Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Other labor and employment agencies with different jurisdiction from PERC:

Federal Labor Relations Authority (www.flra.gov)

• certain workplace issues involving agencies of the federal (United States) government, employees of those agencies, and unions that represent federal employees

National Labor Relations Board (www.nlrb.gov)

• certain private-sector labor relations issues

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (www.eeoc.gov)

• certain issues involving discrimination, harassment, and hostile work environments based on certain characteristics, such as age, race, sex, and disability, and retaliation for complaints about such conduct

U.S. Department of Labor (www.dol.gov)

• certain issues including those involving workplace safety, wage and hour (including for New Jersey public employees), and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act

N.J. Department of Community Affairs (www.state.nj.us/dca)

• certain code violations and ethics issues

N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services (www.state.nj.us/health)

• certain issues involving occupational health hazards and PEOSH complaints

N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development (www.state.nj.us/labor)

• certain issues involving occupational safety and discrimination/retaliation for making safety complaints, wage and hour (for private-sector employees), unemployment insurance, temporary disability and family leave pay, workers' compensation eligibility and discrimination/retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim, and other issues

N.J. Civil Service Commission (www.state.nj.us/csc/)

• certain public sector issues and various types of appeals, including those regarding discipline, layoffs, and seniority rights not covered by contract, whistleblower retaliation and political coercion, job classification and out-of-title work, medical and psychological disqualification determinations, and civil service testing for employees of the State and other civil service jurisdictions (county or municipal employers that adopted civil service rules)

N.J. Division on Civil Rights (www.state.nj.us/lps/dcr)

• certain issues involving discrimination, harassment, and hostile work environments based on characteristics protected by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), such as age, race, sex, and disability; violations of the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA); and retaliation/reprisals for complaining about violations of and exercising rights under NJLAD and NJFLA