New Jersey Department of Labor
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| Jurisdiction | New Jersey |
| Headquarters | 1 John Fitch Plaza Trenton, NJ 08625 |
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| Website | http://lwd.state.nj.us/labor/index.html |
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Initially constituted in the late-1940s, pursuant to P.L. 1948, c.446, as the Department of Labor and Industry, the department is one of 16 executive branch departments in New Jersey state government. Governor Jim McGreevey's enactment of P.L. 2004, c.39 in June 2004 changed the name of the department from the New Jersey "Department of Labor" to the New Jersey "Department of Labor and Workforce Development." In addition to the name change, the statutory revisions consolidated and reorganized the state's workforce system.
Acting Commissioner Aaron R. Fichtner, Ph.D. heads the department. Prior to his appointment by Governor Chris Christie in September 2016, Dr. Fichtner served as the department's Deputy Commissioner. Before joining the department in 2010, Dr. Fichtner was director of Research and Evaluation at Rutgers University's Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. In that role, Dr. Fichtner conducted extensive research on the workforce and skill needs of key industries, implemented a variety of workforce and education initiatives, and conducted evaluations of education and training programs. He has also worked in the field of economic development in Jersey City, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Fichtner currently serves as Chair of the National Association of State Liaisons for Workforce Development Partnerships, the workforce development committee of the National Governors Association. He has served as chairman of the Labor Market Information Committee of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). He currently serves as a board member of NASWA. Dr. Fichtner has been appointed by United States Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to serve as a member of the Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC), a Federal Advisory Committee of fourteen workforce and labor market information experts representing a broad range of national, state, and local data and information users.
Catherine Frugé Starghill, Esq. is the department's Deputy Commissioner. Starghill has been with the department since 2012, previously serving as Executive Director of Workforce Operations and Business Services where she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the One-Stop Career Centers and the integrated business outreach of Workforce field staff with other state and local workforce partners. Prior to joining the department, Starghill was the Acting Director of the Division of Housing and Community Resources and Equal Employment Opportunity Officer at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Much of her state government career was spent as the expert on the Open Public Records Act in the Government Records Council and the Privacy Study Commission. Before joining the public sector, she spent many years in the private sector, working in Tax and Legal Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers and on the Corporate Finance Staff of Ford Motor Company.
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