New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL
Chapter 27 - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RULES
Subchapter 5 - TARGETED MINORITY AND WOMEN EMPLOYMENT GOALS FOR DETERMINING GOOD FAITH EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EFFORTS BY VENDORS AND GOODS AND SERVICES SUBCONTRACTORS
Section 17:27-5.4 - Vendor and subcontractor compliance obligations

(a) A vendor or subcontractor shall be deemed to be in compliance with the employment goals pursuant to this subchapter, if the vendor or subcontractor is employing minority and women workers in the percentages established as targeted goals pursuant to this subchapter, and achievement of said employment percentages shall constitute compliance for purposes of this chapter, regardless of any other percentages established by a public agency; or if the vendor or subcontractor has acted and continues to act in good faith, including the use of the procedures required by the mandatory language prescribed by N.J.A.C. 17:27-3.7, to achieve the targeted minority and women employment goal percentages established in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) The vendor or subcontractor agrees to provide documentation that it has made good faith efforts to meet equal employment opportunity requirements, whenever the Division, Department, or public agency, upon its own initiative or upon the complaint of any member of the public, determines that such information is needed to determine whether the vendor or subcontractor has failed to comply with the applicable equal employment opportunity requirements.