Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Haider, Assemblymen Spearman, Danielsen, Assemblywoman Lopez, Assemblyman Tully, Assemblywomen Swain and Pintor Marin
SYNOPSIS
Provides employee access to employee’s employment records on file with DOLWD.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning employee access to employment records, and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.43:21-11 et seq., or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall provide to any person, upon that person’s written request, that person’s wage, employment, and unemployment compensation records and information, and any other records related to that person’s employment maintained by the department. The documentation shall be provided free of charge.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.43:21-11 et seq., or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall provide for and undertake the electronic transmission of a person’s wage, employment, and unemployment compensation records and information, and any other records related to that person’s employment maintained by the department, upon the request of that person, to any third party or vendor authorized pursuant to an agreement with the department to receive and transmit such information.
c. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development is authorized to enter into an agreement with one or more third parties to implement the provisions of subsection b. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide to an individual, upon the individual’s request, the employment records of that individual free of charge. Specifically, the department is required to provide wage, employment, and unemployment compensation records and information, and any other records related to that individual’s employment maintained by the department.
The bill requires the department to undertake the electronic transmission of an individual’s wage, employment, and unemployment compensation records and information, and any other records related to that individual’s employment maintained by the department, upon the request of that individual, to any third party or vendor authorized under the bill.
The department is permitted to contract with third parties to effectuate the provisions of the bill.