N.J. Admin. Code § 15:21-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 15:21-2.4 - Employees

(a) All public libraries (municipal, joint, association and county) shall meet the following minimum requirements based on the population of the area from which the library receives tax support:

1. Number of employees: All libraries shall employ a minimum of one full-time staff member as variously defined in this section. In addition, one full-time employee or the equivalent thereof in part-time paid employment for the initial 4,000 population and each succeeding 4,000 population shall be employed as set forth in Chart A below. Security, janitorial and custodial employees may be counted not to exceed 10 percent of total staff.

Chart A
Minimum Number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees
Number
Number of	of all
Professional	Other Staff
FTE [na]	FTE [nb]
Required	Required (based	Total
(based on	on	Number
Population	35 hour	30 hour	of Paid
Category	work week)	work week)	FTE [nc]
0-3,999	0	1 [nb]	1
4,000-4,999	0	1 [nb]	2
5,000-7,499	0	2 (at least one	2
person must
work a minimum
of 30 hours
per week)
7,500-7,999	1	1	2
8,000-11,999	1	2	3
12,000-15,999	1	3	4
16,000-19,999	1	4	5
20,000-23,999	2	4	6
24,000-27,999	2	5	7
28,000-29,999	2	6	8
30,000-31,999	3	5	8
32,000-35,999	3	6	9
36,000-39,999	3	7	10
40,000-43,999	4	7	11
44,000-47,999	4	8	12
48,000-49,999	4	9	13
50,000-51,999	5	8	13
52,000-55,999	5	9	14 [nd]
56,000-59,999	5	10	15
60,000-63,999	5	11	16
64,000-67,999	5	12	17
68,000-69,999	5	13	18
70,000-71,999	6	13	19
72,000-73,999	6	13	19
74,000-75,999	6	14	20
76,000-77,999	6	14	20
78,000-79,999	6	15	21
80,000-81,999	6	15	21
82,000-83,999	6	16	22
84,000-85,999	6	16	22
86,000-89,999	6	17	23
90,000-93,999	7	17	24
94,000-97,999	7	18	25
98,000-101,999	7	19	26
102,000-109,999	7 [nc]	20 [nf]	27
[na] For municipalities of 7,500 population
or more, one FTE is the director and must work a
minimum of 35 hours per week.
[nb] For municipalities of under 5,000 population,
one FTE must be filled by a person working at least
30 hours per week or two part time persons working
a combined 30 hours per week with neither
working less than 10 hours per week.
[nc] Professional FTE at 35 hours/week and all
other staff FTE at 30 hours/week (security, janitorial
and custodial employees may be counted not to exceed
10 percent of total staff).
[nd] Add one additional full time equivalent for each
additional 4,000 population over 52,000.
[ne] 110,000 requires eight professionals, 130,000 and over
requires nine professionals plus one additional full time
equivalent professional for each additional 20,000
population.
[nf] To continue the increase of "number of all other
staff FTE," subtract the "number of professional staff
FTE" from the "total number of paid FTE."

i. Full-time means a minimum of 30 hours per week except that for municipalities of under 5,000 population, full-time may be defined as two part-time persons working a combined 30 hours per week. At no time shall either part-time employee work less than 10 hours per week.

2. Professional staff:

i.N.J.S.A. 45:8A-3 notwithstanding, all libraries serving populations of 7,500 or more must employ as library director a full-time professional librarian who holds a New Jersey State Professional Librarian Certificate. Libraries serving between 7,500 and 9,999 in population shall be exempt from meeting the requirement of a professional library director until such time as the incumbent director, employed at the time of the adoption of this revision, of said library is no longer employed by that library.

ii. The minimum full-time work week shall be 35 hours. The minimum work week shall apply to all libraries receiving aid under this section.

iii. Libraries serving 7,500 to 50,000 population must employ a minimum of one full-time professional librarian holding a New Jersey State Professional Librarian Certificate or the full-time equivalent for each 10,000 population up to 50,000 and one additional full-time professional librarian or the full-time equivalent for each 20,000 population over 50,000 as set forth in Chart A above.

iv. Libraries serving a population over 50,000 must employ a minimum of one full-time professional librarian holding a New Jersey State Professional Librarian Certificate or the full-time equivalent for each 20,000 population over 50,000 as set forth in Chart A above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 15:21-2.4