Sponsored by:
Senator VINCENT J. POLISTINA
District 2 (Atlantic)
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOLWD to undertake study on effects of temporary employment on work force.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning a study on effects of temporary employment 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. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall undertake a study on the effects of temporary employment on the workforce in the State of New Jersey. The study shall consider the comprehensive effects of temporary employment, and shall include, but not be limited to, the effects of temporary employment on workers, employment, wages, businesses, and the economy throughout the State.
b. In conducting its study, the department shall:
(1) consider federal and State laws relating directly or indirectly to temporary help service firms and employment agencies, including but not limited, to P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.) and P.L.1981, c.1 (C.56:8-1.1 et al.), and other federal and State laws relating to employment, compensation, taxation and retirement;
(2) consult with relevant persons in the public sector, including but not limited to, officers and employees of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, with relevant persons in the private sector, including employers of temporary workers and organizations representing temporary workers, and with members of the academic community and of relevant branches of the legal profession;
(3) examine the experience of temporary workers in this State; and
(4) make other investigations as it may deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of this act.
c. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall within 12 months of the effective date of this act report the findings and conclusions of the study to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), and shall include in the report any recommendations for legislation which the commissioner deems appropriate.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to undertake a study on the effects of temporary employment on the work force of the State of New Jersey. The study is to consider the comprehensive effects of temporary employment, and shall include, but not be limited to, the effects of temporary employment on wages, businesses, and workers throughout the State.
The bill requires the department, in conducting the study, to:
(1) consider federal and State laws relating directly or indirectly to temporary help service firms and employment agencies;
(2) consult with relevant persons in the public and private sectors, and with members of the academic community and of relevant branches of the legal profession;
(3) examine the experience of temporary workers in this State; and
(4) make other investigations as it may deem necessary.
The bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to report the findings and conclusions of the study to the Legislature within 12 months of the bill’s effective date and to include in the report any recommendations for legislation which the commissioner deems appropriate.