As used in this act:
"Awarding authority" means any person that awards or enters into a service contract or subcontract, except that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall not be an awarding authority.
"Contractor" means any person, including a subcontractor, who enters into a service contract or subcontract to be performed, provided the contractor employs more than four service employees anywhere in the United States.
"Covered location" means one of the following locations, whether publicly or privately owned:
"Employer" means any person who employs service employees at a covered location.
"Person" means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, or other entity that may employ persons or enter into a service contract.
"Service contract" means a contract between an awarding authority and a contractor to provide services performed by a service employee at a covered location.
"Service employee" means an individual employed or assigned to a covered location on a full- or part-time basis for at least 60 days and who is not a managerial or professional employee or regularly scheduled to work less than 16 hours per week in:
"Service employee" does not include any individual who performs work on any building, structural, electric, HVAC, or plumbing project, if the work requires a permit to be issued by a municipal building or construction department.
"Successor employer" means an employer that:
N.J.S. § 34:21-16