Bill Text: NJ S2585 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concerns monitoring of certain workplace training for unemployment insurance beneficiaries.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-12-20 - Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading [S2585 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S2585-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns monitoring of certain workplace training for unemployment insurance beneficiaries.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning monitoring of certain workplace training for unemployment insurance beneficiaries and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall monitor eligible participants and eligible employers who participate in the "Back to Work NJ Program" to ascertain whether the training provided by that program complies with the requirements of section 4 of the "Back to Work NJ Program Act," P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Senate Bill, No. 2496 of 2010). The monitoring shall include site visits at participating workplaces and the compilation of data regarding the numbers and percentages of trainees hired into employment with participating employers or other employers and the industries in which the training and hiring occurs, which shall be made available to the public in annual reports. If the department determines that an employer has a repeated pattern of using trainees as unpaid labor without hiring them as employees, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of section 4 of the "Back to Work NJ Program Act," P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Senate Bill, No. 2496 of 2010), the department may impose any penalties applicable to the employer pursuant to R.S.43:21-16 for false representation and shall disqualify the employer from further participation in the "Back to Work NJ Program."
2. This act shall take effect upon enactment into law of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Senate Bill, No. 2496 of 2010).
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to monitor eligible participants and eligible employers who participate in the "Back to Work NJ Program" to ascertain whether the training provided by that program complies with the requirements of section 4 of the "Back to Work NJ Program Act," P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Senate Bill, No. 2496 of 2010). The "Back to Work NJ Program" provides workplace training for unemployed individuals while they receive unemployment insurance benefits. Participants of the program may receive training at the worksite of an eligible employer for a maximum of 24 hours per week for up to six weeks.
The monitoring required by this bill includes site visits at participating workplaces and the compilation of data regarding the numbers and percentages of trainees hired into employment with participating employers or other employers and the industries in which the training and hiring occurs, which shall be made available to the public in annual reports. If the department determines that an employer has a repeated pattern of using trainees as unpaid labor without hiring them as employees, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of section 4 of the "Back to Work NJ Program Act," the department may impose any penalties applicable to the employer pursuant to R.S.43:21-16 for false representation and shall disqualify the employer from further participation in the "Back to Work NJ Program."
