Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Johnson, Assemblywomen Mosquera, Watson Coleman and Assemblyman Fuentes
SYNOPSIS
Requires public contractors to report certain employment information.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Labor Committee on March 12, 2012, with amendments.
An Act requiring public contractors to report certain employment information and supplementing P.L.1952, c.9 (C.34:11-56.1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any employer1, regardless of the location of the employer,1 who enters into a contract with a public body to provide 1[goods,] qualifying1 services1[, or anything else of value]1 to the public body shall provide a report to the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in a form issued by regulation promulgated by the commissioner, of information regarding the gender, race, job title, occupational category, and rate of compensation, including benefits, of every employee of the employer employed in the State in connection with the contract. The employer shall provide the commissioner1, throughout the duration of the contract or contracts,1 with 1[updates] an update1 to the report 1[as needed to ensure its continued accuracy throughout the duration of every contract of the employer with any public body] each time there is a significant change in any of the information that the employer is required to report pursuant to this section, or other significant change in employment status, including, but not limited to, medical leave of 12 weeks or more, hiring, termination for any reason, a change in part-time or full-time status, or a change in “employee” or “contractor” status1.
The commissioner shall retain the information provided in the report during any period of time that one or more contracts are in effect between the employer and any public body and not less than five years after the end of that period. The retained employment information shall be made available by the commissioner to the Division of Civil Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and, upon request, provided to anyone who is or was an employee of the employer during the period of any of the contracts between the employer and any public body, or any authorized representative of the employee. The identity of the employee or representative making the request shall not be disclosed by the commissioner to the employer.
For the purposes of the section1[, “public body”] :
“Public body”1 means the State or any agency or instrumentality of the State 1;
“Qualifying services” means
the provision of any service to the State or to any other public body,
including any public work as
defined in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26); and
“Service” means any act performed in exchange for payment, including the provision of professional services, but shall not include the sale of goods or products1.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.