Mar-11-13 Christie Administration Alerts New Jersey Employers to Hiring Incentives
Funding Available to Businesses that Hire and Train Former Pharmaceutical Workers
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“As a former business owner, I fully understand the expense associated with training new employees. This is an opportunity for employers to bring on new staff and offset their training costs. This program benefits employers and employees and will help stimulate job growth here in New Jersey,” said LWD Commissioner Harold J. Wirths.
New Jersey employers from all industries are eligible to participate in this program, which is commonly known as an On-the-Job-Training program, as long as the prospective new hires are among the former pharmaceutical industry workers covered under a National Emergency Grant first issued to the LWD by the U.S. Department of Labor in 2010.
The program is being offered under a federal grant obtained by the LWD in October 2010 and managed in collaboration with the state’s Life Sciences Talent Network at BioNJ. It is designed to help workers who were displaced from the pharmaceutical industry due to the economic down-turn by providing job training and assistance in finding new employment.
New Jersey applied for the grant to keep the state’s pharmaceutical talent in the state and maintain New Jersey’s economic competitiveness. The workers covered under the grant include those who were displaced from approved locations of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hoffman-La Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., and Pfizer companies.
Under the new On-the-Job Training component, employers will not incur any fees and LWD or the Life Sciences Talent Network staff will pre-screen applicants for eligibility or will assist in qualifying candidates prior to the actual hire.
Funds for this program are available for a limited time. For more details and to apply for these grants please contact Nadine Scala, Pharma OJT Coordinator in Morristown via phone at (973) 829-8400 ext. 233 or via email at nscala@co.morris.nj.us. Additional contacts include Christopher Peake, Direct Services Coordinator, Greater Raritan One Stop Center in Somerville, who may be reached via phone at 908-541-5782 or via email at peake@co.somerset.nj.us. Other contacts include Vicki Gaddy or Matt Alcalde at the Life Sciences Talent Network at BioNJ who may be reached via phone at 609-890-3185.
