The plan allows people to work up to 24 hours a week for six weeks for an employer who will soon be hiring for the position
Gov. Chris Christie serves green beans to folks at Ladle of Love in Burlington on Wednesday. A state Assembly panel is set to reconsider a job training bill that Gov. Chris Christie previously vetoed. TRENTON — A state Assembly panel is set to reconsider a job training bill that Gov. Chris Christie previously vetoed.
The measure before the Labor Committee establishes a program for residents to receive job training from prospective employers while still collecting unemployment benefits. Sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, it's modeled on a similar program in Georgia.
It would cost taxpayers $3 million.
The bill allows people to work up to 24 hours a week — for six weeks — for an employer who will soon be hiring for the position. It also provides up to $100 per week to defray training-related costs, including transportation and child care.
Christie simultaneously vetoed 14 bills the Democratic Legislature sent him in February, including this one, saying the combined $600 million cost was unaffordable.
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