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shall be administered by a full-time salaried director, who shall be charged with the duty, subject to the supervision of the commission and the executive director, to co-operate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the said Act of Congress, as amended, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this State the benefits of the said Act of Congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of the said Act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted by this State, in conformity with section four of said act, and this State will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The New Jersey State Employment Service Division is hereby designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purpose of said act. The executive director, with the approval of the commission, is empowered to appoint, subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, the director, other officers, and employees, subject to the provisions aforesaid, of the New Jersey State Employment Service on a nonpartisan merit basis from lists of eligible persons prepared by the Civil Service Commission and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the director of the United States Employment Service; provided, however, that present employees having civil service status shall retain full rights as provided in Title 11, Civil Service. The commission may co-operate with or enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and use of free employment service facilities.

(b) Financing. All moneys received by this State under the said Act of Congress, as amended, shall be paid into the special "employment service account" in the unemployment compensation administration fund, and said moneys are hereby made available to the New Jersey State Employment Service to be expended as provided by this section and by said Act of Congress. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, commission is authorized to enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivision of this State, or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of any such agreement the commission may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment service account.

Amended by L.1939, c. 94, p. 201, s. 5.

43:21-12.1. Executed

43:21-12.2. Executed

43:21-12.3. Civil service, pension and other rights of employees not affected during period of service to Federal government

No civil service, pension or other rights, including rights to promotion and to increase in remuneration, of any individual whose services were made available to the Federal government under the act to which this act is supplementary, shall be impaired or prejudiced during the period in which any such individual shall have rendered services to the Federal government thereunder, but shall be preserved and shall remain intact as of the date of induction into and transfer to said