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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 44, POOR
Chapter 10: Reference to county welfare board to mean reference to county welfare agency
Section: 44:10-65: Community, alternative work experience not considered employment
11. Participation by a recipient in a community work experience or alternative work experience provided by a sponsor pursuant to this act shall not be considered employment for any purpose, except that:
a. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.), and the sponsor, not the program, shall be deemed the employer for purposes of any action brought under that act;
b. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the "New Jersey Public Employees' Occupational Safety and Health Act," P.L.1983, c.516 (C.34:6A-25 et seq.) if the sponsor is a public employer subject to that act;
c. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act," P.L.1986, c.105 (C.34:19-1 et seq.), and the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act," P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.);
d. It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, subject to the provisions of section 12 of this act ; and
e. The recipient shall be entitled, to the same degree as any similarly-situated employee of the sponsor, to family leave pursuant to the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) and family and medical leave pursuant to federal law.
L.1997,c.38,s.11.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:54.
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