N.J. Admin. Code § 17:27-7.2

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

Section 17:27-7.2 - Establishment of targeted goals

(a) The Department shall individually establish the minority and women employment goals for each construction contractor and subcontractor for each trade on each contract. The Department shall review the trades to be utilized during the completion of the work as reported on the initial project workforce report and determine the employment goals based upon the number of qualified minorities and women available as reported by the New Jersey Department of Labor, Division of Planning and Research in its report: EEO Tabulations--Detailed Occupations by Race/Hispanic Groups.

(b) The contractor shall obtain the targeted employment goals from the State's website at www.state.nj.us/treasury/contract_compliance or request the employment goals from the Department after submitting the initial project workforce report to the Department.

(c) When it is notified of a preconstruction or initial job meeting, the Department has the discretion to attend the meeting for the purpose of informing the construction contractor of its responsibilities, the targeted employment goals and the good faith criteria used in determining compliance with this chapter. If the Department determines not to attend the preconstruction or initial job meeting, a representative of the Department shall discuss the contractor's responsibilities, the targeted employment goals, and the good faith criteria used in determining compliance with this chapter during the first site monitoring visit. The Department shall evaluate compliance with the targeted employment goals and good faith requirements by reviewing the utilization of minorities and women as reported in the work hours per trade and the good faith efforts of each construction contractor. The Department shall calculate the work hours per trade based upon information in the monthly project workforce report submitted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 17:27-7.5 and verified by periodic site visits.

(d) Public agencies, contractors, subcontractors, or affected minority or women workers may submit written requests to the Department for a determination of what employment goals should apply for a particular contract. The determination made by the Department in such cases shall be binding on public agencies, contractors, subcontractors, or minority or women workers who submit the requests.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:27-7.2

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2968(b), effective 9/5/2017