{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-10-65","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:10-65","heading":"Community, alternative work experience not considered employment","body":"11.  Participation by a recipient in a community work experience or alternative work experience provided by a sponsor pursuant to this act shall not be considered employment for any purpose, except that:\na.  It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the \"Law Against Discrimination,\" P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.), and the sponsor, not the program, shall be deemed the employer for purposes of any action brought under that act;\nb.  It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the \"New Jersey Public Employees' Occupational Safety and Health Act,\" P.L.1983, c.516 (C.34:6A-25 et seq.) if the sponsor is a public employer subject to that act;\nc.  It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of the \"Conscientious Employee Protection Act,\" P.L.1986, c.105 (C.34:19-1 et seq.), and the \"Worker and Community Right to Know Act,\" P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.);\nd.  It shall be regarded as employment for the purposes of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, subject to the provisions of section 12 of this act ; and\ne.  The recipient shall be entitled, to the same degree as any similarly-situated employee of the sponsor, to family leave pursuant to the \"Family Leave Act,\" P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) and family and medical leave pursuant to federal law.\nL.1997,c.38,s.11.","path":["TITLE 44 POOR"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"ff54c93e284a76382f73ffaac3041cae7b911b0770a5da3b28baff3eb32e6c81","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-10-64","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-10-66"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}