TERMS OF AGREEMENT
The employer agrees:
1. To provide training and supervision to student in order that the student may attain work experience
within New Jersey’s eight key industries. The LWD will provide to the employer 50 percent of the
student’s salary during the Internship period on a cost reimbursement basis. LWD will match employer’s
contributions up to $1,500. These match funds cannot be used to satisfy a cost-sharing or matching
requirement of another program. Holiday, sick, vacation and overtime are not reimbursable under this
program.
2. To employ under this agreement only student interns enrolled in a New Jersey high school, college or
university who have been certied by the NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development (LWD) as
eligible for program services.
3. To ensure that no currently employed worker is displaced by any student in the Internship Program;
no student may be employed under this program if any other individual is on layoff from the same or
equivalent job or when the employer has terminated any regular employee without cause or otherwise
reduced its workforce with the intention of lling the vacancy so created by hiring a student whose wages
are subsidized by this program; and no student may be employed that is directly related to a supervisor or
the employer.
4. To electronically acknowledge the contract application and supporting payroll documentation to the
LWD for the 50 percent reimbursement of the student’s wages. To cooperate with the LWD in evaluating
the progress of the student participant, and in such cases where termination is determined by the
employer to be warranted, to contact the LWD before termination.
5. That this contract is being entered into with the expectation and understanding that upon completion
of the graduation, the employer will consider employment of student intern. That if, for any reason, the
student would not be considered for employment the employer may be required to submit to the LWD
documentation.
6. That nothing herein alters the nature of the employment relationship (at-will or other) between the
student and the employer. However, if it is determined by the LWD that the employer has breached
any of the provisions of this agreement, the LWD may refuse payment of any invoice(s) and may seek
reimbursement of funds paid to the employer by the LWD under this contract.
7. To be in compliance with all federal and State laws and regulations, including but not limited to,
the minimum wage rate of $8.44 per hour, the requirement that the employer provide workers’
compensation protection for the student participant and the requirement that the employer not
discriminate against any person who is employed in the work covered by this contract or against any
applicant for such employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital
status, affectional or sexual orientation, familial status, disability, nationality, sex, gender identity or
expression or source of lawful income used for rental or mortgage payments, subject only to conditions
and limitations applicable alike to all persons.
By electronically acknowledging the Internship contract application and submission of payroll documentation
for an Internship Grant program participant, the employer hereby covenants and agrees to the general
provisions outlined above and those stated in the program provisions document.
