N.J. Admin. Code § 8:59-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 8:59-7.5 - Employee rights

(a) Any public employee or employee representative may request, in writing, from his or her employer, a copy of a Right to Know survey, hazardous substance fact sheet, or, where applicable, material safety data sheet, for the facility at which he or she is employed.

(b) A public employee shall have the right to refuse to work with a hazardous substance for which a request was made for a Right to Know survey, appropriate hazardous substance fact sheet, or material safety data sheet, and shall have the right to refuse to work with any substance for which a request was made for the chemical name and CAS number of a substance in a container that is not labeled pursuant to 8:59-5 or the chemical name of a substance labeled with a common name, for the facility at which he or she is employed, and not honored within five working days of the request, without loss of pay or forfeit of any other privilege until the request is honored, except in the case of (c) below.

(c) A public employee shall not have the right, pursuant to the Act, to refuse to work with a hazardous substance if an employer cannot supply a hazardous substance fact sheet to an employee who requested it because the employer has not received from the Department the hazardous substance fact sheet which the employer requested from the Department.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:59-7.5

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 1036(a), effective 3/19/2018