means electrical conductors installed above ground and having a voltage differential in excess of 750 volts between any …

34:6-47.2. Prohibited activity No employer or supervising agent of an employer shall require or permit an employee to participate in the operation, erection, transportation, handling, or storage of any tools, machinery, equipment, supplies, materials, or apparatus or the moving o…

34:6-47.4. Warning sign required The owner, agent, lessee, bailee, user, or employer responsible for the operations of equipment capable of coming in contact with a high-voltage line in the course of its operation, shall post and maintain in plain view of the operator on each pie…

34:6-47.5. Notification to power company and responsibility for safeguards Whenever any activity is to be performed requiring precautionary action under section 2 of this act, the employer, contractor or other person responsible for the activity shall, promptly notify the owner o…

34:6-47.6. Enforcement The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act and he is hereby empowered to prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations consistent herewith. L.1948, c. 249, p. 1102, s. 6.

34:6-47.7a. Penalty for violation 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of P.L.1948, c.249 (C.34:6-47.1 et seq.) shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00 to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enfo…

34:6-47.8 Exceptions. 8. This act shall not be construed as applying to, shall not apply to, and is not intended to apply to, the construction, reconstruction, operations, and maintenance of overhead electrical conductors and their supporting structures and associated equipment b…

34:6-47.9. Partial invalidity In case any provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or void for any reason, such adjudication shall not affect any of the other provisions of this act. L.1948, c. 249, p. 1103, s. 9.

34:6-67.2. Application of chapter Whenever, in the chapter to which this act is a supplement, reference is made to a factory, to a workshop, or to a place where the manufacture of goods of any kind is carried on, it shall be presumed, unless the context of the particular section …

34:6-98.1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the Mine Safety Act. L.1954, c. 197, p. 730, s. 1.

34:6-98.10. Limitation of municipal ordinances No municipality or other governmental subdivision shall have the power to make any ordinance, by-law or resolution providing for safety to workers in the mining industry or providing for protection of property that does not comply wi…

34:6-98.11. Hearing of aggrieved persons a. Any person aggrieved by an act of the commissioner or the department under this act may, upon application made within 15 days after notice thereof, be entitled to a hearing before the commissioner who shall, within 30 days thereafter, h…

34:6-98.12. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Labor and Industry the sum of $70,000.00 for the use of the commissioner in administering and enforcing the provisions of this act. L.1954, c. 197, p. 744, s. 12.

34:6-98.13. Enforcement of act It shall be the duty of the commissioner to enforce the provisions of this act, to make complaints against persons or firms; companies or corporations, or agents thereof; and operators, violating any of its provisions and to prosecute violations of …

34:6-98.14 Violations, penalties. 14. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $2,500 for the first offense, not more than $5,000 for the second offense and not more than $10,000 for the third and any subsequent offense,…

34:6-98.15. Provisions severable If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portion of this act. L.1954, c. 197, p. 745, s. 15.

34:6-98.16. Inconsistent acts superseded All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby superseded. L.1954, c. 197, p. 745, s. 16.

34:6-98.17. Repeals Article 9 of chapter 6 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes (sections 34:6-68 to 34:6-98) and sections 34:1-34, 34:1-35, 34:1-36 of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed. L.1954, c. 197, p. 745, s. 17.

34:6-98.18. Effective date This act shall take effect October 1, 1954, providing however, that sections 3 and 12 of this act shall take effect immediately. L.1954, c. 197, p. 745, s. 18.

34:6-98.2 Definitions relative to mine safety. 2. As used in this act: "Approved" means approved by the commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or any of his authorized representatives. "Department" means the Department of Labor and …

34:6-98.3 Mine safety section, powers, duties. 3. a. There is hereby created within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a mine safety section. b. The mine safety section shall be under the immediate supervision of a section chief, who shall be responsible for the ef…

34:6-98.4 Authority and duties of the commissioner. 4. a. The commissioner shall administer the provisions of this act and may promulgate, make, amend and repeal necessary and reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. Such rules and regula…

34:6-98.5 Annual report to Governor. 5. The commissioner shall embody in his annual report to the Governor a statistical summary and report of work of the section during the year ending June 30. a. The report shall contain a statement showing for each mine, the number of persons …

34:6-98.6 General requirements. 6. a. Every operator shall comply with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations issued hereunder and every person shall comply with such provisions as applicable to that person. b. Every operator before opening a new mine, pit or qu…

34:6-98.7 Safety. 7. a. Every mine shall be so constructed, equipped, arranged, operated, maintained and conducted in all respects as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health and safety of all persons employed therein, or legally frequenting the same, th…

34:6-98.8 Explosives. 8. a. When explosives are used in a mine or quarry, the manner of storing, keeping, handling, moving, charging and firing, or in any manner using such explosives, shall be in accordance with the requirements of the "Explosives Act," P.L.1960, c.55 (C.21:1A-1…