Bill Text: NJ S2075 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires employers to post information concerning veterans' benefits and services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [S2075 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S2075-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Burgess
SYNOPSIS
Requires employers to post information concerning veterans' benefits and services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act requiring employers to post information concerning veterans' benefits and services and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall consult with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to create and distribute a poster containing information regarding benefits and services available to veterans.
b. Such poster shall, at a minimum, include information regarding the following services available to veterans:
(1) contact and website information for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the department's veterans' program;
(2) substance abuse and mental health treatment;
(3) educational, workforce, and training resources;
(4) tax benefits;
(5) New Jersey State veteran drivers' licenses and non-driver identification cards;
(6) eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits under State and federal law;
(7) legal services; and
(8) contact information for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line.
c. Every employer in the State with more than 50 full-time or full-time equivalent employees shall display the poster created pursuant to this section in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace.
2. This act shall take effect on the 90th day following enactment.
STATEMENT
The bill requires employers to display a poster containing information on veterans' benefits and services. Under the bill, employers with more than 50 full-time or full-time equivalent employees are required to display the poster in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall consult with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to develop the poster.
At a minimum, the poster will include:
(1) contact and website information for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the department's veterans' program;
(2) substance abuse and mental health treatment;
(3) educational, workforce, and training resources;
(4) tax benefits;
(5) New Jersey State veteran drivers' licenses and non-driver identification cards;
(6) eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits under State and federal law;
(7) legal services; and
(8) contact information for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line.
