§ 34:8D-12 — Director, authority, suspend, revoke, refuse certification; notification.

12. a. The director shall have the authority to deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any certification issued under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8). b. The director shall notify a temporary help service firm in writing by mail of the denial, suspension of, revocation of, or refusal to renew the certification and the reason for the denial, suspension of, revocation, or refusal. The Division of Consumer Affairs shall update the list of temporary help service firms certified to make designated classification placements on its website to reflect any denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew the certification of a temporary help service firm. The director may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any certification issued under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8) on the following grounds: (1) The temporary help service firm is in default of payment of the certification fee required under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8), fails to obtain or maintain or terminates the surety bond required under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8), or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8); (2) The certification required under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8) was procured by fraud or false representation of fact; (3) The temporary help service firm is subject to a court order entering final judgment for violations of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) or for violations of P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.) and the judgment was not satisfied within 30 days of either: (a) the expiration of the time for filing an appeal from the final judgment order; or (b) if a timely appeal was made, the date of the final resolution of that appeal and any subsequent appeals resulting in final judicial affirmation of the findings of a violation; (4) The temporary help service firm has failed to comply with the terms of an administrative penalty or final order, within 30 days of issuance of that penalty or order, issued by the commissioner or the director pursuant to P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) or issued by the commissioner pursuant to P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.) for which all appeal rights have been exhausted; (5) The temporary help service firm has been determined through a separate enforcement process to be operating in violation of any law; or (6) The temporary help service firm has committed one or more violations of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.), that have jeopardized the public health, safety, or welfare, or that call into question the firm's ability to operate as a temporary help service firm in compliance with P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.). c. If a temporary help service firm's application for initial registration or renewal is denied pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1981, c.1 (C.56:8-1.1) or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, or if a temporary help service firm's registration is suspended, revoked, or not renewed for any reason, the director shall take the same action against the temporary help service firm with respect to an application or a certification under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8). If a person or entity that holds or seeks a license or registration that authorizes the person or entity to provide temporary help services pursuant to any other law, rule, or regulation is denied such license or registration, or if such license or registration is suspended, revoked, or not renewed for any reason, the director shall take the same action against the temporary help service firm with respect to an application or a certification under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8). d. The director shall not deny, revoke, or refuse to renew a certification under this section except upon reasonable notice to, and opportunity to be heard by, the applicant or certification-holder. The director may, if the director finds it to be in the public interest, suspend a certification for any period of time that the director determines to be proper, or assess a penalty in lieu of suspension, or both, and may issue a new certification, notwithstanding the revocation of a prior certification, provided the director finds the applicant to have become entitled to a new certification. L.2023, c.10, s.12.