New Jersey Statutes Title 30. Institutions and Agencies 30 § 1-1.2c

As used in this act:

“Covered employee” means any regular full-time or regular part-time employee who principally works for a covered provider and who performs or provides any type of work to deliver those services to individuals who are eligible to receive those services.

“Covered provider” means the entity entering into a Contract with the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Children and Families to provide mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services that employs more than 10 covered employees.

“Labor harmony agreement” means an agreement between a provider and any exclusive representative labor organization which represents or seeks to represent employees performing services under contract with the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Children and Families that contains a provision prohibiting economic or industrial action on the part of all parties and includes a process for the resolution of disputes between them.

“Labor organization” means a labor organization that is the collective bargaining representative of not less than 1,000 employees in the State of New Jersey that serve in similar classifications or provide similar services as those provided by the employees performing the contract for the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Children and Families contemplated in this act.