Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
Assemblywoman NANCY F. MUNOZ
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen B.DeCroce, Schepisi, Vainieri Huttle, Murphy, Downey and Pinkin
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain public employees receive additional training to manage harassment or discrimination complaints.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring certain public employees to receive additional training to manage harassment or discrimination complaints, and supplementing chapter 7 of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statues.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that any State employee responsible for managing and investigating complaints of harassment or discrimination shall receive additional training by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, or a similar and appropriate organization. Each State employer shall provide to the commission a list of persons who need such additional training.
As used in this section:
“State” means all branches of State Government, and any authority, commission, office, department, division, bureau, board, or any other agency or instrumentality thereof, including institutions of higher education.
b. The Civil Service Commission shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public Safety, to ensure that all State employees responsible for managing and investigating complaints of harassment or discrimination receive additional training by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute or a similar and appropriate organization.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute was established to enhance the administration of justice in the State. The institute offers a broad range of programs to address the needs of public sector attorneys. Moreover, the Advocacy Institute serves as a clearing house for best practices, and is responsible for producing handbooks and practice manuals for use within the Department of Law and Public Safety.