34:1A-1.6 Construction of act relative to Civil Service tenure, rights, protection.

5. a. Nothing in this 2004 amendatory and supplementary act and no transfer carried out pursuant to this act shall be construed or permitted to deprive any person of any tenure rights or reduce or deny any right or protection provided him or her by Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, or under any pension law or retirement system.

b. All staff who are hired to work at a One Stop Career Center and supported by any resources transferred to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to section 2, 3 or 4 of this act, shall be hired and employed by the State pursuant to Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, be hired and employed by a political subdivision of the State, or be qualified staff hired and employed by a non-profit organization which began functioning as the One Stop Career Center operator with the written consent of the chief elected official and the commissioner prior to the effective date of this act.

c. Any staff member, including staff located at any One Stop Career Center, providing services to unemployment insurance claimants or services to employment service clients shall be hired and employed pursuant to Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, if that staff member is supported by any funds provided to the State under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. s.49 et seq.) or section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s.1103), as amended.

d. For the purpose of this section, "One Stop Career Center" means any of the facilities established, sponsored or designated by the State, a political subdivision of the State or a Workforce Investment Board in a local area to coordinate or make available State and local programs providing employment and training services or other employment-directed and workforce development programs and activities, including job placement services, and any other similar facility as may be established, sponsored or designated at any later time to coordinate or make available any of those programs, services or activities, and "qualified staff" means staff whose qualifications meet standards set by regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development.

L.2004,c.39,s.5.