{"id":89059,"date":"2018-09-26T17:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=89059"},"modified":"2018-09-26T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T16:46:10","slug":"bill-would-allow-atlantic-city-casinos-to-employ-ex-drug-offendersns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/bill-would-allow-atlantic-city-casinos-to-employ-ex-drug-offendersns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Bill Would Allow Atlantic City Casinos to Employ Workers with Drug Convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Jersey State Senate will vote Thursday on a bill that would allow ex-drug offenders to be employed by Atlantic City casinos. Under existing law, people who have convictions for drugs are barred from holding a key casino employee license, which is a requirement for working in the industry.<\/p>\n

\"Atlantic
Senator Chris Brown at the opening of the Ocean Resort, one of two new casinos that have brought thousands of new jobs to the city. Conversations with Ocean\u2019s competitor, The Hard Rock, led Brown to sponsor a bill that would open those positions up to people with low-level drugs convictions. (Image: Press of Atlantic City)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bill, sponsored by Sens. Chris Brown (R-2nd) and Jeff Van Drew (D-1st), would allow people to apply for a license once they have completed a drug court program in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Drug courts allow offenders to escape prison sentences, offering instead a program of treatment and judicial supervision. Usually, only low-level offenders are assigned to New Jersey\u2019s drug courts, which are shortly to be renamed \u201crecovery courts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thousands of New Jobs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Workers are in high demand<\/a> in a city that saw two new casino resorts open this year with thousands of new positions created.<\/p>\n

From the start of 2014 to the end of 2016, five of Atlantic City\u2019s 12 casinos closed down and 10,000 workers lost their jobs. Many of those workers left Atlantic City due to a paucity of opportunities or were poached by competing casino markets in nearby by states, like Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, New Jersey\u2019s opioid epidemic has further depleted the labor force, potentially freezing out thousands from participating in Atlantic City\u2019s dominant industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Brown told the Press of Atlantic City<\/em> he was inspired to introduce the bill after a conversation with local property developer Joe Jingoli, a partner in the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n

Hard Rock Spearheaded Proposal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In May, the Hard Rock announced<\/a> it had teamed up with casino workers\u2019 union Unite Here Local 54 to campaign for a change in the rules. The casino had to fill more than 3,000 positions in preparation for its opening in late June.<\/p>\n

“Sadly, too many of our Atlantic County families are struggling to overcome addiction and remain sober,\u201d Brown told the PoAC.<\/em><\/p>\n

I believe the best way to show our love and truly help anyone struggling with addiction is to provide real hope for their long term recovery by giving them the chance to live productive lives by creating job opportunities and allowing those who have successfully completed drug court the ability to work in the casino industry,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are around 6,500 people currently assigned to drug courts in New Jersey, on which 19,000 drug tests are conducted every month as part of the program. Ninety-five percent of those come back negative, according to data from the NJ Administrative Office of the Courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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