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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-4 - Construction of act relative to collective bargaining agreements.

34:21-4 Construction of act relative to collective bargaining agreements.
4. This act shall not be construed as limiting or modifying any provision of a collective bargaining agreement which requires notification, severance payment or other benefits on terms which are more favorable to employees than those required by this act.
L.2007, c.212, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-5 - Establishment of response team.

34:21-5 Establishment of response team.
5. a. There is established, in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, a response team. The purpose of the response team is to provide appropriate information, referral and counseling, as rapidly as possible, to workers who are, or may be, subject to plant closings or mass layoffs, and the management of establishments where those workers are or were employed.
b. In the case of each transfer or termination of the operations in an establishment which results in the termination of 50 or more employees, the response team shall:
(1) Offer to meet with the representatives of the management of the establishment to discuss available public programs which may make it possible to delay or prevent the transfer or termination of operations, including economic development incentive and workforce development programs, shared work unemployment compensation benefit programs, and coordinated utilization of any of those programs which are applicable;
(2) Meet on site with workers and provide information, referral and counseling regarding:
(a) Available public programs which may make it possible to delay or prevent the transfer or termination of operations, including economic development incentive and workforce development programs, shared work unemployment compensation benefit programs, and coordinated utilization of any of those programs which are applicable;
(b) Public programs or benefits which may be available to assist the employees, including, but not limited to, unemployment compensation benefits, job training or retraining programs, and job search assistance; and
(c) Employee rights based on this act or any other law which applies to the employees with respect to wages, severance pay, benefits, pensions or other terms of employment as they relate to the termination of employment; and
(3) Seek to facilitate cooperation between representatives of the management and employees at the establishment to most effectively utilize available public programs which may make it possible to delay or prevent the transfer or termination of operations or to assist employees if it is not possible to prevent the termination.
L.2007, c.212, s.5; amended 2011, c.154, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-6 - Initiation of suit by aggrieved employee, former employee.

34:21-6 Initiation of suit by aggrieved employee, former employee.
6. An aggrieved employee or former employee or his authorized representative may initiate suit in Superior Court under this act either individually or on behalf of employees or former employees affected by a violation of the provisions of this act. If an action is undertaken on behalf of affected employees or former employees, the party initiating the action shall inform the department, which shall notify each affected employee or former employee. If the court finds the employer has violated the provisions of this act, it shall award to the aggrieved present or former employees: costs of the action, including reasonable attorneys' fees; and compensatory damages, including lost wages, benefits and other remuneration. Any award of compensatory damages for lost wages shall be limited to the amount of severance pay required pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of this act.
L.2007, c.212, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-9 - Definitions relative to relocation of call centers.

34:21-9 Definitions relative to relocation of call centers.
2. For the purposes of this act:
"Call center" means a facility or other operation whereby workers receive telephone calls or emails or other electronic communication for the purpose of providing customer assistance or other service.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development.
"Employer" means any business entity that employs 50 or more full-time workers or 50 or more workers that in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, excluding overtime hours, for the purpose of staffing a call center.
L.2019, c.470, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-10 - Maintenance of staffing level of call center.

34:21-10 Maintenance of staffing level of call center.
3. a. Any employer with a call center within the State of New Jersey shall maintain a staffing level capable of handling no less than 65 percent of customer volume of telephone calls, emails, or other electronic communications, when measured against the previous six-month average volume of those operations, originating in the State of New Jersey or an account with a service address within the State of New Jersey. If the staffing level of a call center falls below the amount required pursuant to this subsection, the employer shall notify the commissioner immediately.
b. Any employer that relocates a call center, or transfers one or more facilities or operating units comprising at least 20 percent of a call center's total operating volume of telephone calls, emails, or other electronic communications when measured against the previous 12-month average volume of those operations, from the State of New Jersey to one or more foreign countries shall notify the commissioner at least 90 days prior to the relocation or transfer of operations.
c. Any employer that violates the notification requirement pursuant to this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $7,500 for each day the employer fails to provide the notification, collectible by the commissioner in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The commissioner shall have the authority to waive this penalty.
L.2019, c.470, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-11 - List of employers providing notification.

34:21-11 List of employers providing notification.
4. The commissioner shall compile and maintain a list of all employers that provide notification pursuant to section 3 of this act. The commissioner shall update the list on a monthly basis and an employer shall remain on the list for a period not to exceed 36 months after each instance of notification pursuant to section 3 of this act. The commissioner shall make the list of employers available to the public and prominently display a link to the list on the Internet website of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
L.2019, c.470, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-12 - Ineligibility for certain employers to receive certain financial benefits.

34:21-12 Ineligibility for certain employers to receive certain financial benefits.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an employer that is added to the list compiled and maintained by the commissioner pursuant to section 4 of this act shall be ineligible to receive any direct or indirect State grant, guaranteed loan, tax benefit, and any other financial support for the 36 months following the date upon which the employer is added to the list, except that the employer's inclusion on the list shall not prevent the employer from receiving any grant to provide training or other employment assistance to individuals who are members of specific groups selected as being in particular need of training or other employment assistance, including, but not limited to, employees of the employer whose employment is being affected due to the transfer or relocation of the employer's facility or operating unit, veterans, minority groups and women.
As used in this section, "tax benefit" means a tax advantage awarded by a State governmental entity that has the effect of reducing a taxpayer's liability under the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., or section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5).
L.2019, c.470, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-13 - Preference for making, awarding contract.

34:21-13 Preference for making, awarding contract.
6. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a State department or agency, in making or awarding a contract for call center services, shall grant a preference for such contract to qualified businesses located in the State and employing residents of the State, up to the limits set forth under rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to section 8 of this act.
L.2019, c.470, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-14 - Construction of act.

34:21-14 Construction of act.
7. Nothing in this act shall be construed to permit the withholding or denial of payments, compensation, or benefits under any State law, including unemployment benefits, disability benefits, or worker retraining or readjustment benefits to workers employed by employers that relocate a call center or transfer one or more facilities or operating units of a call center to a foreign country.
L.2019, c.470, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-15 - Rules, regulations.

34:21-15 Rules, regulations.
8. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to identify qualified businesses under section 6 of this act. The rules and regulations shall also set forth limits on the amount of preference that may be given to a qualified business located in the State employing residents of the State.
L.2019, c.470, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-18 - Discharged service employee, bring action in court, successor employer, awarding authority, violations,

34:21-18 Discharged service employee, bring action in court, successor employer, awarding authority, violations,
3. a. A service employee who has been discharged or otherwise not retained in violation of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-16 et seq.) may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against a successor employer for any violation of section 2 of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-17), and against an awarding authority for any violation of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-17).
b. The court may impose, for a first violation of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-16 et seq.), a fine not exceeding $2,500, and, for a second and each subsequent violation, a fine not exceeding $5,000. Each week, in any day of which a violation occurs, shall constitute a separate offense.
(1) The court may award the employee reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
(2) The court may require the violator to pay restitution to an employee deprived of wages or benefits due to the violation of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-16 et seq.).
(3) The court may require the violator to pay consequential damages arising due to the violation of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-16 et seq.).
(4) The court may issue injunctive relief requiring a successor employer to employ employees in compliance with P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-16 et seq.) and for the provision of any information required pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-17).
L.2023, c.128, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-19 - Offer of employment, form.

34:21-19 Offer of employment, form.
4. The offer of employment required to be provided to an incumbent worker by of section 2 of P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-17) shall be substantially in the form below:
DATE:
TO: (name of employee)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR EMPLOYMENT
We have received information that you are employed by (name of predecessor contractor or employer) and are currently performing work at (address of worksite). (name of predecessor contractor) has lost its contract with the owners of (address of worksite) and will no longer be providing (type of service or employment) as of (last day of predecessor contract).
We are (name of successor contractor) and have been hired by the owners of (address of worksite) to provide the same (or janitorial, building maintenance) service. We are offering you a job with us for a 60-day probationary period starting (first day of successor contract) to perform the same type of work that you have already been doing for (name of predecessor contractor) under the following terms:
Pay rate (per hour): $
Hours per shift:
Total Hours Per Week: __
Benefits:
You must respond to this offer within the next ten (10) days. If you want to continue working at (address of worksite), you must let us know by (mm/dd/yyyy - no later than five days prior to the expiration of the predecessor contract or 10 days after the date of this letter if the predecessor contract has already expired). If we do not receive your response by the end of business that day, we will not hire you and you will lose your job. We can be reached at (successor contractor phone number).
The Service Worker Retention Law, of the Laws of New Jersey gives you the following rights:
1. You have the right, with certain exceptions, to be hired by our company for the first ninety days that we begin to provide services at (address of worksite).
2. During this 60-day period, you cannot be fired without just cause.
3. If you believe that you have been fired or laid off in violation of the Service Worker Retention Law, you have the right to institute legal action, and if successful may be awarded back pay, reinstatement, liquidated damages, attorney's fees and court costs.
FROM: (Name of successor contractor) (Name of authorized representative) (Address of successor contractor)
(Telephone # of successor contractor) L.2023, c.128, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:21-20 - Supersede, preempt, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, worker retention, service employees.

34:21-20 Supersede, preempt, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, worker retention, service employees.
5. P.L.2023, c.128 (C.34:21-16 et seq.) shall supersede and preempt all rules, regulations, codes, or ordinances of any county or municipality with regard to worker retention for service employees, but shall not preempt any county or municipality from regulating worker retention for non-service employees.
L.2023, c.128, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-2 - Newspapers qualified as legal newspapers

35:1-2. Newspapers qualified as legal newspapers
All newspapers printed and published in the English language within the state at least once a week for at least one year continuously shall be deemed legal newspapers for the publication of official advertisements.
Any court or county officer may publish official advertisements in any Sunday newspaper published in the county for the period of at least one year and such publication shall be valid in all respects.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-2a - Newspapers published on Sunday; requisites

35:1-2a. Newspapers published on Sunday; requisites
Wherever publication of a legal notice of any kind is authorized or required to be published in a newspaper, such publication may be made in a newspaper published on any Sunday in the same manner and to the same effect as though such newspaper were published on a day of the week other than a Sunday; provided, that the newspaper in which such publication shall be had is printed and published in the English language, within this State, and has been or shall have been published at least once a week for at least 2 years continuously.
L.1957, c. 91, p. 178, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-2.1 - State publications; qualifications of newspapers; unqualified newspaper acquiring a qualified newspaper

35:1-2.1. State publications; qualifications of newspapers; unqualified newspaper acquiring a qualified newspaper
Whenever it is required to publish resolutions, official proclamations, notices or advertising of any sort, kind or character, including proposals for bids on public work and otherwise, by this State or by any board or body constituted and established for the performance of any State duty or by any State official or office or commission, the newspaper or newspapers selected for such publication must meet and satisfy the following qualifications, namely: said newspaper or newspapers shall be entirely printed in the English language, shall be printed and published within the State of New Jersey, shall be a newspaper of general paid circulation possessing an average news content of not less than thirty-five per centum (35%), shall have been published continuously in the municipality where its publication office is situate for not less than two years and shall have been entered for two years as second-class mail matter under the postal laws and regulations of the United States. In case a newspaper cannot meet these qualifications, itself, but has acquired another newspaper which meets these qualifications, the acquiring newspaper shall be deemed to meet these qualifications if it is published in the same municipality and entered in the same post office as was the acquired newspaper. Continuous publication within the meaning of this section shall not be deemed interrupted by any involuntary suspension of publication for a period not exceeding six months, resulting from loss, destruction, mechanical or electrical failure of typesetting equipment or printing presses or the unavailability, due to conditions beyond the control of the publisher, of paper or other materials and supplies necessary for operation, or resulting from a labor dispute with a recognized labor union, and any newspaper so affected shall not be disqualified hereunder in the event that publication is resumed within said period of six months.
Amended by L.1938, c. 328, p. 838, s. 1; L.1941, c. 147, p. 489, s. 1; L.1941, c. 409, p. 1052, s. 1; L.1953, c. 411, p. 2067, s. 1, eff. Sept. 18, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-2.2a - Publication in county or municipal newspaper; exception

35:1-2.2a. Publication in county or municipal newspaper; exception
Notwithstanding any other provision of law whenever, by law, it is required that there be published by printing and publishing in a newspaper, which meets the qualifications set forth in Revised Statutes 35:1-2.2, ordinances, resolutions or notices or advertisements of any sort, kind or character by any county, or by any city or other municipality or municipal corporation, or by any municipal board or official board, or body, or office, or officials, or by any person or corporation of such county, such notice or advertisement may be published in a newspaper published in such county or municipality, as may be required by the statute prescribing the method of publication, except that there shall hereafter be no requirement that the newspaper be printed in any such county or municipality provided that the said newspaper is printed in the State of New Jersey.
L.1968, c. 133, s. 1, eff. July 9, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-2.4 - Legal newspaper whose owner enters military or naval service; resumption of publication after discharge or death

35:1-2.4. Legal newspaper whose owner enters military or naval service; resumption of publication after discharge or death
If any person heretofore and subsequent to December seventh, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, entered, or hereafter, in time of war, shall enter the active military or naval service of the United States, or the active service of the United States Merchant Marine, and such person at the time of such entry was or is the owner of a legal newspaper meeting and satisfying all the qualifications for the publication of official advertisements, and such newspaper was or is obliged to suspend publication because of such entry of such person, such newspaper upon resumption of publication within six months after the time of such person's discharge from such service, or within six months after the time of such person's death while in service, shall be deemed to have met and satisfied all the qualifications of a legal newspaper for the publication of official advertisements during the whole of such period of suspension.
L.1943, c. 105, p. 337, s. 1, eff. April 7, 1943.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-3 - Change of name; certificate, record and filing

35:1-3. Change of name; certificate, record and filing
The name of any newspaper published within the state may be changed by recording and filing a certificate under the hand of its proprietor, or if its proprietor be a corporation under the corporate seal, setting forth the name of the newspaper, its proprietorship, place of publication, the new name adopted and the date when the change of name shall take effect, which shall be not less than one week after the filing of the certificate.
The execution of the certificate shall be proved or acknowledged as required for deeds of real estate and shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose in the office of the clerk of the county in which the newspaper is published, and after being recorded shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The certificate or a copy duly certified by the secretary of state shall be competent evidence in any court.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:1-4 - Change of name; no interruption of legal status

35:1-4. Change of name; no interruption of legal status
When a newspaper shall change its name as provided in section 35:1-3 of this title, its continuance as a legal newspaper shall not be interrupted nor shall the validity of any legal publication be in anywise affected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:2-3 - Price for publishing advertisements to be printed therewith

35:2-3. Price for publishing advertisements to be printed therewith
There shall be printed and published on and with every official advertisement a statement of the price therefor established by law, which price shall be the legal amount due for the whole length of time that the same is to be published. No charge shall be made or recovery had for publishing any official advertising unaccompanied by such statement of price.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:2-3.1 - Advertising in papers published outside municipality

35:2-3.1. Advertising in papers published outside municipality
When in the judgment of the governing body of any county, city, town, borough or township or any municipality or any division thereof, it is to the best interest to bring to the attention of the greatest possible number of its citizens, any of its legal notices, ordinances, resolutions, audits or notice of any kind, it shall be lawful for said governing body of any said county, city, town, borough or township or any municipality or any division of the same to cause to be published its legal notices, ordinances, resolutions, audits or notices of any kind at the legal rates fixed by law, in any newspaper legally qualified published outside of said county, city, town, borough, township or municipality thereof, but circulated within said county, city, town, borough, township or municipality; provided, same is published within the State of New Jersey, when in their judgment said publication will inform the greatest number of its citizens of any action of said governing body; and provided further, that the number of insertions shall not exceed the number required by law.
L.1944, c. 83, p. 163, s. 1, eff. April 6, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 35 - Legal Advertisements › Section 35:2-3.2 - Publication outside municipality additional requirement

35:2-3.2. Publication outside municipality additional requirement
This authorization of such publication shall in no wise relieve the governing body from the requirements of publication of all legal notices, ordinances, resolutions, audits or notices in any newspaper published within the county, city, borough, township or municipality now, duly authorized by law to publish the same but shall be in addition to the legal requirements and not in place thereof.
L.1944, c. 83, p. 164, s. 2, eff. April 6, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-1.1 - Saturdays public holidays

36:1-1.1. Saturdays public holidays
Each Saturday in each year shall, for all purposes whatsoever as regards the transaction of business in the public offices of this State, and the counties and municipalities in this State, be considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and as public holidays.
L.1946, c. 129, p. 609, s. 1. Amended by L.1954, c. 196, p. 729, s. 1; L.1955, c. 196, p. 774, s. 1, eff. Aug. 5, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-1.2 - Legal holiday on Saturday; preceding Friday deemed to be holiday.

36:1-1.2 Legal holiday on Saturday; preceding Friday deemed to be holiday.
1. Whenever any legal holiday enumerated in R.S.36:1-1 other than Saturday, and other than those days enumerated under subsection d. of R.S.36:1-1, can and shall fall on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be deemed to be said holiday for State employees, and the public offices of the State government shall be closed for the transaction of business.
L.1978, c.135, s.1; amended 2008, c.89. s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-2 - Transaction of business on holidays

36:1-2. Transaction of business on holidays
36:1-2. Transaction of business on holidays. Any person or corporation, including without limitation a bank, trust company, banking institution and savings and loan association, may transact either private or public business in this State on any designated holiday, in the same manner as on any other day of the week on which it is lawful to transact such business.
Amended 1988,c.34,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-3 - Sales of real and personal property on designated holidays

36:1-3. Sales of real and personal property on designated holidays
36:1-3. Sales of real and personal property on designated holidays. Any sale of real or personal property made by any public officer, or by any citizen of this State, on any designated holiday, shall be as valid as though such sale was made on any other day of the week on which it is lawful to sell and transfer real or personal property.
Amended 1988,c.34,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-4 - Transactions by certain financial institutions after 12 o'clock noon on Saturdays and public holidays

36:1-4. Transactions by certain financial institutions after 12 o'clock noon on Saturdays and public holidays
36:1-4. Transactions by certain financial institutions after 12 o'clock noon on Saturdays and public holidays. The payment, certification or acceptance of any check or other negotiable instrument or any other transaction by any bank or trust company, banking institution or savings and loan association shall not be void or voidable or invalid because done or performed on a day designated in R.S. 36:1-1 as a public holiday, including Saturday between 12 o'clock noon and midnight, if such payment, certification, acceptance or other transaction would be valid if done or performed at a time or on a day which is not designated as a public holiday. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to compel any bank or trust company, banking institution or savings and loan association to keep open, or to perform any of the acts or transactions aforesaid, on any Saturday after 12 o'clock noon or on any day designated as a public holiday except at its own option.
Amended 1988, c. 34, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-5 - Mother's day

36:1-5. Mother's day
For the purpose of paying a special tribute to mothers, the second Sunday of May in each year is designated as a day for the general observance of that purpose and shall be known as Mother's Day.
L.1944, c. 116, p. 319, s. 1, eff. April 13, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-6 - Father's day

36:1-6. Father's day
For the purpose of paying a special tribute to fathers, the third Sunday of June in each year is designated as a day for the general observance of that purpose and shall be known as Father's Day.
L.1944, c. 116, p. 319, s. 2, eff. April 13, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-8 - Volunteer Fireman's day

36:1-8. Volunteer Fireman's day
For the purpose of paying special tribute to volunteer firemen, the second Sunday of January in each year is designated for the general observance of that purpose and shall be known as "Volunteer Fireman's Day."
L.1978, c. 28, s. 1, eff. June 5, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-9 - Volunteer first aid and rescue squad day

36:1-9. Volunteer first aid and rescue squad day
For the purpose of paying special tribute to volunteer first aid and rescue squads, the third Sunday in January in each year is designated for the general observance of that purpose and shall be known as "Volunteer First Aid and Rescue Squad Day."
L.1981, c. 84, s. 1, eff. March 25, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-10 - Legislative findings and declaration

36:1-10. Legislative findings and declaration
The Legislature finds and declares:
a. That the tenth day of June marks the anniversary of one of the most heinous criminal acts in the history of Western civilization, the brutal extermination of the peaceful village of Lidice, Czechoslovakia by the barbaric members of the Nazi security police on June 10, 1942.
b. On that dark day in 1942 every male resident of Lidice over the age of 16 was murdered; all of the women were condemned to the dreaded Ravensbrueck concentration camp; four pregnant women were taken to a maternity hospital where their newly born children were murdered; and all of the surviving children of Lidice were sent outside of Czechoslovakia and dispersed.
c. After the people of Lidice had been so thoroughly savaged, the Nazi security police turned their perverted fury on the village itself, first burning it, then dynamiting the ruins, and finally leveling the site of the village to the ground.
d. This barbarous act of depravity so aroused the wrath of the world, that towns and villages in many countries renamed themselves Lidice so that the memory of that peaceful little village might be preserved.
e. It is the firm belief of this Legislature that the memory of the hideous outrage that was committed against Lidice must not be allowed to fade, lest a similar fate befall other communities.
L.1983, c. 210, s. 1, eff. June 10, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-11 - Lidice memorial day; designation

36:1-11. Lidice memorial day; designation
The tenth day of June in each year is designated as Lidice Memorial Day in honor of the innocent victims of the Nazi outrage that was committed against Lidice, Czechoslovakia. The Governor of the State is requested annually to call on the people of the world to remember the fate of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, and to honor the memory of the innocent victims of the brutal outrage that was committed on June 10, 1942.
L.1983, c. 210, s. 2, eff. June 10, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-12 - Findings, declarations relative to Kristallnacht

36:1-12. Findings, declarations relative to Kristallnacht
1. The Legislature finds and declares:
a. On the night of November 9-10, 1938, organized gangs of Nazi Gestapo agents instigated a horrible wave of wanton destruction aimed at Jews, Jewish synagogues, homes and shops in almost every town and city in Germany;
b. That night, Kristallnacht - "The Night of Broken Glass," witnessed some of the most brutal acts of intentional savagery ever committed by a sovereign government against a religious minority;
c. This barbaric and unprecedented event was coordinated and stimulated by the Gestapo, the dreaded secret police of Adolph Hitler and his tyrannical Nazi government which ruled Germany, for the express purpose of burning Jewish synagogues, destroying Jewish property and arresting as many Jews as possible;
d. The gruesome pogrom resulted in the burning of 119 synagogues, of which 76 were completely destroyed; the destruction or looting of 7,500 Jewish shops and homes; and the death of at least 36 Jews and the serious injury of at least 36 more;
e. On that same night of horror, 20,000 Jews were systematically rounded up "for their own protection" and sent to the heinous concentration camps of Dachau, Oranienburg-Sachenhausen and Buchenwald where their heads were shaven and they were forced to wear coarse prison suits stamped with the yellow Star of David and where death was a frequent and brutal visitor;
f. To compound the senseless tribulations suffered by Jews on Kristallnacht, the Nazis forced them to pay 25 million marks for the destruction of their own property and levied an additional fine of one billion marks, supposedly for their "crimes" against the state;
g. Kristallnacht for the first time confirmed to the world the truly evil nature of the Nazis and the totalitarian German government of Hitler, and it served as a horrible and ominous omen of how that government was in later years to coldly murder six million Jews and others in a mindless attempt at the genocide of an entire religious minority; and
h. It is imperative for the current generation of Americans and residents of New Jersey to remember the brutality of Kristallnacht and its importance as a portent of the Holocaust which later destroyed six million Jews and millions of others.
L.1995,c.258,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:1-13 - Kristallnacht Memorial Night designated

36:1-13. Kristallnacht Memorial Night designated
2. The night of November 9-10 in each year is designated as Kristallnacht Memorial Night in New Jersey in honor of the innocent victims of that Nazi outrage. On the night of every November 9-10, the State Capitol Joint Management Commission, established pursuant to P.L.1992, c.67 (C.52:31-34 et seq.), shall ensure that each room and office in each State building within the Capitol Complex remains lit for the entire night as a remembrance of the terrible events of Kristallnacht and the Holocaust, and as a symbol of hope that humanity will finally unite to put an end to genocide. The State Capitol Joint Management Commission shall consult with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, established pursuant to P.L.1991, c.193 (C.18A:4A-1 et seq.), on increasing public awareness of Kristallnacht Memorial Night in New Jersey.
L.1995,c.258,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-1 - Crispus Attucks Day

36:2-1. Crispus Attucks Day
In order to pay respect to Crispus Attucks, the first American patriot to give his life in our country's war of freedom, the fifth day of March, in each year, is designated as a day for the general observance of that purpose and shall be known as Crispus Attucks Day; provided, however, that when said day shall fall on any secular or business day of the week, no business transaction, allowable or permissible on such secular or business day, shall be prohibited.
L.1949, c. 49, p. 336, s. 1, eff. April 25, 1949.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-1.1 - Special commemorations posted on Department of State website.

36:2-1.1 Special commemorations posted on Department of State website.
1. The Department of State shall post, within 60 days after the date of enactment of this act, and maintain on its Internet website a list of the specific days, weeks, or months designated by State law for special commemorations each year, consistent with its mission to advance the cultural and historical heritage of the State and encourage the civic engagement of State residents.
L.2013, c.251, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-2 - American Flag Week

36:2-2. American Flag Week
The Governor of the State of New Jersey is requested, annually, to issue an appropriate proclamation designating the period of June 7 through June 14 of each year as American Flag Week, and calling upon all citizens of the State to display the flag of the United States of America on those days.
L.1965, c. 37, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1965.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-3 - New Jersey Day

36:2-3. New Jersey Day
The Governor of the State of New Jersey is requested to issue annually an appropriate proclamation designating April 17 as New Jersey Day and calling upon all citizens and residents of this State to commemorate and observe said day as the anniversary of the beginning of unified government in New Jersey by directing, and participating in, programs recalling our heritage and its meaning to New Jersey today and in the future.
L.1970, c. 30, s. 1, eff. April 17, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-4 - Women's history week; designation

36:2-4. Women's history week; designation
The second week of March in each year shall be designated as "Women's History Week" in the State of New Jersey in recognition of the significant and diverse contributions of women to the development of both the State of New Jersey and the United States of America.
L.1982, c. 11, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-5 - Governor's proclamation; women's history week

36:2-5. Governor's proclamation; women's history week
The Governor is requested to issue a proclamation proclaiming the aforesaid designation and with the Legislature to call upon all citizens of the State, all educational institutions and all other public and private agencies and organizations to celebrate Women's History Week by appropriate observances.
L.1982, c. 11, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-6 - Law Day on May 1; annual proclamation by Governor

36:2-6. Law Day on May 1; annual proclamation by Governor
The Governor of the State of New Jersey is requested to issue annually an appropriate proclamation designating May 1 as "Law Day" and calling upon all citizens and residents of this State to commemorate and observe said day as a special day of celebration in appreciation of their liberties and the reaffirmation of their loyalty to the United States of America; of their rededication to the ideals of equality and justice under law and respect for basic human rights; and for the cultivation of that respect for law that is so vital to the democratic way of life. The citizens and residents of this State are urged to partake in the appropriate observance of "Law Day," including the display of the flag of the United States and consideration of the sanctity of law and respect for its impartial principles so unfortunately absent in many other nations throughout the world.
L.1982, c. 232, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-7 - "New Jersey P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day" designated.

36:2-7 "New Jersey P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day" designated.
1. The third Friday in September of each year shall be designated as "New Jersey P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day" in recognition of the sacrifices of the citizens of this State and of our Nation who were captured by the enemy or are missing in action.
L.1984,c.83,s.1; amended 1999, c.123, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-8 - Request for proclamation by Governor

36:2-8. Request for proclamation by Governor
The Governor is requested to issue a proclamation proclaiming this designation and with the Legislature to call annually upon the citizens of this State to recognize this date with appropriate observances.
L.1984, c. 83, s. 2, eff. July 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-9 - New Jersey Retired Teachers Day

36:2-9. New Jersey Retired Teachers Day
The Governor shall designate the first Sunday in November of each year as "New Jersey Retired Teachers Day," a day on which the people of New Jersey can pay tribute to the retired teachers of the State in grateful recognition of the instruction and guidance they have provided, and the example they have set, for the youth of New Jersey.
Joint Resolution No. 18, 1984, s. 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-10 - Police, firemen, first aid day

36:2-10. Police, firemen, first aid day
The third Sunday in May of each year shall be designated as "Police, Firemen and First Aid Recognition Day" in the State of New Jersey in recognition of the dedicated service the members of police and fire departments and various first aid, ambulance and rescue services in the State have rendered to their fellow citizens.
L. 1986, c. 45, s. 1, eff. July 9, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-11 - Annual observance

36:2-11. Annual observance
The Governor shall issue annually a proclamation designating the third Sunday in May of each year as "Police, Firemen and First Aid Recognition Day" and with the Legislature call upon all citizens of the State and all other public and private agencies and organizations to celebrate "Police, Firemen and First Aid Recognition Day" by appropriate observances.
L. 1986, c. 45, s. 2, eff. July 9, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-14 - Dissemination of information

36:2-14. Dissemination of information
All government agencies and appropriate private agencies and associations in this State are urged to recognize "Missing Persons' Month" by working cooperatively to make available to the public more in-depth information regarding the true statistics and scope of the missing persons issue.
L.1989,c.83,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-16 - New Jersey Shore Celebration Day; established

36:2-16. New Jersey Shore Celebration Day; established
It is declared that the second Saturday preceding the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day, shall be New Jersey Shore Celebration Day, to be annually observed with appropriate festivities by the people.
L.1990,JR 2,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-17 - Observance of New Jersey Shore Celebration Day; cooperation, coordination; encouraged

36:2-17. Observance of New Jersey Shore Celebration Day; cooperation, coordination; encouraged
The State government, the government of every county bordering on the New Jersey shore, and the government of every municipality located within a county bordering on the New Jersey shore are encouraged to coordinate their respective observances and cooperate to make New Jersey Shore Celebration Day an annual coastwide event.
L.1990,JR 2,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-18 - "Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day" designated

36:2-18. "Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day" designated
May 7th of each year shall be designated as "Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day" in the State of New Jersey to honor those veterans who served in Vietnam with valor and to remember the heroic men and women from this State who lost their lives in the service of their country.
L.1991,c.100,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-19 - Observance of "Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day"

36:2-19. Observance of "Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day"
The Governor shall annually issue a proclamation designating May 7th as "Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day" and with the Legislature call upon the citizens of this State to recognize this day with appropriate observances.
L.1991,c.100,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-20 - "Korean War Veterans' Day" designated

36:2-20. "Korean War Veterans' Day" designated
1. July 27 of each year shall be designated as "Korean War Veterans' Day" in New Jersey in recognition of the courage and unwavering patriotism of those men and women of this State who served in the armed forces during the Korean War.
L.1991,c.221,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-21 - Gubernatorial proclamation

36:2-21. Gubernatorial proclamation
2. The Governor shall issue annually a proclamation designating this day as "Korean War Veterans' Day" and with the Legislature call upon the citizens of this State to recognize this day with appropriate observances.
L.1991,c.221,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-22 - "Holocaust Remembrance Day"

36:2-22. "Holocaust Remembrance Day"
1. There is hereby designated an annual "Holocaust Remembrance Day," which shall be that day in each year which corresponds to the 27th day of the month of Nissan in the Hebrew calendar except in any year in which that 27th day falls on a public holiday or religious holiday, in which event the Governor shall designate another day, as near to that 27th day as practical, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in that year. All citizens of this State as well as public and private organizations are urged to recognize "Holocaust Remembrance Day" by appropriate observances.
L.1991,JR5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Legal Holidays › Section 36:2-23 - Findings, declarations

36:2-23. Findings, declarations
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Alzheimer's Disease is a terminal, organic brain disease of unknown origin that causes steady brain deterioration and leads to a complete breakdown of a person's ability to communicate, move about, or control bodily functions and eventually results in death;
b. Alzheimer's Disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and affects two to four million Americans between the ages of 40 and 80, including about 400,000 residents of New Jersey;
c. While presently incurable, Alzheimer's Disease is often confused with other diseases of intellectual impairment, thus necessitating that the specific diagnosis of a person's medical conditions be conducted with great care, since the other causes of impairment can be treated;
d. Alzheimer's Disease has been called a disease which not only "robs the mind of the victim" but "breaks the heart of the family" because it inflicts tremendous burdens on loved ones who must endure emotional, social, physical and financial stress while providing care and comfort to the victim of this ever-worsening disease; and
e. While research continues in a search for cures and controls for this devastating disease, it is important that citizens of this State develop an awareness of the nature of Alzheimer's Disease, understand the toll it takes on the victim and his or her family, encourage the development of support and assistance groups for these families, and promote efforts for advocacy for the needs of those afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease and their caregivers.
L.1991,c.319,s.1.