Sponsored by:
Senator MICHAEL L. TESTA, JR.
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOLWD to establish job portal for employers in State to post listings for positions that are at least 50 percent in-person.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the creation of an online job portal for certain job listings and supplementing chapter 15D of 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 establish and maintain an online job portal for employers in the State to post positions for which it is required that the employee work in-person in the State at least 50 percent of the hours per week that the employee will be on duty. The department may operate the job portal through the department’s active job search website, “Job Source,” jobsource.nj.gov, or any successor website, or the department may establish a job portal website that is independent of “Job Source” or any successor. If the department uses “Job Source” or its successor, the portal required pursuant to this act shall be a separate search engine dedicated solely to in-person employment in accordance with this act.
b. The department shall notify employers in the State of the job portal, its purpose, and how to utilize it, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following the date of enactment, except that the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish and maintain an online job portal for positions that require in-person work in the State at least 50 percent of the hours per week that the employee will be on duty. The bill provides that the department may operate the job portal through the department’s active job search website, “Job Source,” jobsource.nj.gov, or any successor website, or the department may establish a job portal website that is independent of “Job Source” or its successor. If the department uses “Job Source” or its successor, the portal required by the bill will be a separate search engine dedicated solely to in-person employment in accordance with the bill’s provisions. The bill requires the department to notify employers in the State of the job portal, its purpose, and how to utilize it, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development.