ASSEMBLY, No. 4108 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED APRIL 4, 2024
ASSEMBLY, No. 4108
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED APRIL 4, 2024
Sponsored by: Assemblywoman MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union) SYNOPSIS Requires DOLWD to apply smart labor force data to direct veterans to in-demand fields. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOLWD to apply smart labor force data to direct veterans to in-demand fields.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the use of smart labor force data and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Beginning January 1, 2025, the Center for Occupational Employment Information in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall produce monthly electronic reports of workforce need projections, by industry, job type, geography, and needed credential, including reports to compare workforce needs with existing and projected workforce and credential availability in the State, and highlight top in-demand industries, job types, and credentials by geographic area. The reports shall include a mapping of which in-demand job titles and credentials would leverage skills, experience and credentials possessed by veterans; and forward the underlying data report and that additional information monthly to appropriate military out-placement offices, education centers, nonprofit programs, and any other office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State working to connect veterans with jobs. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill requires the Center for Occupational Employment Information in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) to produce monthly electronic reports of workforce need projections, by industry, job type, geography, and needed credential, including reports to compare workforce needs with existing and projected workforce and credential availability in the State, and highlight top in-demand industries, job types, and credentials by geographic area. Additionally, the center is required to include in the reports mapping of which in-demand job titles and credentials would leverage skills, experience and credentials possessed by veterans. Finally, the bill requires the center to forward the underlying data report and that additional information monthly to appropriate military out-placement offices, education centers, nonprofit programs, and any other office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State working to connect veterans with jobs.
An Act concerning the use of smart labor force data and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Beginning January 1, 2025, the Center for Occupational Employment Information in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall produce monthly electronic reports of workforce need projections, by industry, job type, geography, and needed credential, including reports to compare workforce needs with existing and projected workforce and credential availability in the State, and highlight top in-demand industries, job types, and credentials by geographic area. The reports shall include a mapping of which in-demand job titles and credentials would leverage skills, experience and credentials possessed by veterans; and forward the underlying data report and that additional information monthly to appropriate military out-placement offices, education centers, nonprofit programs, and any other office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State working to connect veterans with jobs.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Center for Occupational Employment Information in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) to produce monthly electronic reports of workforce need projections, by industry, job type, geography, and needed credential, including reports to compare workforce needs with existing and projected workforce and credential availability in the State, and highlight top in-demand industries, job types, and credentials by geographic area. Additionally, the center is required to include in the reports mapping of which in-demand job titles and credentials would leverage skills, experience and credentials possessed by veterans.
Finally, the bill requires the center to forward the underlying data report and that additional information monthly to appropriate military out-placement offices, education centers, nonprofit programs, and any other office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State working to connect veterans with jobs.