Establishes recruitment and referral program for certain individuals and extends certain provisions of law concerning affirmative action in public works contracts to workers with disabilities.
This New Jersey bill expands affirmative action requirements in public works contracting to specifically include workers with disabilities. It defines "affirmative action" as good-faith efforts to ensure equal employment opportunities for workers with disabilities (alongside existing requirements for women and minority groups), without mandating hiring quotas. Contractors and subcontractors with more than five employees must submit programs guaranteeing employment opportunities for workers with disabilities, similar to current rules for racial and ethnic minorities. Additionally, the bill creates a new recruitment program through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services to connect workers with disabilities to private sector jobs.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
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Shanique Speight
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