New Jersey § 34:11-56

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§ 34:11-56.

a. Any employer, regardless of the location of the employer, who enters into a contract

with a public body to provide qualifying services 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 compensation

and hours worked by employees categorized by gender, race, ethnicity, and job category. Data regarding compensation and hours worked by employees shall be reported in the

form by pay bands to be established by regulation promulgated by the commissioner. The commissioner may establish a standard presumption for the number of hours worked

by a fulltime employee or by a part-time employee for whom an employer does not track

actual hours worked. An employer shall provide a report for each establishment of the employer. b. Any employer, regardless of the location of the employer, who enters into a contract

with a public body to perform any public work for the public body shall provide to

the commissioner, through certified payroll records required pursuant to P.L.1963,

c. 150 ( C.34:11-56.25 et seq. ), information regarding the gender, race, job title, occupational category, and rate

of total compensation of every employee of the employer employed in the State in connection

with the contract. The employer shall provide the commissioner, throughout the duration of the contract

or contracts, with an update to the information whenever payroll records are required

to be submitted pursuant to P.L.1963, c. 150 ( C.34:11-56.25 et seq. ). c. The commissioner shall retain the information provided by the employer 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 on 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. d. For the purposes of the section: “ Public body ” means the State or any agency or instrumentality of the State; “ Public work ” means public work as defined in section 2 of P.L.1963, c. 150 ( C.34:11-56.26 ) and which is subject to the provisions of P.L.1963, c. 150 ( C.34:11-56.25 et seq. ). Public work shall not include the provision of goods or products. “ Qualifying services ” means the provision of any service to the State or to any other public body, except

for public work as defined in section 2 of P.L.1963, c. 150 ( C.34:11-56.26 ). “ Service ” means any act performed in exchange for payment, including the provision of professional

services, but shall not include the sale of goods or products.

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