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Concerns UI employer contribution reports.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Requires State, county, and municipal social service workers to periodically complete implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Exempts certain non-profit entities from requirement that certain employers offer employees certain pre-tax transportation fringe benefits.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Prohibits workplace discrimination based on menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause.
Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
"New Jersey Works Act"; permits businesses to apply for tax credits for establishing approved pre-employment and work readiness training programs in partnership with schools, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.
Establishes "New Jersey Earn and Learn Program;" provides tax credits for employers providing structured apprenticeships and paid internships.
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Creates "New Jersey Workplace Skills Savings Program"; appropriates $25 million.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in healthcare facilities, home care services, and hospice services; makes appropriation.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Provides employer and employee protections pursuant to use of legalized cannabis items.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Provides super conciliation for certain emergency responder service employees, and requires continuation of contract provisions during negotiations.
Exempts certain workers and organizations from Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical cannabis patients.
Requires employers to report certain allegations of sexual assault.
Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Requires State to provide recipients of State tax refunds, unemployment insurance benefits and State employee compensation certain payment options.
Exempts volunteer first responder stipends from certain payroll and income taxes.
Establishes pilot program providing tuition fee waiver for certain apprenticeship courses.
Includes minimum number of firefighting personnel for public employer as term and condition of employment for purpose of collective bargaining under certain circumstances; provides for dispute resolution procedure.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Regulates use of artificial intelligence-enabled video interview in hiring process.
Requires DOLWD to make initial unemployment claim determination within two weeks of filing; establishes claimant hotline for pending unemployment claims.
Reduces threshold cost, from $5 million to $3 million, of public works projects which may include project labor agreements.
Permits certain local units to enter into project labor agreements for public works projects below the $5 million threshold.
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing employee threshold from 30 employees to 15 employees in definition of employer.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Requires restaurant employees to receive periodic sexual harassment training.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Prohibiting training repayment agreements.
Prohibits certain non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.
Establishes program in DOLWD to address jobs lost due to automation.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Urges Congress to exempt unemployment insurance and certain leave benefits from federal taxation.
Prohibits payment of subminimum wage due to age, disability, injury, or status as apprentice, learner, or student through special license issued by DOLWD.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Establishes public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence job training.
Requires employer to allow employee suffering from menstrual disorder to work remotely in certain circumstances.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Amends "Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act" to exclude full-time students and au pairs from definition of domestic worker and remove joint and several liability provision from law.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
"New Jersey Fair Workweek Act."
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Urges generative artificial intelligence companies to make voluntary commitments regarding employee whistleblower protections.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credit for employment of persons who have experienced job loss due to automation.
Directs DOLWD to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to health care professions; appropriates $1 million.
Clarifies that sexual harassment and sexual assault constitute unlawful discrimination on basis of sex.
Recognizes and celebrates April 10 as Dolores Huerta's birthday.
Declares Department of Labor and Workforce Development new rules concerning employment status test for independent contractors inconsistent with legislative intent.
Establishes Nuclear Energy Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Establishes program for recruitment, training, and retention of health care professionals in veterans memorial homes; appropriates $370,000.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Concerns bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Requires employers to include in job posting whether posting is for existing position and sets additional job posting requirements.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Reduces statute of limitations from six years to two years in medical fee disputes in workers' compensation matters.
Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
Establishes "Guaranteed Income Pilot Program" in DOLWD for residents of certain cities.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
Permits certain local units to enter into project labor agreements for public works projects below the $5 million threshold.
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Concerns submission of testimony in workers' compensation claims.
Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeship tax credit program.
Establishes Statewide youth apprenticeship program; appropriates $25 million annually.
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Provides paid leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide those leave benefits.
Excludes tips from gross income tax.
Provides gross income tax credit for qualified union dues paid to labor organizations.
Amends current child labor laws to protect minor working as vlogger in certain circumstances.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act"; requires verification of employment.
Creates Wind and Nuclear Production Apprenticeship Grant Program.
Requires certain salary, compensation and benefit information to be included in certain job postings.
Requires DOLWD to undertake study on effects of temporary employment on work force.
Requires DOLWD to allow individuals to schedule unemployment service appointments at One Stop Career Centers via telephone or Internet.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Establishes additional manner of employer compliance to provide earned sick leave for certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Clarifies choice of independent contractor status for certain licensed or regulated professionals.
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Reaffirms continuation of Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations; appropriates $750,000.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Prohibits non-compete clauses.
Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.
Requires employer to disclose information concerning leave eligibility in hiring package.
Concerns work break periods and warehouse conditions of employment.
Creates "New Jersey Responsible AI Advancement and Workforce Protection Act."
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program and artificial intelligence apprenticeship tax credit program.
Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.
Revises child labor laws concerning employment of minor in theatrical production.
Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Amends current child labor laws to protect minor working as vlogger in certain circumstances.
Requires State to provide recipients of State tax refunds, unemployment insurance benefits and State employee compensation certain payment options.
Exempts volunteer first responder stipends from certain payroll and income taxes.
Prohibits cooperative from receiving public works contract when cooperative-approved vendor fails to pay prevailing wage; concerns cooperative purchasing agreements with other states; and permits contracting units to award certain indefinite contracts.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing employee threshold from 30 employees to 15 employees in definition of employer.
Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances.
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
Includes minimum number of firefighting personnel for public employer as term and condition of employment for purpose of collective bargaining under certain circumstances; provides for dispute resolution procedure.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Permits mortgage loan originators to work from remote locations under certain circumstances.
Creates "New Jersey Workplace Skills Savings Program"; appropriates $25 million.
Creates "New Jersey Responsible AI Advancement and Workforce Protection Act."
Clarifies choice of independent contractor status for certain licensed or regulated professionals.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Declares Department of Labor and Workforce Development new rules concerning employment status test for independent contractors inconsistent with legislative intent.
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.
Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances.
Concerns requirements to report separations from employment under employee leasing agreements.
Limits amount of payment that State agency as property owner may withhold from certain contractors on State construction contracts to two percent of amount due.
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for individuals who leave work for student teaching experience.
Establishes Statewide youth apprenticeship program; appropriates $25 million annually.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Provides paid leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide those leave benefits.
Establishes additional manner of employer compliance to provide earned sick leave for certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.
Prohibits non-compete clauses.
Prohibits non-compete clauses and no-poach agreements.
Requires DOLWD to establish job portal for employers in State to post listings for positions that are at least 50 percent in-person.
Urges Congress to exempt unemployment insurance and certain leave benefits from federal taxation.
Requires employer to allow employee suffering from menstrual disorder to work remotely in certain circumstances.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Establishes "Guaranteed Income Pilot Program" in DOLWD for residents of certain cities.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Requires employers to include in job posting whether posting is for existing position and sets additional job posting requirements.
Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
Prohibits certain non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.
Establishes "Business Growth Protection Act"; revises law concerning temporary help service firms and temporary laborers.
Urges generative artificial intelligence companies to make voluntary commitments regarding employee whistleblower protections.
Establishes working hours for certain minors employed as professional athletes.
Establishes public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence job training.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Establishes "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" and occupational heat stress standard in DOLWD.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program and artificial intelligence apprenticeship tax credit program.
Requires contractor subject to prevailing wage law to provide orientation meeting to new employee on prevailing wage project.
Requires transparency concerning compensation with promotional opportunities and in employment listings.
Redirects portion of worker's unemployment compensation trust fund contribution to unemployment compensation administration fund.
Revises unemployment compensation law.
Excludes tips from gross income tax.
"New Jersey Works Act"; permits businesses to apply for tax credits for establishing approved pre-employment and work readiness training programs in partnership with schools, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.
Requires employer to disclose information concerning leave eligibility in hiring package.
Requires transparency concerning compensation in employment listings and with promotional opportunities.
Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.
Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.
Permits temporary appointment of additional members to the Board of Review in the Division of Employment Security.
Establishes 10 year Menstrual Leave and Remote Work Pilot Program.
Recognizes and celebrates April 10 as Dolores Huerta's birthday.
Amends "Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act" to exclude full-time students and au pairs from definition of domestic worker and remove joint and several liability provision from law.
Establishes program for recruitment, training, and retention of health care professionals in veterans memorial homes; appropriates $370,000.
Reconstitutes the "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Reconstitutes the "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.
Designates March 31 of each year as "Cesar Chavez Day."
Regulates use of artificial intelligence enabled video interview in hiring process.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credit for employment of persons who have experienced job loss due to automation.
Directs DOLWD to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to health care professions; appropriates $1 million.
Clarifies that sexual harrassment and sexual assault constitute unlawful discrimination on basis of sex.
Creates standards for independent bias auditing of automated employment decision tools.
Creates "New Jersey Private Contractor Registration Act"; makes an appropriation.
Urges United States Congress to renew funding for Affordable Connectivity Program.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeship tax credit program.
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
Concerns discrimination based on membership in a labor organization.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to conduct study to identify composition of current health care workforce, estimate future gaps, and recommend solutions to address gaps.
Urges Governor to resume in-person services at DOLWD.
Requires DOLWD to allow individuals to schedule unemployment service appointments at One Stop Career Centers via telephone or Internet.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Establishes Cannabis Certified Worker Grant Program and Social Equity Certified Worker Hiring Grant Program; makes appropriation.
Requires DOLWD to undertake study on effects of temporary employment on work force.
Prevents future tax increases based on revisions to employee unemployment tax wage base; allocates $100 million to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Creates "Unemployment Intake Accountability Pilot Program."
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Reduces statute of limitations from six years to two years in medical fee disputes in workers' compensation matters.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Creates Wind and Nuclear Production Apprenticeship Grant Program.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.
Revises hotel sanitization protocols to remove requirement that occupied guest rooms be cleaned and sanitized daily.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Establishes Health Care Workers COVID-19 Supplemental Benefits Program; appropriates $30 million.
Concerns workers' cooperative societies.
Establishes Nuclear Energy Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million.
Provides super conciliation for certain emergency responder service employees, and requires continuation of contract provisions during negotiations.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Prohibiting training repayment agreements.
Urges DOLWD to plan for large influxes of unemployment insurance claims.
Provides gross income tax credit for qualified union dues paid to labor organizations.
Concerns work break periods and warehouse conditions of employment.
Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act"; requires verification of employment.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Concerns submission of testimony in workers' compensation claims.
Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.
Requires DOLWD to process unemployment claims within two weeks of filing.
Prohibits payment of subminimum wage due to age, disability, injury, or status as apprentice, learner, or student through special license issued by DOLWD.
Requires certain salary, compensation and benefit information to be included in certain job postings.
Regulates use of automated tools in hiring decisions to minimize discrimination in employment.
Requires restaurant employees to receive periodic sexual harassment training.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increases in unemployment insurance contributions.
Concerns bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
"New Jersey Fair Workweek Act."
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.
Establishes program in DOLWD to address jobs lost due to automation.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Establishes "Commission on Apprenticeship Program Promotion."
Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Prohibits employers from inquiring about gender of job applicants under certain circumstances.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
"Farm Worker Epidemic Health and Safety Act"; concerns public health and certain protections for farm workers.
Reaffirms continuation of Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations; appropriates $750,000.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Provides employee access to employee's employment records on file with DOLWD.
Allows unions to file wage claim suits on behalf of workers regardless of their union affiliation.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to five employees in definition of employer.
Prohibits payment of subminimum wage due to age, disability, injury, or status as apprentice, learner, or student through special license issued by DOLWD.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Establishes 21st Century Injured Workers' Access to Justice Act.
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to conduct study to identify composition of current health care workforce, estimate future gaps, and recommend solutions to address gaps.
Exempts certain volunteer first responders from coverage under "unemployment compensation law"; excludes from gross income amounts received for certain volunteer emergency services.
Establishes Cannabis Certified Worker Grant Program and Social Equity Certified Worker Hiring Grant Program; makes appropriation.
Reaffirms continuation of Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations, appropriates $750,000.
Permits temporary appointment of additional members to the Board of Review in the Division of Employment Security.
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
Designates September of each year as "Workforce Development Month."
Requires public works contractor registration and payroll certification for public works projects to be completed online.
Concerns prevailing wage requirements for certain fabrication.
Raises maximum workers' compensation fees for evaluating physicians; expands circumstances for which physician legal fees are permitted.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credit for employment of persons who have experienced job loss due to automation.
Establishes Health Care Workers COVID-19 Supplemental Benefits Program; appropriates $30 million.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Reduces statute of limitations from six years to two years in medical fee disputes in workers' compensation matters.
Requires employer or contractor engaged in goverment work for a public body to register with and submit payroll records to DOLWD.
Increases attorney fee in workers' compensation cases.
Provides gross income tax credit for qualified union dues paid to labor organizations.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to one employee in definition of employer.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Provides for oversight and improvement of administration of unemployment compensation.
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
"New Jersey Works Act"; Permits businesses to create pre-employment training programs in partnership with nonprofit organizations or educational institutions; provides tax credit to businesses that provide financial assistance to pre-employment training programs; makes appropriation.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increases in unemployment insurance contributions.
Requires transparency concerning compensation with promotional opportunities and in employment listings.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Requires DOLWD to undertake study on effects of temporary employment on work force.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.
Establishes program in DOLWD to address jobs lost due to automation.
Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
Requires DOLWD to establish and maintain "Small Business Manual on Wage and Hour Compliance."
Revises effective date of severance requirements under "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act."
Reconstitutes the "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Reconstitutes "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Urges DOLWD to plan for large influxes of unemployment insurance claims.
Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
Designates second week of November of each year as "National Apprenticeship Week in New Jersey."
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Provides certain protections for employees of temporary help service firms.
Establishes Nuclear Energy Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million.
Prohibits certain non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.
Clarifies the newspaper delivery person and news media stringer are independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Creates Wind and Nuclear Production Apprenticeship Grant Program.
Concerns work break periods and warehouse conditions of employment.
Revises hotel sanitization protocols to remove requirement that occupied guest rooms be cleaned and sanitized daily.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Requires certain employers to provide certain employees with notifications concerning federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on election days.
Temporarily expands summer working hours for certain minors.
Prohibits certain non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.
Establishes recruitment and referral program for certain individuals and extends certain provisions of law concerning affirmative action in public works contracts to workers with disabilities.
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increase in State Unemployment Insurance contributions.
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.
Prohibits employers from imposing costs for personal protective equipment and medical procedures on employees.
Provides family leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide full paid family leave benefits.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Requires DOLWD to establish mobile unit program to provide unemployment compensation insurance assistance and services.
Expands wage and hour law good-faith violation defense to DOLWD employee interpretations; establishes procedure for employer to obtain opinion from DOLWD on overtime obligations.
Concerns submission of testimony in workers' compensation claims.
Prevents future tax increases based on revisions to employee unemployment tax wage base; allocates $100 million to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance.
Urges Governor to provide reports required by law regarding TDI and FLI program operations.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Designates March 31 of each year as "Cesar Chavez Day."
Concerns NJ PLACE, allocates $300,000 for FY2020.
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
Directs State Auditor to audit Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance in DOLWD.
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.
Requires DOLWD to process unemployment claims within two weeks of filing.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Concerns bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Urges Governor and Commissioner of DOLWD to reopen One-Stop Career Centers.
Establishes "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Law Study Commission."
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats program in the DMVA; appropriates $400,000.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Increases maximum weekly benefit rate for temporary disability and family leave.
Concerns workers' cooperative societies.
Regulates use of automated tools in hiring decisions to minimize discrimination in employment.
"Farm Worker Epidemic Health and Safety Act"; concerns public health and certain protections for farm workers.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Concerns payment of independent contractors.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Requires DOLWD to take measures to ensure State unemployment offices reopen immediately and remain open during and after public health emergency.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Urges Congress to pass "Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Limits certain provisions in restrictive covenants and limits enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Prohibits employer from reducing salary of remote employee who moves to area with lower cost of living than where employee lived at time of hire or last adjustment of salary.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Urges U.S. Soccer Federation to provide equitable treatment to U.S. Women's National Team.
Allows more rigorous training hour requirements for registered apprenticeship programs.
Requires State Employment and Training Commission member to specialize in serving transgender communities.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Imposes penalties for violations to "Local Public Contracts Law."
Requires construction service and maintenance contractors to register with DOLWD.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
Prohibits severance pay agreements from barring certain employee claims against employer.
Amends Constitution to require legislative consent for any State approval of a trade agreement.
Designates March 31 of each year as "Cesar Chavez Day."
Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.
Excludes payments made for unemployment compensation benefits related to layoffs resulting from public health emergency or state of emergency from calculation of employer contribution for unemployment compensation benefits.
Increases minimum wage for direct support professionals.
Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.
Creates "Unemployment Intake Accountability Pilot Program."
Requires DOLWD to take measures to ensure One-Step Career Centers reopen immediately and remain open during public health emergency.
Prohibits job discrimination for activities or affiliations not affecting job performance or qualifications.
Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Concerns apprenticeship programs of public works contractors.
Provides fast track hiring and advancement employment opportunities by State for persons with significant disabilities.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Prohibits employer use of tracking device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances.
"New Jersey Fair Workweek Act."
Clarifies prohibition on discrimination against servicemembers in "Law Against Discrimination."
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Requires certain notices to be provided to individuals applying for temporary disability leave benefits.
Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Establishes "Commission on Apprenticeship Program Promotion."
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Exempts small businesses from apprenticeship requirement under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Provides super conciliation for certain emergency responder service employees, and requires continuation of contract provisions during negotiations.
Expands wage and hour law good-faith violation defense to DOLWD employee interpretations.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Concerns repayment of UI benefit overpayments.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.
Prohibits employers from inquiring about gender of job applicants under certain circumstances.
Urges Governor to resume in-person services at DOLWD.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public a webinar on TDI, family temporary disability leave, and family leave.
Concerns changes in control of hotels and disruptions of hotel services.
Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Exempts certain commercial fishermen from coverage under "unemployment compensation law."
Provides for employment by State of certain persons with disabilities.
Provides fast track hiring and advancement employment opportunities by State for persons with significant disabilities.
Establishes waterfront wage standards.
Expands workers' compensation coverage to parking areas provided by employer.
Updates licenses offered by and certain licensure requirements from Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors.
Allocates sufficient funds to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.
Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
"New Jersey Works Act"; Permits businesses to create pre-employment training programs in partnership with nonprofit organizations or educational institutions; provides tax credit to businesses that provide financial assistance to pre-employment training programs.
"New Jersey Works Act"; Permits businesses to create pre-employment training programs in partnership with nonprofit organizations or educational institutions; provides tax credit to businesses that provide financial assistance to pre-employment training programs.
Concerns repayment of UI benefit overpayments.
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Increases maximum weekly benefit rate for temporary disability and family leave.
Requires certain notices to be provided to individuals applying for temporary disability leave benefits.
Creates "Unemployment Intake Accountability Pilot Program."
Provides super conciliation for certain emergency responder service employees, and requires continuation of contract provisions during negotiations.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Designates second week of November of each year as "National Apprenticeship Week in New Jersey."
Concerns labor contractors.
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
Modifies process for obtaining working certificates for minors.
Concerns liability of certain non-profit and governmental employers for unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
Prohibits employer use of tracking or electronic communications device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.
Concerns labor harmony agreements in retail and distribution center projects.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Requires State Employment and Training Commission member to specialize in serving transgender communities.
Concerns sign fabrication and prevailing wage requirements.
Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Establishes NJ Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Commission in the Department of State.
Requires entity contracted with DOLWD to provide benefits to provide separate notice of issuance of prepaid debit card.
Permits United States Postal Service to participate in State TDI program.
Urges Governor to resume in-person services at DOLWD.
Provides temporary paid earned sick leave to workers during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Modifies process for obtaining working certificates for minors.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to create Statewide database of certified payroll information for public works projects.
Requires DOLWD to take measures to ensure One-Step Career Centers reopen immediately and remain open during public health emergency.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public a webinar on TDI, family temporary disability leave, and family leave.
Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities.
Establishes "Registered Apprenticeship Program for State Agencies"; makes an appropriation.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Promotes workforce diversity in public works projects; revises "public works projects" definition to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Concerns contributions to the unemployment compensation fund by employee leasing companies.
Requires published decisions of Appeal Tribunal or Board of Review of Division of Unemployment Insurance to redact names of parties.
Designates March 31 of each year as "Cesar Chavez Day."
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of State's economy.
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.
Increases penalties for failure to report employee wages.
Establishes resume bank in Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in DOLWD.
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD.
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Establishes recruitment and referral program for certain individuals and extends certain provisions of law concerning affirmative action in public works contracts to workers with disabilities.
Promotes workforce diversity in public works projects; revises "public works projects" definition to permit project labor agreements.
Concerns medical treatments arising from workers' compensation claims.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Establishes "Commission on Apprenticeship Program Promotion."
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Increases minimum wage for direct support professionals.
Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Extends prevailing wage requirements to certain for-sale housing projects.
Concerns work accommodations during COVID19 pandemic.
Urges Governor and Commissioner of DOLWD to reopen One-Stop Career Centers.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Concerns workers' compensation; revises effective date of P.L.2019, c.387 to clarify that law applies to cases pending, but not yet settled, or filed on or after of enactment; increases burial expense allowance.
Establishes Essential Employees Hazard Compensation and Employer Liability Limitation Program; affords COVID-19 liability protections and provides financial incentives to certain employers that provide hazard pay to eligible employees; makes an appropriation.
Prohibits workers' compensation insurance carrier from filing subrogation claim against third party for employee injury arising from automobile accident.
Reconstitutes the "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Provides certain employment protections for working parents due to school closure during state of emergency and public health emergency.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Concerns skilled and trained workforce in work by contractors in certain industries.
Directs State Auditor to audit Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance in DOLWD.
Excludes unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus pandemic state of emergency from calculation of employer unemployment contributions and payments in lieu of contributions.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage and contractor registration laws.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Provides that effective date of unemployment claim is date on which individual becomes unemployed.
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Concerns UI benefits provided to workers.
Removes limitations on expenses of suit and attorneys' fees from third party liability claims in workers' compensation cases.
Provides overtime pay to farmworkers.
Directs State Auditor to audit DOLWD Division of Unemployment Insurance.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Prohibits employer from reducing salary of remote employee who moves to area with lower cost of living than where employee lived at time of hire or last adjustment of salary.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to employers that provide implicit bias training to their employees.
Urges Congress to pass "Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
Concerns prevailing wage payments in residential construction projects.
Protects health care professionals from retaliatory action by employers during ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Requires DOH to establish sanitization guidelines for hotels operating in State.
Requires DOH to establish sanitization standards and protocols for casinos operating in State.
Concerns earned sick leave benefits.
Enhances certain worker benefits and protections, including in public emergencies.
Excludes payments made for unemployment compensation benefits related to layoffs resulting from public health emergency or state of emergency from calculation of employer contribution for unemployment compensation benefits.
Waives required physical presence of employee during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Concerns reinstatement of workers after taking family leave.
Concerns reinstatement of workers taking family leave during public health emergencies.
Concerning certain unemployment insurance benefit claims.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
Designates second Tuesday in April as "Equal Pay Day."
Prohibits severance pay agreements from barring certain employee claims against employer.
Requires notification for exhaustion workers compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.
Allows sharing of family leave benefits between covered individuals under certain circumstances.
Revises worker payroll taxes for the unemployment compensation, Workforce Development Partnership, and Supplemental Workforce Basic Skill funds.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Prohibits employers from inquiring about gender of job applicants under certain circumstances.
Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.
Concerns workers' cooperative societies.
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Requires repayment of development subsidies in certain cases of failure to meet job creation or retention requirements.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
"Tipped Wage Worker Protection Act."
Establishes service for reporting employer and employment service violations and requires posting of certain notifications.
Urges U.S. Soccer Federation to provide equitable treatment to U.S. Women's National Team.
Requires certain physicians to perform examination for potential brain injury related to workers' compensation award; requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to mandate brain injury training and protocol for employers and insurance carriers.
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Amends Constitution to require legislative consent for any State approval of a trade agreement.
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Requires contracts for sale of certain health care entities to honor existing collective bargaining agreements.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Provides tax credits to certain employers of employees less than 18 years old.
Establishes Energy and Manufacturing Workforce Development Program in DOLWD.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
"New Jersey Fair Workweek Act."
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Requires restaurant employees to receive periodic sexual harassment training.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Exempts small businesses from apprenticeship requirement under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Limits certain provisions in and enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs.
Concerns NJ PLACE, allocates $300,000 for FY2020.
Requires certain subcontracted transportation center workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.
Establishes Task Force on Maximizing Employment for People with Disabilities.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Increases prenotification time and requires severance pay in certain plant closings, transfers, and mass layoffs.**
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that participate in DOL registered apprenticeship programs; establishes grant program for tax-exempt organizations participating in DOL registered apprenticeship programs.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Establishes five year Apprentice Assistance and Support Services Pilot Program.
Establishes youth apprenticeship pilot program in Department of Education.
Concerns payment of independent contractors.*
Requires employers to disclose certain wage information to employees.
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot.*
Requires certain contractors to register under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Concerns tax data sharing between State Treasury and DOLWD.
Permits Department of Labor and Workforce Development to post information of person who violates State wage, benefit and tax laws.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Provides that certain employees of educational institutions are eligible for unemployment benefits under certain circumstances.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of public safety workers who die in the line of duty.
Concerns employment status of individuals with respect to wage and hour and unemployment laws.
Establishes standards regarding the disqualification of claimants for unemployment compensation for misconduct.
Allows public contractors paying benefits under collective bargaining agreements to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Requires Center for Occupational Employment Information to share labor market information with school districts and public institutions of higher education.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Clarifies prohibition on discrimination against servicemembers in "Law Against Discrimination."
Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits for certain seasonal employees.
Requires reduced worker's compensation premiums for farm employers and small employers.
Exempts counties, municipalities, and school districts from requirement to pay minimum wage.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Establishes "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Law Study Commission."
Revises "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act" and amends definition of registered apprenticeship program.
Concerns penalties for misclassification of employees.
Requires employers to post notice for employees on employee misclassification.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
Establishes task force to develop State-wide plan to diversify apprenticeships.
Creates five year High-Growth Industry Regional Apprenticeship Development Grant Pilot Program.
Concerns payment of independent contractors.*
Concerns stop-work orders.
Concerns joint liability for payment of employer tax law.
Concerns skilled and trained workforce in work by contractors in certain industries.
Concerns responsibility of contractors for wage claims against subcontractors.*
Provides preferences for certain businesses applying for workforce development grants.
"Create a Respectful and Open Workspace for Natural Hair Act"- CROWN Act; addresses discrimination under "Law Against Discrimination." based on traits historically associated with race, particularly focused on hair texture and style.*
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Designates second Tuesday in April as "Equal Pay Day."
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Concerns employment status of individuals with respect to wage and hour and unemployment status.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Makes retroactive certain provisions of P.L.2019, c.39, prohibiting terms in employment contracts or settlement agreements that waive rights or remedies, or prevent disclosures, relating to claims of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment.
Establishes "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Law Study Commission."
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Supports 32BJ Service Employees International Union members seeking new contract.
Opposes DOL's proposed rule clarifying civil rights protections for religious organizations contracting with federal government.
Enhances pre-apprenticeship programs and allocates funds therefor.
Urges U.S. Soccer Federation to provide equitable treatment to U.S. Women's National Team.
Exempts small businesses from apprenticeship requirement under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete industry-valued Credentials in 12 months. *
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.
Prohibits employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.*
Concerns stop-work orders related to prevailing wage and construction worker employment.*
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
"New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*
Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities.
Urges U.S. Soccer Federation to provide U.S. Women's National Team with equal pay and conditions.
Concerns sign fabrication, prevailing wage requirements, and project labor agreements.
Prohibits employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.
"New Jersey Works Act"; Permits businesses to create pre-employment training programs in partnership with nonprofit organizations or educational institutions; provides tax credit to businesses that provide financial assistance to pre-employment training programs.
Concerns labor harmony agreements in retail and distribution center projects.
Provides that certain employees of educational institutions are eligible for unemployment benefits under certain circumstances.
Provides tax credits to certain employers of employees less than 18 years old.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Revises application and issuance procedures for employment certificates for minors.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Establishes three-year study on impact of minimum wage increases on businesses.
Requires reduced worker's compensation premiums for farm employers and small employers.
Requires hotels to provide panic devices to certain hotel employees for protection from unsafe working conditions while performing housekeeping duties.*
Exempts certain non-profit entities from requirement that certain employers offer employees certain pre-tax transportation fringe benefits.
Clarifies prohibition on discrimination against servicemembers in "Law Against Discrimination."
Concerns health insurance benefits for locked-out workers.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Concerns labor contractors.
Concerns notification of employees of procedures for wage claims.
Urges Governor and Legislature of New York to enact legislation requiring Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to accept applications for inclusion of new employees to longshoremen's register.
Expands circumstances under which prevailing wage must be paid.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage and contractor registration laws.
"Sign Fabrication Safety Quality Assurance Act."
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to create list of labor organizations that represent workers on public work projects.
Establishes task force to study impact of minimum wage increases on businesses.
Provides for suspension of scheduled minimum wage increases for economic reasons.
Requires annual evaluation reports by Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development on survey responses to be obtained from certain employers that end operations in this State.
Concerns prevailing wage requirements for certain fabrication.
Bars provisions in employment contracts that waive rights or remedies; bars agreements that conceal details relating to discrimination claims.
Expands definitions of seasonal employment and seasonal employer with respect to payment of minimum wage.
Concerns NJ PLACE program and allocates $300,000 for FY2019 therefore.
Exempts counties, municipalities, and school districts from requirement to pay minimum wage.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*
Concerns eligibility of certain federal employees for unemployment compensation benefits.
Concerns liability of direct contractors for wage claims against subcontractors.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Requires contracts for sale of certain health care entities to honor existing collective bargaining agreements.
Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.
Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
Urges Congress to pass the "PATH Act," expanding pre-apprenticeship programs for underrepresented populations.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public webpage with employment information for individuals with disabilities.
Increases State minimum wage in stages to 50 percent of State-wide average wage.
Raises minimum wage to $10.10 per hour; indexes minimum wage to increases in consumer price index.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Requires public works contractors to have certain certifications; requires certain contractors to participate in apprenticeship program.*
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Prohibits employers from inquiring about gender of job applicants under certain circumstances.
Creates rebuttable presumption in workers' compensation cases of respiratory disease of casino employees working in smoking areas.
Concerns job order contracts for public work.
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers.
Concerns prevailing wage in certain public utilities work.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires restaurant employees to receive periodic sexual harassment training.
Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.
Condemns United Airlines for laying off over 800 employees at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation for public adjusters.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Limits certain provisions in and enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Concerns debarment for prevailing wage violations.
"Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act"; requires Secretary of State to regulate registration, certification, and conduct of agents representing certain student-athletes.
Requires employers to report certain allegations of sexual assault.
Establishes NJ Life Sciences Training and Development Program in DOLWD.
Concerns stop-work orders related to construction worker employment.
Establishes Energy and Manufacturing Workforce Development Program in DOLWD.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public a webinar on TDI, family temporary disability leave, and family leave.
Concerns disqualification from unemployment benefits for misconduct.*
Permits individuals to submit TDI and family temporary disability leave claims to DOLWD prior to commencement of leave under certain circumstances and requires timely payment of benefits for such claims.
Concerns unemployment compensation and labor disputes.
Requires additional data in annual temporary disability and family leave insurance reports.
Revises law concerning temporary disability leave.
Concerns prevailing wage payments in residential construction projects.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Establishes NJ STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in DOLWD.
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage in public works.
Creates Joint Apprenticeship Incentive Grant Program.
Provides exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles licensed for commercial use; eliminates current exemption for operators of commercially licensed vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Concerns equal pay and employment discrimination.*
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
"Workplace Democracy Enhancement Act."
Concerns earned sick leave to employees.*
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Concerns employer inquires about worker's wage and salary experience.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Proposes constitutional amendment setting minimum wage at $9 per hour, raising it in one dollar increments until it reaches $15 per hour.
Reconstitutes the "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Establishes services for reporting employer and employment service violations and requires posting of certain notifications.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Establishes "Registered Apprenticeship Program for State Agencies"; makes an appropriation.
Requires Center for Occupational Employment Information to share labor market information with school districts and public institutions of higher education.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Amends Constitution to require legislative consent for any State approval of a trade agreement.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Construction Industry Independent Contractor Reform.
Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Memorializes President and Congress to increase federal minimum wage.
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Prohibits severance pay agreements from barring certain employee claims against employer.
Allows for sharing of family leave benefits between covered individuals under certain circumstances.
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.
"Tipped Wage Worker Protection Act."
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Provides family leave insurance for certain first responders.
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
Requires repayment of development subsidies in certain cases of failure to meet job creation or retention requirements.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Allows public contractors paying benefits under collective bargaining agreements to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Concerns withholdings and deductions from employee wages for certain payments.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeships tax credit program.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Concerns timely provision of TDI benefits.
Raises minimum wage to $10.10 and provides for certain other increases.
Concerns workers' cooperative societies.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Concerns equal pay and employment opportunities for women.
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Concerns employment opportunities and equal pay for women.
Increases minimum wage to 50 percent of State wide median wage.
Clarifies that only products assembled in U.S. meet "Buy-American" standards of public contracts laws.
Establishes NJ Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Commission in the Department of State.
Prohibits local units of government from adopting increased minimum wage and mandatory paid sick leave for private employers.
Creates presumption that certain firefighters who develop cancer are eligible for workers' compensation and accidental disability pension.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Requires good cause for termination of certain employees.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of public safety workers who die in the line of duty.
Establishes standards regarding the disqualification of claimants for unemployment compensation for misconduct.
Establishes the "New Jersey Schedules That Work Act."
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Expands workers' compensation coverage to parking areas provided by employer.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Repeals law requiring prevailing wage be paid to workers employed in construction undertaken with Board of Public Utilities financial assistance.
Permits creation of local hire programs for public work contracts of political subdivisions.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Concerns disputed medical fees in workers' compensation claims.
Concerns State-administered retirement savings plan; establishes "Garden State MEP."
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance to disclose job exportation information.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Protects employee rights to ownership and usage of employee inventions developed entirely on employee's own time and without using employer's resources.
Exempts federal Railroad Retirement Act benefits from income for purposes of calculating eligibility for senior freeze program.
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Requires employers to disclose certain wage information to employees.
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.*
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Bars provisions in employment contracts that waive rights or remedies; bars agreements that conceal details relating to discrimination claims.
Concerns payment of freelance workers.
Concerns payment of freelance workers.
Establishes service for reporting employer and employment service violations and requires posting of certain notifications.
Limits certain provisions in and enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Concerns employee leasing agreements.*
Concerns employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.*
Changes year used to calculate TDI and FLI employee taxes from most recent calendar year to most recent fiscal year.
Establishes Women's Vocational Training Pilot Program to promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations; authorizes allocation of certain funds therefor.*
Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Requires good cause for termination of certain employees.
Eliminates UI exemption for interns employed by hospitals.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Requires prompt payment of certain construction contracts.
Concerns health insurance benefits for locked-out workers.
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Increases duration and weekly amount of family temporary disability benefits.
Concerns employer inquires about worker's wage and salary experience.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Concerns withholdings and deductions from employee wages for certain payments.
Requires additional data in annual temporary disability and family leave insurance reports.
Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
Revises law concerning temporary disability leave.
Permits individuals to submit TDI and family temporary disability leave claims to DOLWD prior to commencement of leave under certain circumstances and requires timely payment of benefits for certain claims.
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
Concerns equal pay and discrimination, providing gross income tax exclusion for certain payments received in connection with compensation for certain unlawful gender discrimination.
Concerns employment discrimination and equal pay for women.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Regulates temporary help service firms as employment agencies; expands civil rights protections of certain job seekers.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Concerns disputed medical fees in workers' compensation claims.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
Concerns timely provision of TDI benefits.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.*
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Requires Department of the Treasury to collect for overpayment of UI benefits.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.*
Directs Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to work to promote basic skills training through organizations dedicated to the economic empowerment of specific segments of society, such as the African American Chamber of Commerce.*
Concerns reporting of employment information by public contractors.
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
Requires annual evaluation reports by Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development on survey responses to be obtained from certain employers that end operations in this State.
Concerns equal pay and employment opportunities for women.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Provides preference to certain employers applying for workforce development grants.
Designates second Tuesday in April as "Equal Pay Day."
Provides certain overtime requirements for air carrier employees.
Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.
Requires businesses to report email address to Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
"Wage Transparency Act"; requires reporting of public contractor employment information.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Establishes NJ Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Commission in the Department of State.
Provides certain overtime requirements for air carrier employees.
Requires Center for Occupational Employment Information to share labor market information with school districts and public institutions of higher education.
Concerns workers' cooperative societies.
Provides preference to certain employers applying for workforce development grants.
Requires additional data in annual temporary disability and family leave insurance reports.
Concerns certain employer reporting requirements.
Concerns electronic medical bills for workers' compensation claims.*
Concerns unemployment compensation and labor disputes.
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Requires Delaware River Port Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires Delaware River and Bay Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Urges federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to revise its policy limiting employers' ability to drug test employees following workplace accidents.
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance to disclose job exportation information.
Requires Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use certain products manufactured in US.
Establishes Study Commission on Gender Pay Discrimination.
Requires full pay for certain health care and public safety workers placed in isolation or quarantine.
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Creates Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program for construction workers laid off due to halted Transportation Trust Fund projects.
Urges Congress and President of US to enact "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015."
Prohibits severance pay agreements from barring certain employee claims against employer.
Concerns electronic medical bills for workers' compensation claims.*
Provides transition period of 90 days during which building service employees subject to certain building service transfers must be retained.
Urges Congress to ask US DOE and US DOL to modify regulations regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to protect individuals with disabilities.
Provides transition period of 90 days during which building service employees subject to certain building service transfers must be retained.
Urges Congress and President to remove barriers to providing employees continuation health insurance coverage during strikes.
Allows for sharing of family leave benefits between covered individuals under certain circumstances.
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual increases based on increases in CPI-W.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Establishes standards regarding the disqualification of claimants for unemployment compensation for misconduct.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage in public works.
Concerns notification of employees of procedures for wage claims.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation for public adjusters.
Increases duration and weekly amount of family temporary disability benefits.
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete a career and technical education certificate program in 12 months.
Urges U.S. Soccer Federation to provide U.S. Women's National Team with equal pay and conditions.
Provides preferences for certain businesses applying for workforce development grants.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
Amends Constitution to require legislative consent for any State approval of a trade agreement.
Reconstitutes the "Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity."
Revises application and issuance procedures for employment certificates for minors.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Establishes NJ STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in DOLWD.
Memorializes President and Congress to increase federal minimum wage.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Limits enforcement of certain employment contracts of individuals eligible for unemployment compensation.
Concerns withholdings and deductions from employee wages for certain payments.
Provides family leave insurance for certain first responders.
Clarifies that only products assembled in U.S. meet "Buy-American" standards of public contracts laws.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Requires State Employment and Training Commission to prepare annual report on State workforce.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeships tax credit program.
Creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
The "Jobs, Trade and Democracy Act."
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Proposes constitutional amendment setting minimum wage at $9 per hour, raising it in one dollar increments until it reaches $15 per hour.
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Establishes the "New Jersey Schedules That Work Act."
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Amends Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining.
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
Concerns prompt payment of construction contracts.
Allows public contractors paying benefits under collective bargaining agreements to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Eliminates employment certificate requirement for minors to engage in gainful employment.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of public safety workers who die in the line of duty.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
Extends certain employment protections to professional cheerleaders.