2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 34 - Labor And Workmen's Compensation
Section 34:1-69.3 - Duties Of Director

34:1-69.3. Duties of director
The director of such division shall collect and tabulate statistics pertaining to the deaf, their employment and welfare; shall ascertain primarily by annual review of the New Jersey job market, by reference to occupational information publications of the United States Department of Labor as well as other sources herein identified what trades or occupations are most suitable for them; shall arrange for Statewide vocational retraining when necessary; shall endeavor to create new fields of employment to which they may adapt themselves, and to place them in such various lines of employment; investigate may file a complaint with the Division on Civil Rights on behalf of any deaf persons and assist them in any subsequent proceedings involving any, and all acts of discrimination against them by specific employers, industries, corporations or organizations with whom they may seek employment including the State and shall use his best efforts for the general welfare of all the deaf within the State. He shall develop field contacts to increase the employability of deaf persons and seek the cooperation of all State departments, officers and State agencies and minor governmental bodies to the end that deaf persons may be employed in such capacities in the government of the State, or any subdivision thereof, as they may fill as efficiently as other persons. He shall make such reports and recommendations to his superior as may be requested or as may be required by law, or otherwise, and issue such reports in pamphlet form, or otherwise, as may be necessary or desirable to advance the best interests of the division and the deaf people of the State in general.

L.1941, c. 197, p. 586, s. 3. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1977.