Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 53:2-21

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
16. a. The division is hereby designated on its own behalf or as agent of the State of New Jersey, as provided by the act of Congress of the United States, effective June 6, 1933, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for co-operation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes,” as amended, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of that act of Congress as are necessary or appropriate to the establishment and operation of employment information centers authorized by this section.

b. The division shall have all powers necessary to take steps to formulate plans and to execute projects related to the establishment and operation of employment information centers, as may be necessary to obtain any benefits for the operation of employment information centers in accomplishing the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C. 32:23-229 et al.).

c. Any officer or agency designated by this State, pursuant to the act of June 6, 1933, as amended, is authorized and empowered, upon the request of the division and subject to its direction, to exercise the powers and duties conferred upon the division by the provisions of this section.

d. The division shall establish and maintain one or more employment information centers within the port of New York district in this State at locations as the division may determine. A person shall not, directly or indirectly, hire any person for work as a longshoreman or port watchman within the port of New York district in this State, except through an employment information center as may be prescribed by the division. A person shall not accept any employment as a longshoreman or port watchman within the port of New York district in this State, except through an employment information center. At each employment information center, the division shall keep and exhibit the longshoremen’s register and any other records the division shall determine to the end that longshoremen and port watchmen shall have the maximum information as to available employment at any time within the port of New York district in this State and that employers shall have an adequate opportunity to fill their requirements of registered longshoremen and port watchmen at all times.

e. Every employer of longshoremen or port watchmen within the port of New York district in this State shall furnish information as may be required by the rules and regulations prescribed by the division with regard to the name of each person hired as a longshoreman or port watchman, the time and place of hiring, the time, place, and hours of work, and the compensation therefor.

L.2017, c.324, s.16.

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