N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-39 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-39
Establishment of fund; source of deposits; use of funds
Status: in_force

There is established the New Jersey Local Development Financing Fund, a special depository fund into which shall be deposited moneys for carrying out the purposes of this act. The fund shall be continuing and nonlapsing. The State Treasurer shall hold and account for the fund. The State Treasurer shall upon certification of the commissioner and warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting pay from the fund to a sponsor the amount of moneys approved by the commissioner to be used for the support of projects as provided in this act. Moneys which may be deposited into the fund shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Proceeds from the sale of bonds which may be authorized by the State; (2) Appropriations made by the Legislature; (3) Funds provided by the Federal Government; (4) Loan repayments, dividends and interest received in connection with loans and investments made pursuant to the provisions of this act; and (5) Other funds which may be made available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Moneys deposited in the fund may be used for any purpose of this act, including, but not limited to, the payment, if approved by the State Treasurer, of reasonable and necessary administrative expenses incurred by the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, but not to exceed in any fiscal year 1% of the amount authorized to the fund pursuant to the "Community Development Bond Act of 1982" (P.L.1981, c. 486), and not provided by line item appropriation, in carrying out the provisions of this act, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes. Moneys deposited in the fund may be invested in any direct obligations of, or obligations as to which the principal and interest thereof is guaranteed by, the United States of America or in such other obligations as the State Treasurer may approve. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be used to provide financial assistance to sponsors for the implementation of projects. Financial assistance provided by the fund shall be used to meet eligible project costs. L.1983, c. 190, s. 4, eff. May 23, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 34:8A-15 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-15
Commissioner of department of labor and industry; enforcement of act; promulgation of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry is specifically authorized to enforce the provisions of this act and to promulgate all rules and regulations which, in his discretion, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1971, c. 192, s. 9, eff. June 7, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-7.17 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-7.17
Report to Governor, Legislature
Status: in_force

8. The authority shall report six months after the effective date of this section, and annually thereafter not later than September 15, to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the financing of projects currently under consideration and projects undertaken with moneys in the Economic Recovery Fund during the preceding fiscal year. The initial report and each annual report required under this section shall include a description of each project funded by such loans, guarantees, grants or other forms of financing as may be made available under section 4 of this act and a detailed analysis of the consideration given in each project to the factors set forth in section 5 of this act. L.1992,c.16,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-137.1 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-137.1
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority may adopt immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law such rules and regulations as the executive director determines to be necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2015, c.194 (C.34:1B-137.1 et al.), which rules and regulations shall be effective for a period not to exceed 360 calendar days following the effective date of P.L.2015, c.194 (C.34:1B-137.1 et al.) and may thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted by the executive director in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2015, c.194, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 34:8D-7 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8D / Section 8D-7
Restriction, temporary laborer, permanent position acceptance, prohibited.
Status: in_force

7. a. (1) No temporary help service firm shall restrict the right of a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement to accept a permanent position with a third party client to whom the temporary laborer has been referred for work, restrict the right of a third party client to offer employment to a temporary laborer, or restrict the right of a temporary laborer to accept a permanent position for any other employment. A temporary help service firm may charge a placement fee to a third party client for employing a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement for whom a contract for work was effected by the temporary help service firm not to exceed the equivalent of the total daily commission rate the temporary help service firm would have received over a 60-day period, reduced by the equivalent of the daily commission rate the temporary help service firm would have received for each day the temporary laborer has performed work for the temporary help service firm in the preceding 12 months. (2) Any temporary help service firm which charges a placement fee to a third party client for employing a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement shall include on the wage payment and notice form of each affected temporary laborer the maximum amount of a fee that shall be charged to a third party client by the temporary help service firm, and the total amount of actual charges to the third party client for the temporary laborer during each pay period compared to the total compensation cost for the temporary laborer, including costs of any benefits provided. Failure to provide the required information shall constitute a separate violation for each day the temporary help service firm fails to provide the required information. No fee provided for under this section shall be assessed or collected by the temporary help service firm when a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement is offered permanent work following the suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of the temporary help service firm's certification by the director. b. Any temporary laborer assigned to work at a third party client in a designated classification placement shall not be paid less than the average rate of pay and average cost of benefits, or the cash equivalent thereof, of employees of the third party client performing the same or substantially similar work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions for the third party client at the time the temporary laborer is assigned to work at the third party client. Each violation of this subsection for each affected temporary laborer shall constitute a separate violation under section 11 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-11). c. Any temporary help service firm that violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation found by the commissioner. That penalty shall be collected by the commissioner in a summary proceeding in accordance with the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). d. If a third party client leases or contracts with a temporary help service firm for the services of a temporary laborer in a designated classification requirement, the third party client shall be, with the temporary help service firm, jointly and severally responsible for any violation of this section, including with respect to relief provided by section 11 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-11) and civil penalties found by the commissioner. L.2023, c.10, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56a19 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56a19
Additions or modifications to administrative regulations; hearing; notice
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, from time to time after conference with the director and without reference to a wage board, propose such modifications of or additions to any administrative regulations issued pursuant to sections 6 and 17 of this act as he may deem appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this article; provided, such proposed modifications or additions could legally have been included in the original regulation. Notice shall be given of a public hearing to be held by the commissioner or director not less than 15 days after such notice, at which all persons in favor of or opposed to the proposed modifications or additions may be heard. After the hearing the commissioner may make an order putting into effect the proposed modifications of or additions to the administrative regulations as he deems appropriate. L.1966, c. 113, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 34:13A-5.15 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-5.15
Inclusion in negotiations unit.
Status: in_force

5. a. All regular full-time and part-time employees of the public employer who perform negotiations unit work shall be included in the negotiations unit represented by the exclusive representative employee organization. b. Negotiations unit work means work that is performed by any employees who are included in a negotiations unit represented by an exclusive representative employee organization without regard to job title, job classification or number of hours worked, except that employees who are confidential employees or managerial executives, as those terms are defined by section 1 of P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-3), or elected officials, members of boards and commissions, or casual employees, may be excluded from the negotiations unit. Casual employees are employees who work an average of fewer than four hours per week over a period of 90 calendar days. c. Every 120 calendar days beginning on January 1 following the effective date of P.L.2021, c.411 (C.34:13A-56 et al.), public employers shall provide to an exclusive representative employee organization in an Excel file format or other format agreed to by the exclusive representative employee organization, the following information for all employees not represented by any exclusive representative employee organization: name, job title, worksite location, work email and work phone number. Within 30 days of a request by an exclusive representative employee organization, a public employer shall provide a job description for each non-represented employee, including the names and job titles of all employees supervised by the employer subject to the request. d. Employees who are performing negotiations unit work and who are not included in a negotiations unit because they did not meet the threshold of hours or percent of time worked as set forth in a certification of representative, recognition clause or other provision in a collective negotiations agreement, shall be included in the negotiations unit by operation of this act, within 90 calendar days from the effective date of this act. e. The Public Employment Relations Commission shall promulgate rules to implement this section, including rules to resolve disputes over the inclusion of employees performing negotiations unit work in the appropriate negotiations unit. The rules promulgated by the commission shall provide for the resolution of disputes that arise under this section, within 60 calendar days from the submission of the dispute to the commission by either the exclusive representative employee organization or the public employer. L.2018, c.15, s.5; amended 2021, c.411, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-62 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-62
Set-off; dismissal where balance due defendant exceeds $1,000.00
Status: in_force

Set-off; dismissal where balance due defendant exceeds $1,000.00. If the defendant files a set-off against the plaintiff for more than $1,000.00 and at the trial it shall be proved that the balance exceeding $1,000.00 is due the defendant then suit shall be dismissed unless the defendant consents to accept judgment for $1,000.00 and costs in full settlement of this claim, but in no event shall a counterclaim for unliquidated damages be set up against plaintiff for wages in the wage collection section. Amended by L. 1985, c. 135, s. 2, eff. April 12, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11D-9 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-9
Severability.
Status: in_force

9. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be severable and if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is declared to be unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person is held invalid, the remainder of this act shall not thereby be deemed to be unconstitutional or invalid. L.2018, c.10, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 34:19-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-9.1
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that freedom of speech is a foundational ideal that is core to this nation's identity. While an employer is free to exercise a right to speech, the law needs to ensure current protections of the right of the workforce to perform the duties of their jobs instead of listening to an employer's speech on political matters. L.2025, c.138, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11D-6 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-6
Retention of records, access.
Status: in_force

6. Employers shall retain records documenting hours worked by employees and earned sick leave taken by employees, for a period of five years, and shall, upon demand, allow the department access to those records to monitor compliance with the requirements of this act. If an employee makes a claim that the employer has failed to provide earned sick leave required by this act and the employer has not maintained or retained adequate records documenting hours worked by the employee and earned sick leave taken by the employee or does not allow the department access to the records, it shall be presumed that the employer has failed to provide the earned sick leave, absent clear and convincing evidence otherwise. In addition, the penalties provided by the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.) for violations of the requirements of that act regarding the maintaining and disclosure of records shall apply to violations of the requirements of this section. L.2018, c.10, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6A-43 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-43
Appeals from decision of review commission
Status: in_force

Any appeal from a decision of the review commission shall be to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. L.1983, c. 516, s. 19, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 34:7-4 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-4
§ 34:7-4
Status: in_force

The form of license shall be such as the commissioner shall approve.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-55.1 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-55.1
Secretary of workmen's compensation bureau as agent for service of process on nonresidents; method and effect of service; continuances
Status: in_force

Any employer, not a resident of this State, or any employer not licensed to do business in this State, or any resident employer who becomes a nonresident of this State after the occurrence of an injury to an employee, who shall employ or who shall have employed any person to perform work, labor or services within this State shall be deemed by the accepting of the privilege of engaging in such work, labor and services by his or its employees to make, constitute and appoint the secretary of the workmen's compensation bureau as his or its agent for the acceptance of process in any proceeding by any such employee or dependent or representative of such employee, under and by virtue of this chapter; and the acceptance of such privilege or the entering into this State for the purpose of engaging in such employment shall be a signification of such employer that any such process issued against him or it, which is so served, shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon him or it personally. Service of such process shall be made by leaving a copy of the petition with the secretary of the bureau, or some one designated by him in his office, and such service shall be sufficient service upon such nonresident employer; provided, that notice of such service and a copy of the petition are forthwith sent by registered mail to the respondent to the address stated in such petition, by the secretary of the bureau, or such person acting for him in his office, and the respondent's return receipt and the affidavit of the secretary of the bureau, or such person in his office acting for him, of the compliance therewith are appended to such petition and filed in the office of the secretary of the bureau wherein such action may be pending; provided, also, that the date of the mailing and the date of the receipt of the return card aforesaid are properly indorsed on such petition and signed by the secretary of the bureau, or some one acting for him. The workmen's compensation bureau in which such action is pending may order such continuance as may be necessary to afford the respondent a reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The secretary of the bureau shall keep a record of all such processes which shall show the day and hour of such service. This section shall be construed to extend the right of service of process upon nonresidents and shall not be construed as limiting any provisions for the service of process now or hereafter existing. Amended by L.1945, c. 74, p. 394, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-187 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-187
Submission of project application; eligibility.
Status: in_force

21. a. A business seeking to participate in the sales and use tax exemption certificate program established pursuant to sections 19 through 22 of P.L.2004, c.65 (C.34:1B-185 through C.34:1B-188) shall submit a project application to the New Jersey Commerce Commission in such form as required by the New Jersey Commerce Commission. b. The location for the project shall be situated in designated Planning Area 1 or 2, as defined in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted by the State Planning Commission; provided however, that a business project involving the renovation or expansion of an existing facility that is not located in designated Planning Area 1 or 2 may be eligible to participate in the program, at the determination of the New Jersey Commerce Commission, if all other applicable criteria are satisfied. A business located in an urban enterprise zone designated pursuant to the "New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act," P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et al.) as of the effective date of this section shall not be eligible to participate in this program if the relocation project is from a facility within the urban enterprise zone to a facility outside an urban enterprise zone; provided however, that if the relocation is to a facility already owned or leased by the same business and that business already employs at least the same number of persons as those being relocated from the urban enterprise zone, it may be eligible to apply. c. To be eligible to apply for the sales and use tax exemption certificate program, a business shall have operated continuously in this State, in whole or in part, in its current form or as a predecessor entity, for at least 10 years prior to filing an application and shall satisfy at least one of the following criteria: (1) the business has 1,000 or more full-time employees in the State and the project involves relocating 500 or more full-time employees into a new business location or locations; (2) the business is a life sciences business or a manufacturing facility and the project is: constructing one or more new research and development facilities, constructing one or more new manufacturing facilities in this State, or relocating to a new headquarters in this State that will employ 250 or more full-time employees; (3) the business is a life sciences business or a manufacturing business and the project is constructing a new, or substantially rehabilitating a vacant, property that will separately or collectively: (a) be predominately a new research and development facility; (b) be predominately a new manufacturing facility; (c) house the headquarters of the business; or (d) separately or collectively be a combination of subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c); provided, that the new or substantially rehabilitated facility will house a minimum of 250 full-time employees. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "predominantly" means a majority of the employees housed in the new facility are engaged in that activity, or a majority of the square footage of the new facility is used in that activity; or a majority of the total value of the investment made will be employed in that activity; or other measures of activity as may be determined by the New Jersey Commerce Commission that demonstrate that a critical concentration of research and development, manufacturing, or both, will occur at the new facility; or (4) the business is, at the time of enactment of this section, currently receiving a structured finance special guarantee pursuant to N.J.A.C.19:31-2.1(c)3.ii(5) for the project. d. For the purposes of determining a number of full-time employees pursuant to subsection c. of this section, the full-time employees of the members of a "controlled group of corporations" as defined pursuant to section 1563 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.1563, shall be considered the employees of a single employer. e. A project may be completed in up to two phases provided that it will be the national headquarters of a life sciences or manufacturing company, and will include a significant research and development facility, a significant manufacturing facility, or combination thereof if: (1) the first completed phase will house at least 200 full-time employees and the second phase will house at least 100 additional employees; and (2) the project is pre-approved for phases and that all phases are completed within 30 months of project approval. f. Upon approval of a project, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commerce Commission shall notify the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury of the terms and conditions of the project approval and the director shall issue a certificate of exemption pursuant to the terms and conditions of the project approval. In general, the sales and use tax exemption certificate provided by sections 19 through 22 of P.L.2004, c.65 (C.34:1B-185 through C.34:1B-188) should not apply to purchases initiated by the business after the date that the temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, or in cases where no temporary certificate of occupancy is issued should not apply to purchases initiated by the business more than one year from the project commencement date; however, the duration of the certificate of exemption shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions of the project approval. L.2004, c.65, s.21; amended 2007, c.253, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6A-15 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-15
New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee
Status: in_force

There is hereby established within the department the New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee. The membership, in a number not to exceed 100, shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall comprise persons who have taken a prominent part in the field of accident prevention, or are responsible for accident prevention matters in the organization by which they are employed. In appointing members the commissioner shall, insofar as possible give representation to the various geographical areas of the State and to the various kinds of places of employment subject to this act. The committee shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings, which rules shall be subject to ratification by the commissioner. It shall be the function of the committee to advise the commissioner and the board with respect to rules and regulations proposed to be adopted under this act; and to advise the commissioner on matters of safety promotion and accident prevention generally. L.1965, c. 154, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-12 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-12
Covenants with bondholders
Status: in_force

In order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, the authority shall have power by resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to: a. The custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds; b. The use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of all or any part of any project or projects; c. Payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of any such bonds or obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds or obligations; d. The use and disposition of any moneys of the authority, including all revenues or other moneys derived or to be derived from any project or projects; e. Pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the revenues or other moneys of the authority to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or any other obligations and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto; f. The setting aside out of the revenues or other moneys of the authority of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; g. The rents, fees or other charges for the use of any project or projects, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same; h. Limitation on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the authority; i. Vesting in a trustee or trustees, fiscal or escrow agent or agents within or without the State such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the authority may determine and limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee or agent; j. Payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds; k. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or l. Any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. All such provisions of the resolution and all such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally-binding contracts between the authority and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by appropriate action, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1974, c. 80, s. 12, eff. Aug. 7, 1974. Amended by L.1975, c. 253, s. 4, eff. Nov. 25, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56.65 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56.65
Alternative, additional sanctions, penalties.
Status: in_force

8. As an alternative to any other sanctions or in addition thereto, herein or otherwise provided by law for violation of this act, the commissioner is authorized to supervise the payment of amounts due to workers under this act, and the contractor or subcontractor, or covered airport or related location employer, may be required to make these payments to the commissioner to be held in a special account in trust for the workers, and paid on order of the commissioner directly to the worker or workers affected. The contractor or subcontractor, or covered airport or related location employer shall also pay the commissioner an administrative fee equal to not less than 10% or more than 25% of any payment made to the commissioner pursuant to this section. The amount of the administrative fee shall be specified in a schedule of fees to be promulgated by rule or regulation of the commissioner in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act,'' P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The fee shall be applied toward enforcement and administration costs of the Division of Workplace Standards in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. L.2005, c.379, s.8; amended 2021, c.68, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1A-9 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-9
Bureau of migrant labor; transfer of functions, powers and duties to
Status: in_force

There shall be within the Division of Labor, a Bureau of Migrant Labor. The division of migrant labor of the existing Department of Labor and Industry, together with all of its functions, powers and duties is continued, but such division is transferred to and constituted the Bureau of Migrant Labor in the Division of Labor. L.1948, c. 446, p. 1765, s. 9. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 14, eff. June 7, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-77.8 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-77.8
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance shall promulgate such rules and regulations, including appropriate fee schedules, as he deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.1983, c. 376, s. 9, eff. Nov. 10, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6A-39 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-39
Variances
Status: in_force

15. a. Any employer may apply to the commissioner for a temporary order granting a variance from a standard or any provision thereof promulgated under this act. A temporary order shall be granted only if the employer files an application with the commissioner which meets the requirements of this section and establishes in a hearing conducted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and P.L.1978, c.67 (C.52:14F-1 et seq.) that: (1) he is unable to comply with the standard by its effective date because of the unavailability of professional or technical personnel or of materials and equipment needed to comply with the standard or because necessary construction or alteration of facilities cannot be completed by the effective date; (2) he is taking all available steps to safeguard employees against the hazards covered by the standard; and (3) he has an effective program for complying with the standard as quickly as practicable. Any temporary order issued under this section shall prescribe the practices, means, methods, operations and processes which the employer shall adopt and use while the order is in effect and the order shall state in detail what the employer's program shall be for complying with the standard. A temporary order may be granted only if notice to the employees is given; provided, however, that the commissioner may issue one interim order to be effective until a decision is made on the basis of the hearing. An employee representative or, where one does not exist, the affected employees, may appear at the hearing, with or without counsel, and submit testimony concerning the employer's application for the variance. No temporary order may be in effect for longer than the period needed by the employer to achieve compliance with the standard or one year, whichever is shorter, except that such an order may be renewed no more than twice so long as the requirements of this section are met and if an application for renewal is filed at least 90 days prior to the expiration date of the order. No interim renewal of an order may remain in effect longer than 180 days. b. An application for temporary variance shall contain: (1) a specification of the standard or portion thereof from which the employer seeks a variance; (2) a representation by the employer, supported by representations from qualified persons who have firsthand knowledge of the facts represented, that he is unable to comply with the standard or portion thereof and a detailed statement of the reasons therefor; (3) a statement of the steps he has taken and will take, with specific dates, to protect employees against the hazard covered by the standard; (4) a statement of when he expects to be able to comply with the standard and what steps he has taken and what steps he will take, with dates specified, to comply with the standard; (5) a certification that he has informed his employees of the application by giving a copy thereof to their employee representative where one exists, and posting a statement at the place where notices to employees are normally posted, giving a summary of the application and specifying where a copy may be examined. A description of the notification procedure used by the employer shall be contained in the certification. The information to the employees shall also inform them of their right to appear and be heard, as set forth in subsection a. of this section, at the hearing on the variance application; and (6) a statement, if appropriate, that such a variance is necessary to permit an employer to participate in an experiment approved by him designed to demonstrate or validate new and improved techniques to safeguard the health or safety of workers. c. Any affected employer may apply to the commissioner for a rule or order for a permanent variance from a standard promulgated under this act. An employee representative or, where one does not exist, the affected employees, shall be given notice of each such application and shall be afforded an opportunity to participate in a hearing pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) and P.L.1978, c.67 (C.52:14F-1 et seq.) on the merits of the application, with or without counsel, and to submit testimony. The commissioner shall issue such rule or order if he determines on the record, after an opportunity for an inspection, where appropriate, that the proponent of the variance has demonstrated, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the conditions, practices, means, methods, operations or processes used or proposed to be used by an employer will provide workplaces which are as safe and healthful as those which would prevail if he complied with the standard. The rule or order so issued shall prescribe the conditions the employer shall maintain and the practices, means, methods, operations and processes which he shall adopt and utilize to the extent they differ from any standard adopted pursuant to this act. Such a rule or order may be modified or revoked upon application by an employer, any employee, group of employees or employee representative, or by the commissioner on his own motion, in the manner prescribed for its issuance under this section at any time after six months from its issuance. d. In determining whether to grant a variance from a health standard, the commissioner shall consult with the Commissioner of Health. L.1983,c.516,s.15; amended 1995,c.186,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1A-53.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-53.3
Publication of information on farm-to-table restaurants on Division of Travel and Tourism website.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Division of Travel and Tourism shall publish on its Internet website, and update as appropriate, information on farm-to-table restaurants in the State by region, including the name, address, and other pertinent information for each restaurant which the division determines would be of interest for the purposes of educating the public about local sources for fresh, healthy foods and options to support restaurants that use locally grown and produced food products. For the purposes of this subsection, "region" means north, south, or central New Jersey as designated by the division. b. The division shall establish a process by which farm-to-table restaurants may register for posting on the website, including the criteria to be met for designation as a "farm-to-table restaurant," and shall promote the program on its website and to restaurants around the State to ensure as much participation as possible. L.2018, c.154, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:8A-8 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-8
Crew leader; certificate of registration; necessity; duration; nontransferability; display; agents; responsibility of registrant
Status: in_force

No person shall act as a crew leader, nor shall any person employ a crew leader unless he possesses a current and valid certificate of registration issued by the Department of Labor and Industry. The application and certificate of registration forms shall be prescribed by the commissioner. A certificate of registration shall expire at midnight on December 31 of the year for which it is granted unless sooner revoked or suspended by the commissioner. A certificate of registration may be renewed each year upon the filing of an application of renewal on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The certificate of registration, once issued, shall not be transferable, shall be kept by the registrant in his immediate personal possession and shall be displayed by the registrant upon request of the commissioner or any properly designated representatives of the commissioner or upon the request of the person by whom the crew leader is employed or upon the request of any seasonal farm worker or prospective seasonal farm worker. Any person holding a valid certificate of registration pursuant to this act, or any regular employee of such a person, shall wear and display when engaging in activities as a crew leader such identification as the commissioner may require, showing such registration to be duly certified by the State and such regular employee to be the agent of such registrant. Every such regular employee shall be subject to the provisions of this act and of any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act to the same extent as if he were required to obtain a certificate of registration in his own name. For the purpose of this act, every registrant shall be responsible for the activities of every agent designated by him, and shall be subject to any penalties under this act, including the refusal, suspension or revocation of a certificate of registration, proceeding from any act of any agent designated by him, while such agent is engaged in activities as crew leader. L.1971, c. 192, s. 2, eff. June 7, 1971. Amended by L.1975, c. 49, s. 3, eff. April 7, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56a29 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56a29
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law." L.1966, c. 113, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6-98.8 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-98.8
Explosives.
Status: in_force

8. a. When explosives are used in a mine or quarry, the manner of storing, keeping, handling, moving, charging and firing, or in any manner using such explosives, shall be in accordance with the requirements of the "Explosives Act," P.L.1960, c.55 (C.21:1A-128 et seq.), as amended or supplemented, and the rules and regulations now in effect or hereafter issued thereunder, except for the following limitations: b. All explosives in excess of the amount required for the work of 1-day underground operations may be stored underground in a safely located secondary storage magazine. The maximum amount of explosives to be stored in such magazine shall not exceed the requirements for a 48 hours' supply. c. The commissioner may regulate and limit the amount of explosives stored in a primary magazine in any underground portion of a mine with due regard for the safety of miners. d. Any temporary supply for the work of a shift shall be kept in such a place that its accidental discharge will not endanger the miners. L.1954, c.197, s.8; amended 2007, c.155, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15C-13 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-13
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.1989, c.293, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6-47.9 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-47.9
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

In case any provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or void for any reason, such adjudication shall not affect any of the other provisions of this act. L.1948, c. 249, p. 1103, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 34:7-23 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-23
Conformance to standards
Status: in_force

34:7-23. No steam boiler, pressure vessel or refrigeration system shall be sold, installed or used in this State unless it conforms to such rules, regulations and standards as are from time to time adopted by the Board of Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Refrigeration Rules and approval by the commissioner under authority of R.S. 34:1-47. Amended by L. 1960,c.133,s.3; 1987,c.336,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-222 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-222
Transfer of Municipal Landfill Closure and Remediation Reimbursement Program.
Status: in_force

13. a. The functions, powers, and duties of the New Jersey Commerce Commission for the Municipal Landfill Closure and Remediation Reimbursement Program established by P.L.1996, c.124 (C.13:1E-116.1 through 13:1E-116.7), except as otherwise provided, are continued and are transferred to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to be administered within that authority as the authority board so determines. The authority shall, after consultation with the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to govern the proper conduct and operation of the program. b. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, reference is made to the Municipal Landfill Closure and Remediation Reimbursement Program in the New Jersey Commerce Commission, the same shall mean and refer to the authority. L.2008, c.27, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 34:13A-3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. When used in this act: The term "board" shall mean New Jersey State Board of Mediation. The term "commission" shall mean New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. “Cannabis employee” means an employee who is an employee of a cannabis employer and who is not subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. s.151 et seq.). “Cannabis employer” means any private employer who is provided a permit, license, or other authorization to operate as a medical cannabis cultivator, medical cannabis manufacturer, medical cannabis dispensary, clinical registrant, cannabis cultivator, cannabis manufacturer, cannabis wholesaler, cannabis distributor, cannabis retailer, or cannabis delivery service, and who employs workers not subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. s.151 et seq.). “Director” means the Director of the Division of Private Employment Dispute Settlement. “Division” means the Division of Private Employment Dispute Settlement. “Electronic voting system” means an internet voting system and a telephone voting system and does not mean machines used for casting votes at a polling site or an electronic tabulation system where votes are cast non-electronically but counted electronically, such as a punch card or optical scanning system. The term "employer" includes an employer and any person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of or in the interest of an employer with the employer's knowledge or ratification, but a labor organization, or any officer or agent thereof, shall be considered an employer only with respect to individuals employed by such organization. This term shall include "public employers" and shall mean the State of New Jersey, or the several counties and municipalities thereof, or any other political subdivision of the State, or a school district, or any special district, or any authority, commission, or board, or any branch or agency of the public service. The term shall also include the Delaware River Port Authority, established pursuant to R.S.32:3-1 et seq. The term "employee" shall include any employee, and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer unless this act explicitly states otherwise, and shall include any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of or in connection with any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment. This term, however, shall not include any individual taking the place of any employee whose work has ceased as aforesaid, nor shall it include any individual employed by his parent or spouse, or in the domestic service of any person in the home of the employer, or individuals employed by any company owning or operating a railroad or railway express subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. s.151 et seq.). This term shall also not include any individual covered by the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. s. 151 et seq.). The term “employee” shall include any public employee, i.e., any person holding a position, by appointment or contract, or employment in the service of a public employer, including the Delaware River Port Authority, except elected officials, members of boards and commissions, managerial executives, and confidential employees. The exclusion of members of boards and commissions from the definition of "employee" contained within this subsection shall not apply to members of the Board of Review established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1948, c.446 (C.34:1A-19) and subsection (d) of R.S. 43:21-10. “Internet voting system” means an internet-based voting system that allows a participant to cast a ballot remotely using a personal computer or other mobile electronic device that is connected to the internet. “Labor dispute” means and includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. “Labor organization” means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees participate, and which exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work for employees. “Majority support petition” means the filing of a petition with the New Jersey State Board of Mediation or Division of Private Employment Dispute Settlement that provides proof of support from a majority of the cannabis employees sought to be represented through authorization cards or petition signatures. Over 50 percent of the proposed bargaining unit shall constitute a majority of the cannabis employees. If the cannabis employees or union demonstrates majority support in this way, the New Jersey State Board of Mediation shall certify the union as the exclusive bargaining representative for the workforce. “Person” means one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, or any other legal entity, employer, or labor organization having an interest in the outcome of a proceeding under P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.). The term "representative" is not limited to individuals but shall include labor organizations, and individual representatives need not themselves be employed by, and the labor organization serving as a representative need not be limited in membership to the employees of, the employer whose employees are represented. This term shall include any organization, agency or person authorized or designated by a public employer, public employee, group of public employees, or public employee association to act on its behalf and represent it or them. “Remotely” means, when used with respect to voting in a representation election, a vote cast at a site chosen by a participant voting in a representation election. “Telephone voting system” means a voting system in which participants may cast a vote remotely using a telephone. "Managerial executives" of a public employer, in the case of the State of New Jersey, means persons who formulate management policies and practices, but shall not mean persons who are charged with the responsibility of directing the effectuation of such management policies and practices, except that, in the case of the Executive Branch of the State of New Jersey, "managerial executive" shall include only personnel at or above the level of assistant commissioner. In the case of any public employer other than the State of New Jersey, "managerial executives" of a public employer means persons who formulate management policies and practices, and persons who are charged with the responsibility of directing the effectuation of such management policies and practices, except that in any school district this term shall include only the superintendent or other chief administrator, and the assistant superintendent of the district. "Confidential employees" of a public employer means employees whose functional responsibilities or knowledge in connection with the issues involved in the collective negotiations process would make their membership in any appropriate negotiating unit incompatible with their official duties. "Confidential employees" of the State of New Jersey means employees who have direct involvement in representing the State in the collective negotiations process making their membership in any appropriate negotiating unit incompatible with their official duties. L.1941, c.100, s.3; amended 1941, c.299; 1968, c.303, s.4; 1974, c.123, s.2; 2009, c.210, s.4; 2009, c.314, s.1; 2024, c.77, s.1; 2025, c.244, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in the provisions of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.), P.L.1979, c.303 (C.34:1B-5.1 et seq.), sections 50 through 54 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.34:1B-5.5 through 34:1B-5.9), P.L.1981, c.505 (C.34:1B-7.1 et seq.), P.L.1986, c.127 (C.34:1B-7.7 et seq.), P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.10 et al.), section 6 of P.L.2001, c.401 (C.34:1B-4.1), and P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.), unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, created by section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Bonds" means bonds or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.), "Economic Recovery Bonds or Notes" issued pursuant to P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.10 et al.), or bonds, notes, other obligations and refunding bonds issued by the authority pursuant to P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) and P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.). "Cost" means the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement and extension of any building, structure, facility including water transmission facilities, or other improvement; the cost of machinery and equipment; the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement and extension of energy saving improvements or pollution control devices, equipment or facilities; the cost of lands, rights-in-lands, easements, privileges, agreements, franchises, utility extensions, disposal facilities, access roads and site development deemed by the authority to be necessary or useful and convenient for any project or school facilities project or in connection therewith; discount on bonds; cost of issuance of bonds; engineering and inspection costs; costs of financial, legal, professional and other estimates and advice; organization, administrative, insurance, operating and other expenses of the authority or any person prior to and during any acquisition or construction, and all such expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, construction or completion of any project or school facilities project or part thereof, and also such provision for reserves for payment or security of principal of or interest on bonds during or after such acquisition or construction as the authority may determine. "County" means any county of any class. "County solid waste facility" means a solid waste facility that is designated by a public authority or county in its adopted district solid waste management plan as approved by the department prior to November 10, 1997 as the in-county facility to which solid waste generated within the boundaries of the county is transported for final disposal, or transfer for transportation to an offsite solid waste facility or designated out-of-district disposal site for disposal, as appropriate, pursuant to interdistrict or intradistrict waste flow orders issued by the department, regardless of whether the county solid waste facility was acquired, constructed, operated, abandoned or canceled. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Development property" means any real or personal property, interest therein, improvements thereon, appurtenances thereto and air or other rights in connection therewith, including land, buildings, plants, structures, systems, works, machinery and equipment acquired or to be acquired by purchase, gift or otherwise by the authority within an urban growth zone. "Person" means any person, including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, public or private corporations, or other legal entities, including public or governmental bodies, as well as natural persons. "Person" shall include the plural as well as the singular. "Pollution control project" means any device, equipment, improvement, structure or facility, or any land and any building, structure, facility or other improvement thereon, or any combination thereof, whether or not in existence or under construction, or the refinancing thereof in order to facilitate improvements or additions thereto or upgrading thereof, and all real and personal property deemed necessary thereto, having to do with or the end purpose of which is the control, abatement or prevention of land, sewer, water, air, noise or general environmental pollution, including, but not limited to, any air pollution control facility, noise abatement facility, water management facility, thermal pollution control facility, radiation contamination control facility, wastewater collection system, wastewater treatment works, sewage treatment works system, sewage treatment system or solid waste facility or site; provided that the authority shall have received from the Commissioner of the State Department of Environmental Protection or the commissioner's duly authorized representative a certificate stating the opinion that, based upon information, facts and circumstances available to the State Department of Environmental Protection and any other pertinent data, (1) the pollution control facilities do not conflict with, overlap or duplicate any other planned or existing pollution control facilities undertaken or planned by another public agency or authority within any political subdivision, and (2) the facilities, as designed, will be a pollution control project as defined in the provisions of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.) and are in furtherance of the purpose of abating or controlling pollution. "Project" means: (1) (a) acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement and extension of any building, structure, facility, including water transmission facilities or other improvement, whether or not in existence or under construction, (b) purchase and installation of equipment and machinery, (c) acquisition and improvement of real estate and the extension or provision of utilities, access roads and other appurtenant facilities; and (2) (a) the acquisition, financing, or refinancing of inventory, raw materials, supplies, work in process, or stock in trade, or (b) the financing, refinancing or consolidation of secured or unsecured debt, borrowings, or obligations, or (c) the provision of financing for any other expense incurred in the ordinary course of business; all of which are to be used or occupied by any person in any enterprise promoting employment, either for the manufacturing, processing or assembly of materials or products, or for research or office purposes, including, but not limited to, medical and other professional facilities, or for industrial, recreational, hotel or motel facilities, public utility and warehousing, or for commercial and service purposes, including, but not limited to, retail outlets, retail shopping centers, restaurant and retail food outlets, and any and all other employment promoting enterprises, including, but not limited to, motion picture and television studios and facilities and commercial fishing facilities, commercial facilities for recreational fishermen, fishing vessels, aquaculture facilities and marketing facilities for fish and fish products and (d) acquisition of an equity interest in, including capital stock of, any corporation; or any combination of the above, which the authority determines will: (i) tend to maintain or provide gainful employment opportunities within and for the people of the State, or (ii) aid, assist and encourage the economic development or redevelopment of any political subdivision of the State, or (iii) maintain or increase the tax base of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, or (iv) maintain or diversify and expand employment promoting enterprises within the State; and (3) the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement and extension of an energy saving improvement or pollution control project which the authority determines will tend to reduce the consumption in a building devoted to industrial or commercial purposes, or in an office building, of nonrenewable sources of energy or to reduce, abate or prevent environmental pollution within the State; and (4) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement, extension, development, financing or refinancing of infrastructure, including parking facilities or structures, and transportation facilities or improvements related to economic development and of cultural, recreational and tourism facilities or improvements related to economic development and of capital facilities for primary and secondary schools and of mixed use projects consisting of housing and commercial development; and (5) the establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, and ownership of port facilities as defined in section 3 of P.L.1997, c.150 (C.34:1B-146). Project may also include: (i) reimbursement to any person for costs in connection with any project, or the refinancing of any project or portion thereof, if determined by the authority as necessary and in the public interest to maintain employment and the tax base of any political subdivision and will facilitate improvements thereto or the completion thereof, and (ii) development property and any construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, equipment or maintenance or repair, or planning and designing in connection therewith. For the purpose of carrying out mixed use projects consisting of both housing and commercial development, the authority may enter into agreements with the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency for loan guarantees for any such project in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.359 (C.55:14K-64 et al.), and for that purpose shall allocate to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, under such agreements, funding available pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.13). Project shall not include a school facilities project. "Public authority" means a municipal or county utilities authority created pursuant to the "municipal and county utilities authorities law," P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.); a county improvement authority created pursuant to the "county improvement authorities law," P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.); or a pollution control financing authority created pursuant to the "New Jersey Pollution Control Financing Law," P.L.1973, c.376 (C.40:37C-1 et seq.) that has issued solid waste facility bonds or that has been designated by the county pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1975, c.326 (C.13:1E-21) to supervise the implementation of the district solid waste management plan. "Revenues" means receipts, fees, rentals or other payments to be received on account of lease, mortgage, conditional sale, or sale, and payments and any other income derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of a project, moneys in such reserve and insurance funds or accounts or other funds and accounts, and income from the investment thereof, established in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes for a project or projects, and fees, charges or other moneys to be received by the authority in respect of projects or school facilities projects and contracts with persons. "Resolution" means any resolution adopted or trust agreement executed by the authority, pursuant to which bonds of the authority are authorized to be issued. "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for source separated recyclable materials or source separated food waste collected by livestock producers approved by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to livestock on their own farms. "Solid waste disposal" means the storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final disposal of solid waste. "Solid waste facility bonds" means the bonds, notes or other evidences of financial indebtedness issued by, or on behalf of, any public authority or county related to the planning, design, acquisition, construction, renovation, installation, operation or management of a county solid waste facility. "Solid waste facilities" means, and includes, the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated by, or on behalf of, any county or public authority pursuant to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, including co-composting facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner. "Energy saving improvement" means the construction, purchase and installation in a building devoted to industrial or commercial purposes of any of the following, designed to reduce the amount of energy from nonrenewable sources needed for heating and cooling that building: insulation, replacement burners, replacement high efficiency heating and air conditioning units, including modular boilers and furnaces, water heaters, central air conditioners with or without heat recovery to make hot water for industrial or commercial purposes or in office buildings, and any solar heating or cooling system improvement, including any system which captures solar radiation to heat a fluid which passes over or through the collector element of that system and then transfers that fluid to a point within the system where the heat is withdrawn from the fluid for direct usage or storage. These systems shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, systems incorporating flat plate, evacuated tube or focusing solar collectors. The foregoing list shall not be construed to be exhaustive, and shall not serve to exclude other improvements consistent with the legislative intent of the provisions of P.L.1983, c.282. "Urban growth zone" means any area within a municipality receiving State aid pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.) or a municipality certified by the Commissioner of Community Affairs to qualify under such law in every respect except population, which area has been so designated pursuant to an ordinance of the governing body of such municipality. "District" means a local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county special services school district established pursuant to article 8 of chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county vocational school district established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and a school district under full State intervention pursuant to P.L.1987, c.399 (C.18A:7A-34 et al.). "Local unit" means a county, municipality, board of education or any other political entity authorized to construct, operate and maintain a school facilities project and to borrow money for those purposes pursuant to law. "Other facilities" means athletic stadiums, swimming pools, any associated structures or related equipment tied to such facilities including, but not limited to, grandstands and night field lights, greenhouses, facilities used for non-instructional or non-educational purposes, and any structure, building, or facility used solely for school administration. "Refunding bonds" means bonds, notes or other obligations issued to refinance bonds previously issued by the authority pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.), P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) and P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.). "School facilities project" means the planning, acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, alteration, modernization, renovation, reconstruction or capital maintenance of all or any part of a school facility or of any other personal property necessary for, or ancillary to, any school facility, and shall include fixtures, furnishings and equipment, and shall also include, but is not limited to, site acquisition, site development, the services of design professionals, such as engineers and architects, construction management, legal services, financing costs and administrative costs and expenses incurred in connection with the project. "School facility" means and includes any structure, building or facility used wholly or in part for educational purposes by a district and facilities that physically support such structures, buildings, and facilities such as district wastewater treatment facilities, power generating facilities, and steam generating facilities, but shall exclude other facilities. L.1974, c.80, s.3; amended 1975, c.32, s.2; 1975, c.253, s.2; 1977, c.43; 1977, c.393, s.2; 1978, c.20, s.1; 1979, c.199, s.11; 1983, c.282, s.2; 1992, c.16, s.11; 1995, c.359, s.8; 1997, c.150, s.22; 2000, c.72, s.44; 2001, c.401, s.1; 2007, c.137, s.52; 2009, c.57, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-345 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-345
Annual report.
Status: in_force

77. a. (1) An eligible business which is awarded tax credits under the program shall submit annually, no later than the date indicated in the project agreement, commencing in the year in which the grant of tax credits is issued and for the remainder of the commitment period, a report that indicates that the eligible business continues to maintain the number of new and retained full-time jobs, and the salaries thereof, specified in the project agreement. As part of the annual report required pursuant to this subsection, an eligible business shall provide to the authority a copy of its applicable New Jersey tax return showing business income and withholdings as a condition of its continuation in the program, and the quarterly wage report required under R.S.43:21-14 submitted to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development together with an annual payroll report showing: (a) the new full-time jobs which were created in accordance with the project agreement, and (b) the new full-time jobs created during each subsequent year of the commitment period. The failure of an eligible business to submit to the authority a copy of its annual payroll report or submit the quarterly wage report in accordance with the provisions of this subsection during the eligibility period shall result in the forfeiture of the award for that year. An eligible business shall explain, in the reports required by this subsection, the reason for any discrepancies between the annual payroll report submitted by the eligible business and the quarterly wage report. The chief executive officer of the eligible business, or an equivalent officer, shall certify that the information provided pursuant to this paragraph is true under the penalty of perjury. Claims, records, or statements submitted by an eligible business to the authority in order to receive tax credits shall not be considered claims, records, or statements made in connection with State tax laws. (2) Upon receipt and review of each report submitted during the eligibility period, the authority shall provide to the eligible business and the director a certificate of compliance indicating the amount of tax credits that the eligible business may apply against its tax liability. The authority shall pro rate the tax credit for the first and last years of the eligibility period based on the number of full months the project was certified in the year the eligible business first certifies. b. (1) In conducting its annual review, the authority may require a business to submit any information determined by the authority to be necessary and relevant to its review. (2) An eligible business shall forfeit the credit amount for any tax period for which the eligible business's documentation remains uncertified as of the date for certification indicated in the project agreement, although credit amounts for the remainder of the years of the eligibility period shall remain available to the eligible business. c. Full-time employment for an accounting or privilege period shall be determined as the average of the monthly full-time employment for the period. d. (1) Upon receipt by the director of the certificate of compliance, the director shall allow the eligible business a tax credit. The eligible business may apply the credit allowed by the director against the eligible business's tax liability for the tax period in which the director allowed the tax credit or may carry forward the credit for use by the eligible business in any of the next seven successive tax periods, which credit shall expire thereafter. (2) (a) The amount of credit allowed may be applied against the tax liability otherwise due pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5), sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1945, c.132 (C.54:18A-2 and C.54:18A-3), section 1 of P.L.1950, c.231 (C.17:32-15), or N.J.S.17B:23-5. (b) Credits granted to a partnership shall be passed through to the partners, members, or owners, respectively, pro-rata, or pursuant to an executed agreement among the partners, members, or owners documenting an alternate distribution method provided to the director accompanied by any additional information as the director may prescribe. With respect to credits passed through to a person subject to tax liability due pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1945, c.132 (C.54:18A-2 and C.54:18A-3), the person shall be allowed to apply credits against the person's tax liability without the provision of a tax credit certificate to the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury for the tax period accompanying the person's tax return and the person shall be considered the tax certificate holder and be subject to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph. The authority may recapture all or part of any tax credits claimed by a person pursuant to subparagraph (b) of this paragraph with penalties and interest from the person or the business in the event the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury does not issue a tax credit certificate in an amount at least equal to the tax credit amount claimed on the person's tax return for the applicable tax period. (3) The director shall prescribe the order of priority of the application of the credit allowed under this section and any other credits allowed by law against the tax imposed under section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5). The amount of a credit applied under this section against the tax imposed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5) for a privilege period, together with any other credits allowed by law, shall not reduce the tax liability to an amount less than the statutory minimum provided in subsection (e) of section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5). (4) In lieu of applying any credit certificate or credit transfer certificate against tax liability otherwise due pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5), sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1945, c.132 (C.54:18A-2 and C.54:18A-3), section 1 of P.L.1950, c.231 (C.17:32-15), or N.J.S.17B:23-5, the credit certificate or credit transfer certificate may be surrendered to the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury for a cash payment equal to 90 percent of the amount of tax credits evidenced by the certificate, provided that the issuance date of the credit certificate or credit transfer certificate to the taxpayer surrendering such certificate occurred at least two years prior to the date of surrender and the credit certificate or credit transfer certificate has not been sold or assigned previously. L.2020, c.156, s.77; amended 2021, c.160, s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-21.26 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-21.26
Powers of authority.
Status: in_force

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary: a. The authority shall have the power, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this act and P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.), to issue bonds and refunding bonds, incur indebtedness and borrow money secured, in whole or in part, by money received pursuant to this act for the purpose of providing funds: (1) for deposit into the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund; (2) in the case of refunding bonds, to apply to the refunding, purchase or payment of any bonds issued pursuant to this act; (3) to fund any capitalized interest on such bonds or refunding bonds; (4) to fund any reserve or other fund as may be established by the authority for such bonds or refunding bonds and to further secure such bonds and refunding bonds as may be determined by the authority; and (5) to pay all costs, fees and other expenses related to, or incurred by the authority or the State in connection with, the issuance of such bonds or refunding bonds. b. The authority may, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this act, or the execution and delivery of any agreement authorized pursuant to subsection c. of this section, pledge the amounts from time to time on deposit in the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund and any contract entered into with the State Treasurer pursuant to section 7 of this act, or any part thereof, to secure the payment, purchase or redemption of the bonds or refunding bonds issued pursuant to this act or any obligations of the authority under any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and covenant as to the use and disposition of money on deposit in the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund for payments of bonds and refunding bonds. All costs, fees and other expenses related to, or incurred by the authority or the State in connection with, the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds by the authority for the purposes set forth in this act may be paid by the authority from amounts it receives from the proceeds of the bonds or refunding bonds and from amounts it receives pursuant to sections 5 and 7 of this act, section 7 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.7) and section 12 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.12), which costs, fees and other expenses may include, but are not limited to, any initial or annual administrative costs and fees of the authority attributable to any bonds or refunding bonds issued pursuant to this act, all legal, accounting, trustee or other professional fees, costs and expenses, all other costs, fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, termination payments) attributable to any agreement, contract or other commitment described in subsection c. of this section and any required rebate or other payment to the United States of America. The bonds or refunding bonds shall be authorized by resolution adopted by the authority, which shall stipulate the manner of execution and form of the bonds, whether the bonds or refunding bonds are to be issued in one or more series, the date or dates of issue, time or times of maturity, which shall not exceed 40 years, the rate or rates of interest payable on the bonds, which may be at fixed rates or variable rates, and which interest may be current interest or may accrue, the denomination or denominations in which the bonds are issued, conversion or registration privileges, the sources and medium of payment and place or places of payment, terms of redemption, privileges of exchangeability or interchangeability, and entitlement to priorities of payment or security in the amounts to be received by the authority pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this act. The bonds may be sold at a public or private sale at a price or prices determined by the authority. The authority is authorized to enter into any agreements necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes of this section, including agreements to sell bonds or refunding bonds to any person and to comply with the laws of any jurisdiction relating thereto. c. In connection with any bonds or refunding bonds issued or to be issued pursuant to this act, the authority may also enter into any revolving credit agreement, agreement establishing a line of credit or letter of credit, reimbursement agreement, interest rate exchange agreement, currency exchange agreement, interest rate floor or cap, options, puts or calls to hedge payment, currency, rate, spread or similar exposure, or similar agreements, float agreements, forward agreements, insurance contract, surety bond, commitment to purchase or sell bonds, purchase or sale agreement, or commitments or other contracts or agreements and other security agreements approved by the authority. d. No resolution adopted by the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds pursuant to this act shall be adopted or otherwise made effective without the approval in writing of the State Treasurer. Except as provided by subsection i. of section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4), bonds or refunding bonds may be issued without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the State, other than the approval as required by this subsection, and without any other proceedings or the occurrence of any other conditions or other things other than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this act. e. Bonds and refunding bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this act shall be special and limited obligations of the authority payable from, and secured by, such funds and moneys determined by the authority in accordance with this section. Neither the members of the authority nor any other person executing the bonds or refunding bonds shall be personally liable with respect to payment of interest and principal on these bonds or refunding bonds. Bonds or refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not be a debt or liability of the State or any agency or instrumentality thereof, other than a special and limited obligation of the authority, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize the authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof, other than the authority, and all bonds and refunding bonds issued by the authority shall contain a statement to that effect on their face. f. The authority is authorized to engage, subject to the approval of the State Treasurer and in such manner as the State Treasurer shall determine, the services of bond counsel, financial advisors and experts, placement agents, underwriters, trustees, verification agents, remarketing agents, auction agents, broker-dealers, appraisers, and such other advisors, consultants and agents as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. g. All bonds or refunding bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this act are deemed to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State for an essential governmental purpose, and the interest thereon and the income derived from all funds, revenues, incomes and other moneys received for or to be received by the authority and pledged and available to pay or secure the payment of bonds or refunding bonds and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all taxes levied pursuant to the provisions of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes or Title 54A of the New Jersey Statutes, except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes levied pursuant to Subtitle 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes. h. The State hereby pledges and covenants with the holders of any bonds or refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, that it will not limit or alter the rights or powers vested in the authority by this act, nor limit or alter the rights or powers of the State Treasurer in any manner which would jeopardize the interest of the holders or any trustee of such holders, or inhibit or prevent performance or fulfillment by the authority or the State Treasurer with respect to the terms of any agreement made with the holders of these bonds or refunding bonds or agreements made pursuant to subsection c. of this section, except that the failure of the State Legislature to appropriate moneys for any purpose of this act shall not be deemed a violation of this section. i. Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the State and all political subdivisions of this State, their officers, boards, commissioners, departments or other agencies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, saving and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control, in any bonds or refunding bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this act; and said bonds and refunding bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with, and received by any State or municipal officers or agency of the State, for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is now, or may hereafter be, authorized by law. L.2004,c.70,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-412 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-412
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

10. Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the chief executive officer of the authority shall adopt, immediately, upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such rules and regulations as the chief executive officer deems necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2025, c.123 (C.34:1B-403 et al.), which rules and regulations shall be effective for a period not to exceed 365 days after the date of the filing. Before the expiration of the rules and regulations, the chief executive officer shall amend, adopt, or readopt the rules and regulations in accordance with the requirements of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2025, c.123, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-21.11 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-21.11
Statement from Department of the Treasury, authority
Status: in_force

11. No later than four months following the issuance of any Market Transition Facility bonds or notes, the Department of the Treasury, in conjunction with the authority, shall provide a statement providing: a. All final costs on an item by item basis associated with the issuance of the Market Transition Facility bonds or notes. This statement shall be distributed to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly. The statement shall list, as applicable, costs for: (1) Bond counsel; (2) Financial advisors; (3) Paying agents and registrars; (4) Rating agencies; (5) Official statement printing; (6) Bond printing; (7) Trustees; (8) Credit enhancement; (9) Liquidity facility; and (10) Miscellaneous issuance costs; b. The final breakdown of the principal amount of bonds allocated to each senior manager, co-senior manager and manager participating in the bond issuance, and each underwriter's spread, broken down into the following components where applicable, and accompanied by a list of underwriter spreads from recent comparable bond issues: (1) Management fees; (2) Underwriting fees; (3) Selling concessions; (4) Underwriter's counsel; and (5) Other costs. L.1994,c.57,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-95.4 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-95.4
Special adjustment benefit payment
Status: in_force

Any employee or dependent receiving weekly benefits as provided under R.S. 34:15-95, R.S. 34:15-12(b) or R.S. 34:15-13 at a rate applicable prior to January 1, 1980, and whose payment is less than the maximum compensation rate in effect for the year 1980, shall be entitled to receive a special adjustment benefit payment from the Second Injury Fund and from those sources as provided for by this 1980 amendatory and supplementary act. Any dependent, as defined in R.S. 34:15-13, of a person totally disabled who dies while receiving compensation from the Second Injury Fund, shall become entitled to dependent benefits under this chapter which are comparable to payments made to other dependents under the workers' compensation law, R.S. 34:15-1 et seq., on or after the effective date of this 1980 amendatory and supplementary act. All compensation payments made under this chapter to a dependent, as defined under R.S. 34:15-13, of an individual who dies while receiving such compensation, shall be payable only where the compensable occupational injury or disease of the decedent is a material contributing factor to his death. The payment of these adjustment benefits shall be paid to an employee or dependent as long as the employee or dependent is eligible to receive payments under R.S. 34:15-95, R.S. 34:15-12(b), R.S. 34:15-13, or this section. The amount of the special adjustment benefit payment shall be such that when added to the workers' compensation rate awarded pursuant to R.S. 34:15-95, R.S. 34:15-12(b), R.S. 34:15-13 or this section as a result of injury or death, the total shall bear the same percentage relationship to the 1980 maximum workers' compensation rate that the worker's own compensation rate awarded as a result of the injury or death bears to the then effective maximum workers' compensation rate. The amount of the special adjustment benefit shall be payable at a rate of 35% of the adjustment during the fiscal year 1981 commencing July 1, 1980; 75% of the adjustment during the fiscal year 1982; and 100% of the adjustment during the fiscal year 1983 and thereafter. The special adjustment benefit payment provided herein shall be reduced by an amount equal to the individual's benefit payable under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance Act (not including increases in such benefits due to any federal statutory increases after May 31, 1980), Black Lung benefits, or the employer's share of disability pension payments received from or on account of an employer. Where any person refuses to authorize the release of information concerning the amount of benefits payable under the aforementioned benefits, the division's estimate of that amount shall be deemed to be correct unless and until the actual amount is established and no adjustment shall be made for any period of time covered by any such refusal. Payments of the adjustment shall be made from the Second Injury Fund in the manner hereinafter provided. The Commissioner of Labor shall make payments from Second Injury Fund directly to the persons who are now receiving benefits under R.S. 34:15-95 and to their dependents becoming eligible for dependents' benefits under this 1980 amendatory and supplementary act by increasing or, as the case may be, setting the biweekly compensation payments to include the biweekly special adjustment. In the case of persons who are entitled to compensation under R.S. 34:15-12(b) or R.S. 34:15-13, the insurance carrier or self-insured employer in the second and subsequent fiscal years after enactment shall increase the weekly compensation payments to include the weekly special adjustment. For such special adjustment payments and supplements to special adjustment payments paid during the period July 1, 1981 and December 31, 1988, insurance carriers and self-insured employers shall credit the payments against the assessments payable by the insurance carrier or self-insurer under R.S. 34:15-94. The insurance carrier or self-insurer claiming such credit shall submit vouchers upon forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor, identifying each case and indicating the weekly benefit adjustment applicable thereto on or before June 30, 1989. Beginning in the fiscal year 1984 and in every fiscal year thereafter, a supplement to the special adjustment benefit payment shall be paid to all employees or dependents entitled to the special adjustment benefit payment. The supplement to the special adjustment benefit payment shall be paid in an amount, in combination with income from all sources referred to in this section, which bears the same percentage relationship to the then current maximum workers' compensation rate that the worker's own compensation rate awarded as a result of the injury or death bears to the then effective maximum workers' compensation rate. Beginning in fiscal year 1986 and in every fiscal year thereafter, payment of supplements to the special adjustment benefits shall be made from the Second Injury Fund. Payment of supplements to the special adjustment benefits for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 shall be from interest earned and accrued upon moneys belonging to "the stock workers' compensation security fund" and "the mutual workers' compensation security fund" during fiscal years 1981 through 1985, and from special assessments upon self-insured employers in the same proportions as provided under R.S. 34:15-94. P.L. 1980, c. 83, s. 1; amended 1981,c.149,s.1; 1986,c.82,s.2; 1988,c.26,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-370 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-370
Short title.
Status: in_force

65. Sections 65 through 68 of P.L.2021, c.160 (C.34:1B-370 through 34:1B-373) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program Act." L.2021, c.160, s.65.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-95.7 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-95.7
Determination of aggregate annual surcharge.
Status: in_force

2. In making the determination of the aggregate annual surcharge for the Second Injury Fund to be levied pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection c. of R.S.34:15-94 for calendar year 2020, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall include the anticipated additional amounts, including administrative costs, required for the payment of supplemental benefits which shall begin on January 1, 2020 pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.127 (C.34:15-95.6). L.2019, c.127, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56a4.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56a4.3
Date of application of act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be applicable to wages covered by wage orders issued pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1966, c. 113 (C. 34:11-56a16). L.1974, c. 62, s. 2; L.1974, c. 63, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:13A-51 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-51
Mandatory subjects of negotiations.
Status: in_force

2. Except for actions of an employer expressly required or prohibited by the provisions of this act, all aspects or actions relating to or resulting from an employer's decision to subcontract including, but not limited to, whether or not severance pay is provided, shall be mandatory subjects of negotiations. L.2021, c.104, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-37.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-37.3
Certain injured officers to receive full compensation.
Status: in_force

3. Any State Human Services police officer, State conservation police officer, State park police officer, Palisades Interstate Park officer appointed pursuant to R.S.32:14-21, or full-time campus police officer appointed by a county college or four-year public institution of higher education pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) who, while in the course of performing the officer's official duties, suffers serious bodily injury as the direct result of an assault during the arrest or transportation of a suspect or other person in the officer's custody shall continue to receive full wages for up to six months or until the officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., whichever comes first. Any senior, recruit, or assistant supervising medical security officer working under the authority of the Department of Human Services who, in the course of performing the officer's official duties, suffers serious bodily injury as the direct result of an assault by a patient or resident who requires medical security shall continue to receive full wages for up to six months or until the officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., whichever comes first. In addition to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the injured officer shall receive regular supplemental payments from the officer's employer in an amount that is sufficient, when added to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to equal the net wage of the injured officer at the time of the injury. The supplemental payments authorized under this section shall continue for up to six months so long as the injured officer remains a State Human Services police officer, State conservation police officer, State park police officer, Palisades Interstate Park officer, campus police officer, or medical security officer and continues to be compensated under R.S.34:15-1 et seq. The fringe benefits afforded an injured officer under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, contract, or statute shall not be negated or impaired in any way and shall remain in full force and effect during the time that officer is receiving supplemental payments pursuant to this section. L.2017, c.93, s.3; amended 2019, c.407, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56.33 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56.33
Filing of written statements of amounts due workers; database of certified payroll information.
Status: in_force

9. (a) Before final payment is made by or on behalf of any public body or before any lessee to whom the public body is leasing a property or premises or any lessor from whom the public body is leasing or will be leasing a property or premises makes such payment, of any sum or sums due on a public work, it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the public body or other officer or person charged with the custody and disbursement of the funds of the public body, the lessee to whom the public body is leasing a property or premises or the lessor from whom the public body is leasing or will be leasing a property or premises, as the case may be, to require the contractor and subcontractor to file written statements with the public body and the commissioner in a form satisfactory to the commissioner certifying to the amounts then due and owing from such contractor and subcontractor filing such statement to any and all workers for wages due on account of the public work, setting forth therein the names of the persons whose wages are unpaid and the amount due to each respectively, which statement shall be verified by the oath of the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, that he has read such statement subscribed by him, knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true of his own knowledge; provided, however, that nothing herein shall impair the right of a contractor to receive final payment because of the failure of any subcontractor to comply with provisions of this act. (b) In case any worker shall have filed a protest in writing within three months from the date of the occurrence of the incident complained of with the commissioner, objecting to the payment to any contractor to the extent of the amount or amounts due or to become due to the worker for wages for work performed on a public work, the commissioner may direct the fiscal or financial officer of the public body or other person charged with the custody and disbursements of the funds of the public body, the lessee to whom the public body is leasing a property or premises or the lessor from whom the public body is leasing or will be leasing a property or premises, as the case may be, to deduct from the whole amount of any payment, the sum or sums admitted by any contractor in such statement or statements so filed to be due and owing by him on account of wages earned on such public work. Such fiscal or financial officer, the lessee to whom the public body is leasing a property or premises or the lessor from whom the public body is leasing or will be leasing a property or premises, shall withhold the amount so deducted for the benefit of the worker whose wages are unpaid as shown by the verified statement filed by such contractor, and shall pay directly to any worker the amount shown by such statement to be due to him for such wages. Such payment shall thereby discharge the obligation of the contractor to the person receiving such payment to the extent of the amount thereof. L.1963, c.150, s.9; amended 1990, c.27, s.5; 2007, c.68, s.4; 2021, c.164, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-276 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-276
Written report.
Status: in_force

8. On or before December 31 of the fourth year following the effective date of sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276), the authority, in consultation with the officer and the director, shall prepare and submit a written report regarding the number and total monetary amount of tax credits granted for the rehabilitation of qualified properties or transformative projects pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-272), the geographical distribution of the credits granted, a summary of the tax credit transfer program established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-273), an evaluation of the effectiveness of the tax credits provided pursuant to sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276) in promoting the rehabilitation of historic properties, recommendations for administrative or legislative changes to increase the effectiveness of the program, and any other information that the authority, the officer, or the director may deem useful or appropriate. This report shall be submitted to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. L.2020, c.156, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-385 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-385
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.2023, c.197 (C.34:1B-383 et al.): "Affiliate" means an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is under common control with, or is controlled by a cultural arts institution. Control exists in all cases in which the entity is a member of a controlled group of corporations as defined pursuant to section 1563 of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.1563) or the entity is an organization in a group of organizations under common control that is subject to the regulations applicable to organizations pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 414 of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.414). A cultural arts institution may establish by clear and convincing evidence, as determined by the authority, that control exists in situations involving lesser percentages of ownership if the cultural arts institution shall have control, at a minimum, of all aspects of compliance with this program. An affiliate of a cultural arts institution may contribute to the project cost and may satisfy the requirement for site control during construction and the eligibility period, but in no event shall the tax credit certificate be issued to any affiliate. "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Board" means the board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, established by section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Cultural arts institution" means a governmental entity or nonprofit or governmental economic or community development entity incorporated pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes or Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes, operating on a not-for-profit basis, and having a mission of, or experience in, cultural, educational, or artistic enrichment of the people of this State. A "cultural arts institution" shall include a for-profit business seeking a tax credit for a cultural arts institution facility open to the public provided that the cultural arts institution facility is receiving a federal historic rehabilitation tax credit pursuant to section 47 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.47, or a tax credit pursuant to the "Historic Property Reinvestment Act," sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276). A “cultural arts institution” shall include any nonprofit that operates a museum or memorial honoring New Jersey veterans of foreign military conflicts. A “cultural arts institution” shall also include a developer that has a partnership agreement with the National Park Service. "Cultural arts institution facility" means an existing or proposed facility within this State, operated and maintained by a cultural arts institution or the National Park Service. A "cultural arts institution facility" includes, without limitation, an aquarium, botanical society, historical society, library, museum, gallery, performing arts center, national historical park, war memorial or museum, or any related facility that is principally for the support and benefit of any of the foregoing. "Cultural arts project" means a capital project for the construction or improvement of a cultural arts institution facility that is located in the State for which a cultural arts institution is to be awarded tax credits by the authority under the program pursuant to a tax credit agreement, provided that the project for which the tax credits are awarded will result in a capital investment of at least $5,000,000. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. "Eligibility period" means the period during which a cultural arts institution may claim, sell, transfer, or otherwise use a tax credit under the program, beginning with the tax period in which the authority accepts certification of the cultural arts institution that it has met the capital investment requirements of the program and extending thereafter for a term of at least five years. "Eligible position" means a full-time position in an entity in this State which the entity has filled with a full-time employee. An eligible position shall not include an independent contractor or a consultant. "Government-restricted municipality" means a municipality in this State with a municipal revitalization index distress score of at least 75, that met the criteria for designation as an urban aid municipality in the 2019 State fiscal year, and that, on the effective date of P.L.2020, c.156, is subject to financial restrictions imposed pursuant to the "Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act," P.L.2016, c.4 (C.52:27BBBB-1 et seq.), or is restricted in its ability to levy property taxes on property in that municipality as a result of the State of New Jersey owning or controlling property representing at least 25 percent of the total land area of the municipality or as a result of the federal government of the United States owning or controlling at least 50 acres of the total land area of the municipality, which is dedicated as a national natural landmark. "New full-time job" means an eligible position created by a cultural arts institution at a cultural arts project that did not previously exist in this State. For the purposes of determining the number of new full-time jobs, the eligible positions of an affiliate shall be considered eligible positions of the cultural arts institution. "Program" means the Cultural Arts Incentives Program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2023, c.197 (C.34:1B-386). "Project cost" means the costs incurred in connection with a cultural arts project by a cultural arts institution until the issuance of a permanent certificate of occupancy, or until such other time specified by the authority, for a specific investment or improvement, including the costs relating to lands, buildings, improvements, real or personal property, or any interest therein, including leases discounted to present value, including lands under water, riparian rights, space rights, and air rights acquired, owned, developed or redeveloped, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or improved, any environmental remediation costs, plus costs not directly related to construction, including capitalized interest paid to third parties, of an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total costs, and the cost of infrastructure improvements, including ancillary infrastructure projects. The fees associated with the application or administration of tax credits under P.L.2023, c.197 (C.34:1B-383 et al.) shall not constitute a project cost. "Project financing gap" means the part of the total project cost, including reasonable and appropriate return on investment, that remains to be financed after all other sources of capital have been accounted for, including, but not limited to capital contributed by the cultural arts institution, which shall not be less than 20 percent of the total project cost, and investor or financial entity capital or loans; provided, however, that for a cultural arts project located in a government-restricted municipality, the capital contributed by the cultural arts institution shall not be less than 10 percent of the total project cost. "Qualified incentive tract" means a population census tract having a poverty rate of 20 percent or more or a census tract in which the median family income for the census tract does not exceed 80 percent of the greater of the statewide median family income or the median family income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the census tract is situated. "Tax credit agreement" means a tax credit agreement entered into pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2023, c.197 (C.34:1B-390) between the authority and a cultural arts institution. "Work First New Jersey program" means the Work First New Jersey program established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.). L.2023, c.197, s.3; amended 2025, c.127, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15D-41 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15D / Section 15D-41
YouthBuild funds application requirements.
Status: in_force

7. The commissioner shall require that an application for YouthBuild funds under this act contain at a minimum: a. A request for an implementation grant, specifying the amount of the grant requested and its proposed uses; b. A description of the applicant and a statement of its qualifications, including a description of the applicant's past experience running a YouthBuild program; with housing rehabilitation or construction; and with youth, youth education, youth leadership development and employment training programs, and other relevant community organizations; c. A description of the educational and job training activities, work opportunities, and other services that will be provided to participants; d. A description of the proposed construction or rehabilitation activities to be undertaken and the anticipated schedule for carrying out those activities; e. A description of the manner in which eligible youths will be recruited and selected, including a description of the arrangements which will be made with community-based organizations, local educational agencies, public assistance agencies, the courts of jurisdiction for status and youth offenders, shelters for homeless individuals and other agencies that serve homeless youth, foster care agencies, and other appropriate public and private agencies; f. A description of the special efforts that will be undertaken to recruit eligible young women (including young women with dependent children) with plans for addressing appropriate supports they may need, especially childcare; g. A description of how the proposed program will be coordinated with other youth-serving agencies in the service area; h. Assurances that there will be a sufficient number of adequately trained supervisory personnel in the program who have attained the level of journeyman or its equivalent; i. A description of the applicant's relationship with any local building trade unions, which may exist, regarding their involvement in training, and the relationship of the YouthBuild program with established apprenticeship programs; j. A description of activities that will be undertaken to develop the leadership skills of participants, including their role in decision making; k. A detailed budget and a description of the system of fiscal controls and auditing and accountability procedures that will be used to ensure fiscal soundness; l. A description of any contracts and arrangements entered into between the applicant and other agencies and entities including all in-kind donations and grants from both public and private entities that will serve to augment State YouthBuild funds; m. The qualifications and past experience of the person who will fill the full-time program director position; and n. Other information or factors as deemed necessary by the commissioner. L.2023, c.334, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1-1 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this title: "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor. "Deputy commissioner" means the several deputy commissioners of labor except in chapter 15 of this title (s. 34:15-1 et seq.), in which "deputy commissioner" shall mean the several deputy commissioners of compensation. "Department" means the department of labor. "Inspector" means agents and employees of the department whose duty it is to make any inspection or investigation.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-33.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-33.3
Application to uninsured employer's fund for certain claims for exposure to asbestos.
Status: in_force

2. a. In the case of a claim for compensation for an occupational disease resulting in injury or death from an exposure to asbestos, if after due diligence, the standards for which shall be set forth by the Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation: (1) the workers' compensation insurer of an employer, the employer, or the principals of the employer where the claimant was last exposed cannot be located; or (2) the employee making the claim worked for more than one employer, during which time the exposure to asbestos may reasonably be deemed to have taken place but the employer or employers where the petitioner was last exposed cannot reasonably be identified, an application shall be made to the uninsured employer's fund, created pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1966, c.126 (C.34:15-120.1), and any award by a judge of compensation shall be payable from the fund. For the purposes of this section "occupational disease resulting in injury or death from an exposure to asbestos" means asbestosis or any asbestos-induced cancer, including mesothelioma. b. In the case of any claim paid by the uninsured employer's fund pursuant to this section, the fund shall have the right of subrogation against (1) any insurer or employer identified as liable as set forth under the provisions of subsection a. of this section; or (2) against the stock workers' compensation security fund, or the mutual workers' compensation security fund, if an insolvent insurer is determined to be liable; or (3) against the New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association if an insolvent self-insurer is determined to be liable. c. The fund shall have a lien pursuant to R.S.34:15-40 against any award received by the claimant from a third party resulting from the exposure to asbestos. d. Compensation shall be based on the last date of exposure, if known, or if the last date of exposure cannot be known, the judge shall establish an appropriate date. e. To ensure sufficient funding for the payment of claims under this section, the State Treasurer shall, within 30 days following the effective date of P.L.2003, c.253 (C.34:15-33.3 et al.) and upon request of the Commissioner of Labor, transfer an amount not to exceed $500,000 from the Second Injury Fund to the uninsured employer's fund. At the end of the first calendar quarter immediately following that effective date and at the end of each calendar quarter thereafter, the State Treasurer shall, upon request of the Commissioner of Labor, transfer from the Second Injury Fund to the uninsured employer's fund an amount estimated by the Commissioner of Labor to be required by the uninsured employer's fund for payment of such claims for the next following calendar quarter. Amounts transferred from the Second Injury Fund under the provisions of this subsection shall be included in the determination of surcharges and assessments for the Second Injury Fund and shall be excluded from the determination of surcharges and assessments for the uninsured employer's fund. f. The Commissioner of Labor shall, within 180 days following the effective date of P.L.2003, c.253 (C.34:15-33.3 et al.), promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to effectuate the purposes of that act. L.2003,c.253,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15C-10.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-10.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

14. As used in sections 14 through 20 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.34:15C-10.3 through C.34:15C-10.9): "Closure" means the cessation of operations by a private career school. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. "Disorderly closure" means a closure that does not meet the requirements of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.18A:3B-90 et al.). "Eligible transfer institution" means a private career school that has been approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 17 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.34:15C-10.6). "Institutional debt" means: (1) the amount outstanding on any credit, including unpaid charges, extended by or on behalf of a private career school that a student is obligated to repay, whether the amount has been reduced to a judgment or the school classifies it as a loan; or (2) a nonfederal loan or debt agreement that is issued expressly for postsecondary education expenses and that is guaranteed by a private career school or a private educational lender that is affiliated with a private career school. "Institutional financial aid agreement" means any contract, promissory note, part of an enrollment agreement, or other agreement in which a student agrees to pay an institutional debt. "Orderly closure" means a closure that meets the requirements of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.18A:3B-90 et al.). "Private career school" means a privately owned and privately operated postsecondary school, other than an institution of higher education or proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees, that furnishes or offers to furnish programs, whether or not requiring a payment of tuition or fee, for the purpose of training, retraining, or upgrading individuals for gainful employment as workers in recognized or emerging occupations. "Student" means an individual enrolled at a private career school in New Jersey, or a New Jersey resident enrolled at a private career school located outside of this State. "Teach-out agreement" means a written agreement between schools that provides for the equitable treatment of students and a reasonable opportunity for students to complete their program of study if a school, or a school location that provides 100 percent of at least one program offered, ceases to operate before all enrolled students have completed their program of study. "Teach-out plan" means a written plan developed by the school that provides for the equitable treatment of students if a school, or a school location, ceases to operate before all students have completed their program of study, and may include, if required by the school's accrediting agency, a teach-out agreement between schools. L.2021, c.27, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6B-3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-3
Aggrieved person may institute civil action
Status: in_force

3. Upon a violation of any provision of this act, an aggrieved person may, in addition to any other available remedy, institute civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction, within one year from the date of the alleged violation, for relief as follows: a. With respect to a prospective employee, the court may: (1) order injunctive relief as it deems appropriate; (2) award compensatory and consequential damages incurred by the prospective employee as a result of the violation; or (3) award reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs. b. With respect to an employee or former employee, the court may: (1) order injunctive relief as it deems appropriate, including reinstatement of the employee to the same position held before the violation or the position the employee would have held but for the violation, as well as the reinstatement of full fringe benefits and seniority rights; (2) award compensatory and consequential damages incurred by the employee or former employee as a result of the violation, including compensation for lost wages, benefits and other remuneration; or (3) award reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs. L.1991,c.207,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15C-24 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-24
"New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council" established.
Status: in_force

5. a. There is created in the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1989, c.293 (C.34:15C-2), the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council. b. The council shall consist of 11 members who are individuals with experience in the fields of labor, education, or workforce development or training. The Governor shall appoint nine members as follows: one member shall be recommended by the Senate President; one member shall be recommended by the Speaker of the General Assembly; one member shall be recommended by the Minority Leader of the Senate; one member shall be recommended by the Minority Leader of the General Assembly; and, five members shall be recommended by the Governor. The co-chairs of the Legislative Manufacturing Caucus shall serve as ex officio members of the council. The members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for five-year terms, except, of the members first appointed, three members shall be appointed for five-year terms, three members shall be appointed for three-year terms, and three members shall be appointed for four-year terms. Each appointed member shall hold office for the term of appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring in the appointed membership of the council for any reason other than the expiration of the term shall have a term of appointment for the unexpired term only. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member may be appointed for any number of successive terms. Any member appointed may be removed from the council by the appointing authority, as the case may be, for cause, after a hearing and may be suspended by the appointing authority pending the completion of the hearing. c. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions may be adopted by the council at a council meeting by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members. The council shall elect from its members a chairperson. Advanced notification for, and copies of the minutes of, each meeting of the council shall be filed with the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the General Assembly. L.2023, c.268, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 34:16-22 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-22
Chairman
Status: in_force

The chairman of the commission shall be the Commissioner of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey. L.1955, c. 64, p. 213, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 34:13A-4 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-4
State Board of Mediation; establishment; membership
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the Department of Labor and Industry a board to be known as the New Jersey State Board of Mediation. The membership of such board shall consist of seven persons to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of such members, two shall be representative of employees, two shall be representative of employers and three shall be representative of the public. Of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; two for a term of 2 years and two for a term of 3 years. Of the two additional members provided for by this amendment, the original appointees shall hold office for 2 years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of 3 years. The chairman of the board shall be a member who shall have been designated a representative of the public and who shall be named as chairman by the Governor: the chairman so named shall serve as chairman during his term as a member of the board. A vacancy occurring in the membership of the board for any cause, other than expiration of term, shall be filled by the Governor and the person so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term of the member whose office has become vacant. Of the members whose terms have not expired, the Governor shall designate each as a representative of either employees or employers or the public, which designation shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and all appointments hereafter made shall include a designation indicating that such appointee is to be a representative of employees, employers or the public, as the case may be. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the New Jersey State Board of Mediation is hereby allocated within the Department of Labor and Industry and assigned for administrative purposes to the Assistant Commissioner of Labor for Labor Relations and Work Place Standards, but notwithstanding said allocation and assignment, the board shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof. L.1941, c. 100, p. 229, s. 4. Amended by L.1945, c. 32, p. 88, s. 1; L.1973, c. 326, s. 1, eff. Dec. 18, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56a4.1 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56a4.1
Summer camps, conferences and retreats; exception
Status: in_force

The provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement in respect to minimum wages and compensation for overtime work shall not be applicable during the months of June, July, August or September of the year to summer camps, conferences and retreats operated by any nonprofit or religious corporation or association. L.1967, c. 89, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1967. Amended by L.1968, c. 58, s. 1, eff. June 11, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 34:2-21.2 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.2
Minors under 16 not to be employed; exceptions; nonresidents
Status: in_force

2. No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation at any time; provided, that minors between 14 and 16 years of age may be employed, permitted or suffered to work outside school hours and during school vacations but not in or for a factory or in any occupation otherwise prohibited by law or by order or regulation made in pursuance of law; and provided, further, that minors under 16 years of age may engage in professional employment in theatrical productions upon the obtaining of a permit therefor and may engage outside school hours and during school vacations in agricultural pursuits or in street trades and as newspaperboys as defined in this act, in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of this act. Minors may also engage in employment in domestic service performed outside of school hours or during school vacations, in a residence other than the minor's own home. Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to the work of a minor engaged in domestic service or agricultural pursuits performed outside of school hours or during school vacations in connection with the minor's own home and directly for his parents or legal guardian. Except as to the employment of a minor for whom a theatrical employment permit has been issued, no minor under 16 years of age not a resident of this State shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any occupation or service whatsoever at any time during which the law of the state of his residence required his attendance at school, or at any time during the hours when the public schools in the district in which employment in such occupation or services may be available are in session. L.1940, c. 153, p. 332, s. 2. Amended by L.1956, c. 127, p. 530, s. 1; L.1962, c. 91, s. 9; L.1964, c. 288, s. 2; L.1983, c. 196, s. 1, eff. May 27, 1983; amended 2022, c.63, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:5-179 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-179
Duties of persons near high voltage lines
Status: in_force

This act is not intended to alter in any way the duties of persons to take precautions in the proximity of high voltage lines imposed by P.L.1948, c. 249. L.1962, c. 45, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1-50 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-50
§ 34:1-50
Status: in_force

The annual report of the bureau shall include statistics showing the number of private firms and corporations engaged in the several industries in this state; the capital invested; amount of raw material used and its cost value; amount of goods manufactured and the selling price of said goods; the number of persons employed, by months, and distinguished as to sex; total wages paid; classification of wages, and such other information as may be necessary to show the true condition of each of said manufacturing industries.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-14 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-14
Nonliability of members of authority, or of state or political subdivision
Status: in_force

Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any political subdivision, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize the authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any political subdivision, and all such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to that effect. L.1974, c. 80, s. 14, eff. Aug. 7, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6B-16 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-16
Exceptions to prohibited actions by employers.
Status: in_force

6. The provisions of subsection a. of section 4 of this act shall not prohibit an employer from requiring an applicant for employment to complete an employment application that makes any inquiries regarding an applicant's criminal record during the initial employment application process or from making any oral or written inquiries regarding an applicant's criminal record during the initial employment application process if: a. The employment sought or being considered is for a position in law enforcement, corrections, the judiciary, homeland security or emergency management; b. The employment sought or being considered is for a position where a criminal history record background check is required by law, rule or regulation, or where an arrest or conviction by the person for one or more crimes or offenses would or may preclude the person from holding such employment as required by any law, rule or regulation, or where any law, rule, or regulation restricts an employer's ability to engage in specified business activities based on the criminal records of its employees; or c. The employment sought or being considered is for a position designated by the employer to be part of a program or systematic effort designed predominantly or exclusively to encourage the employment of persons who have been arrested or convicted of one or more crimes or offenses. L.2014, c.32, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1A-1.23 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-1.23
Purpose of task force.
Status: in_force

3. a. The purpose of the task force is to study the problem of unemployment and underemployment among individuals with disabilities, review relevant, available programs within the State of New Jersey for State and local government agencies to recruit, hire, and retain in employment individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as similar programs in other states and private sector employers, and assist in the identification and implementation of strategies to expand efforts of New Jersey State and local government agencies to recruit, hire, and retain in employment individuals with disabilities. b. The task force shall issue annual reports which offer a vision and provide viable recommendations on how the State can increase opportunities for employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by expanding efforts of New Jersey State and local government agencies to promote the employment of such individuals by recruiting, hiring, and retaining them in employment, including by providing guidance and support to agencies and institutions of higher education. c. The task force shall issue its first report to the Governor and Legislature not later than one year after the members of the task force are appointed. Each annual report shall be made available to the public by means including the posting of the report on the web sites of the State agencies represented on the task force. L.2021, c.84, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 34:8-45 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-45
Applicability of act; licensure or registration required for court action
Status: in_force

a. The provisions of this act shall apply to any person engaging in any of the activities regulated by this act including persons whose residence or principal place of business is located outside of this State. b. A person shall not bring or maintain an action in any court of this State for the collection of a fee, charge or commission for the performance of any of the activities regulated by this act without alleging and proving licensure or registration, as appropriate, at the time the alleged cause of action arose. L.1989, c.331, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11A-3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-3
Applicable fringe benefit funds
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply only to fringe benefit funds which are a. located within and established for the benefit of workers in this State or b. located outside of the State but which cover workers employed by any construction employer in the construction, repair or alteration of any private project or public project within this State. L. 1987, c. 150, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-408 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-408
Tax credit application form, requirements, Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program.
Status: in_force

6. a. A business that meets the eligibility criteria in section 5 of P.L.2025, c.123 (C.34:1B-407) and is seeking tax credits for a project under the program shall submit an application to the authority in a form and manner prescribed by the authority. b. Before the board may consider an eligible business's application for tax credits, the authority shall confirm with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of the Treasury whether the eligible business is in substantial good standing with the respective department, or, if necessary, has entered into an agreement with the respective department that includes a practical corrective action plan for the eligible business. The eligible business shall certify that the contractors or subcontractors that will perform work at the qualified business facility: are registered as required by "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act," P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.); have not been debarred by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development from engaging in or bidding on Public Works Contracts in the State; and possess a tax clearance certificate issued by the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. The authority may also contract with an independent third party to perform a background check on the eligible business. c. An eligible business shall pay to the authority the full amount of the direct costs of an analysis of the eligible business's application for a tax credit, which analysis shall be conducted by a third party retained by the authority if the authority deems such retention to be necessary. d. If, at any time during the eligibility period, the authority determines that the eligible business made a material misrepresentation on the eligible business's application, the eligible business shall forfeit all tax credits awarded under the program, which forfeiture shall be in addition to any other criminal or civil penalties for which the business and the certifying officer may be liable. e. If circumstances require an eligible business to amend its application to the authority, then the chief executive officer of the eligible business, or an equivalent officer, shall certify to the authority that the information provided in its amended application is true under the penalty of perjury. f. Nothing shall preclude a business from applying for tax credits under the program for more than one project through one or more applications. L.2025, c.123, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1A-69.1 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-69.1
Immunity from liability for injury caused by product or invention fostered or advanced by L.1977, c. 429
Status: in_force

The State, its offices, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies, including the Office for Promoting Technical Innovation, as well as the employees thereof, shall not be liable in tort, contract, or implied warranty for any injury caused by a product or invention, or its development that in any way was fostered or advanced pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1977, c. 429. L.1981, c. 53, s. 3, eff. March 2, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 34:2-21.4 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.4
Lunch period for minors under 18
Status: in_force

4. No minor under eighteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work for more than six hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than thirty minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work. L.1940, c. 153, p. 334, s. 4; amended 2022, c.63, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6-98.15 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-98.15
Provisions severable
Status: in_force

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portion of this act. L.1954, c. 197, p. 745, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-74 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-74
"New Jersey Micro-Business Assistance Fund"
Status: in_force

5. a. To implement the program, the authority shall establish and maintain a special revolving fund to be known as the "New Jersey Micro-Business Assistance Fund," hereinafter, "the assistance fund," which shall be credited with: (1) such moneys from the economic growth account of the "Economic Recovery Fund" established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.13), which the authority determines are necessary to effectively implement the program, within the limits of funding available from the Economic Recovery Fund, based upon the response to the program by micro-business development corporations; (2) any moneys that shall be received by the authority from the repayment of the moneys in the assistance fund used to provide micro-business development loans pursuant to this act and interest thereon; (3) moneys as may be available to the authority from business assistance programs administered by the authority or by other State agencies or authorities including, but not limited to, the New Jersey Development Authority for Small Businesses, Minorities' and Women's Enterprises established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.386 (C.34:1B-47 et seq.), the New Jersey Urban Development Corporation established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.227 (C.55:19-1 et seq.), the department or administered by federal agencies or by private sector foundations ; (4) appropriations made by the Legislature to effectuate the purposes of this act; (5) fees collected from applicants pursuant to subsection c. of this section; and (6) other moneys made available including, but not limited to, funds provided by agreement with private investors, small business investment corporations, banks and other lending institutions to effectuate the purposes of this act. b. Moneys in the assistance fund which are determined by the authority not to be needed for current responsibilities of the assistance fund, may be invested by the authority in any direct obligations as to which the principal and interest thereof are guaranteed by the United States of America or any other obligation deemed appropriate by the authority. The authority may appoint a director to manage the activities associated with the assistance fund. The director shall receive compensation as determined by the authority. c. The authority may charge fees in connection with applications for financial assistance from the assistance fund as it deems reasonable. L.1995,c.206,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15C-10.9 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-10.9
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

20. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of sections 14 through 19 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.34:15C-10.3 through C.34:15C-10.8). L.2021, c.27, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56.70 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56.70
Special license authorizing employment at less than prevailing wage for building services rates.
Status: in_force

13. For any occupation for which prevailing wage for building services rates are established by or pursuant to this act, the commissioner or the Director of Wage and Hour Compliance in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may cause to be issued to any employee, including a learner, apprentice, or student, whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or developmental disability or injury, a special license authorizing employment at wages less than the prevailing wage for building services for a period of time as shall be fixed by the commissioner or the Director of Wage and Hour Compliance and stated in the license. Nothing in this section is intended to undermine the purposes of this act. L.2005,c.379,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-62 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-62
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Global Export Network Act." L.1993,c.197,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-72 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-72
Domestic worker, uninterrupted paid rest period.
Status: in_force

14. a. An employer of a domestic worker shall allow the domestic worker an uninterrupted paid rest period of not less than ten minutes for each four consecutive hours worked, unless the nature of the work prevents the domestic worker from being relieved of all duties for such period of time, such as some types of child care and caretaker work for a sick, elderly or disabled person. In those types of work where the domestic worker is not relieved of all work duties, an "on-duty" rest period shall be provided. The employer shall pay the domestic worker for the time spent on a rest break at the domestic worker's regular rate of pay. b. The employer shall allow an uninterrupted 30-minute meal break after more than five consecutive hours worked. Unless the domestic worker is relieved of all work duties during such 30-minute period and is permitted to leave the work site during that break, the meal period shall be considered an "on-duty" meal period and shall be paid at the domestic worker's regular rate of pay. c. An "on-duty" meal or rest period shall be permitted only when the nature of the work prevents a domestic worker from being relieved of all duties and when, by written agreement between the parties, an "on-duty" meal or rest period is agreed to. The agreement may be revoked by the domestic worker, in writing, at any time. The domestic worker may, to the extent possible given the domestic worker's duties for the employer, engage in personal activities, such as resting, eating a meal, drinking a beverage, making a personal telephone call, or making other personal choices during "on-duty" meal or rest periods. d. The employer shall not impede or discourage a domestic worker from taking any meal or rest breaks. e. In the case of a violation of this section, the domestic work employer involved shall be liable to the domestic worker for an amount equal to one hour of pay at the domestic worker's regular rate of compensation, but not more than two hours of such pay, for each workday that the meal or rest period was not provided. The department shall determine through the agency's complaint and adjudication process whether or not violations occurred by the employer and whether or not the domestic worker is entitled to the remedy. L.2023, c.262, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-384 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-384
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority can effectively utilize cultural arts institution facilities as catalysts for broad economic development in targeted communities. Under the legislation, facilities engaged in the cultural, educational, or artistic enrichment of the people of this State are provided with the opportunity to facilitate targeted development, utilizing proceeds from the sale of State tax credits. This approach harnesses the ability of cultural arts institution facilities to attract visitors and businesses to the State by leveraging the incalculable economic and cultural benefits of building and supporting world class cultural arts institutions. b. Projects involving the development or rehabilitation of a cultural arts institution facility are inherently beneficial to the State because they provide vital contributions to the communities in which they are located, and together the arts community provides immeasurable economic and cultural benefits to the State. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.127) d. The Legislature declares that two principal objectives underscore the policy approach of this legislation: first, that providing spaces for arts and culture to flourish will result in thriving communities; and second, the State must help to provide these spaces through an incentives program that better reflects the economics of arts and culture facilities and that the current suite of real estate programs cannot succeed in this endeavor. L.2023, c.197, s.2; amended 2025, c.127, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1A-1.12 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-1.12
Commissioner; actions relative to employer violations.
Status: in_force

2. a. (1) If the commissioner determines that an employer has violated any State wage, benefit and tax law, including but not limited to a violation of R.S.34:15-79, or failed to meet obligations required by R.S.43:21-7 or R.S.43:21-14, or violated any provision of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.) or P.L.1989, c.293 (C.34:15C-1 et al.), the commissioner shall, as an alternative to, or in addition to, any other actions taken in the enforcement of those laws, notify the employer of the determination and have an audit of the employer and any successor firm of the employer conducted not more than 12 months after the determination. (2) If the commissioner is notified pursuant to subsection g. of this section of a conviction of an employer, the commissioner shall, as an alternative to, or in addition to, any other actions taken in the enforcement of the laws violated by the employer, have an audit of the employer and any successor firm of the employer conducted not more than 12 months after receipt of the notification. b. If, in an audit conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner determines that the employer or any successor firm to the employer has continued in its failure to maintain or report records as required by those laws or continued in its failure to pay wages, benefits, taxes or other contributions or assessments as required by those laws, or if the commissioner is notified pursuant to subsection g. of this section of a conviction of the employer and the offense resulting in the conviction occurred subsequent to an audit conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner: (1) May, after affording the employer or successor firm notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), issue a written determination directing any appropriate agency to suspend any one or more licenses that are held by the employer or successor firm, for a period of time determined by the commissioner. In determining the length of a suspension, the commissioner shall consider any of the following factors which are relevant: (a) The number of employees for which the employer or successor firm failed to maintain or report required records and pay required wages, benefits, taxes or other contributions or assessments; (b) The total amount of wages, benefits, taxes or other contributions or assessments not paid by the employer or successor firm; (c) Any other harm resulting from the violation; (d) Whether the employer or successor firm made good faith efforts to comply with any applicable requirements; (e) The duration of the violation; (f) The role of the directors, officers or principals of the employer or successor firm in the violation; (g) Any prior misconduct by the employer or successor firm; and (h) Any other factors the commissioner considers relevant; and (2) Shall conduct a subsequent audit or inspection of the employer or any successor firm of the employer not more than 12 months after the date of the commissioner's written determination. c. If, in the subsequent audit or inspection conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the commissioner determines that the employer or successor firm has continued in its failure to maintain or report records as required pursuant to State wage, benefit and tax laws, as defined in section 1 of this act, and continued in its failure to pay wages, benefits, taxes or other contributions or assessments as required by those laws, or if the commissioner is notified pursuant to subsection g. of this section of a conviction of the employer for an offense occurring after the audit conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the commissioner, after affording the employer or successor firm notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall issue a written determination directing any appropriate agency to permanently revoke any one or more licenses that are held by the employer or any successor firm to the employer and that are necessary to operate the employer or successor firm. d. Upon receipt of any written determination of the commissioner directing an agency to suspend or revoke a license pursuant to this section, and notwithstanding any other law, the agency shall immediately suspend or revoke the license. e. In instances where an employee leasing company has entered into an employee leasing agreement with a client company pursuant to P.L.2001, c.260 (C.34:8-67 et seq.), any written determination by the commissioner directing agencies to suspend an employer license pursuant to subsection b. of this section, or revoke an employer license pursuant to subsection c. of this section, for a failure or continued failure to keep records regarding, and to pay, wages, benefits and taxes pursuant to State wage, benefit and tax laws, shall be for the suspension or revocation of the licenses of the client company and not the licenses of the employee leasing company if the commissioner determines that the failure or continued failure was caused by incomplete, inaccurate, misleading, or false information provided to the employee leasing company by the client company. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as diminishing or limiting the authority or obligation of the commissioner to rescind the registration of an employee leasing company pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of P.L.2001, c.260 (C.34:8-76). f. If, in the course of an audit or inspection conducted pursuant to this section, the commissioner discovers that an employee of the employer or of any successor firm of the employer has failed to provide compensation to the employee as required under any of the State wage and hour laws as defined in R.S.34:11-57, then the commissioner shall initiate a wage claim on behalf of the employee pursuant to R.S.34:11-58. g. Upon the conviction of an employer under subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.2C:40A-2), section 13 of P.L.2019, c.212 (C.34:11-58.6), subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.10), subsection a. of section 25 of P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a24), or N.J.S.2C:20-2 if the property stolen consists of compensation the employer failed to provide to an employee under any State wage and hour law as defined in R.S.34:11-57, the prosecutor or the court shall notify the commissioner of the employer's conviction. h. In the alternative to proceedings under the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of this section, and in addition to any other actions taken in the enforcement of the laws violated by any employer, the commissioner shall have the authority, to be exercised in the commissioner's sole discretion, to bring enforcement actions for any violation of any State wage, benefit and tax law, including but not limited to a violation of R.S.34:15-79, or a failure to meet obligations required by R.S.43:21-7 or R.S.43:21-14, or for a violation of any provision of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.) or P.L.1989, c.293 (C.34:15C-1 et al.), in the Office of Administrative Law or in the Superior Court for the county in which the violation occurred. When the commissioner, including any of the commissioner's authorized representatives in the Office of the Attorney General, brings an action in the Office of Administrative Law or Superior Court which seeks relief on behalf of any individual for any of the above violations, communications between members of the Attorney General's office and that individual shall be privileged as would be a communication between an attorney and a client. i. In any enforcement action brought under subsection h. of this section, the commissioner, including any of the commissioner's authorized representatives in the Office of the Attorney General, may initiate the action by making, signing, and filing a verified complaint against the employer. If the action is brought by the commissioner in Superior Court, a jury trial may be requested upon the application of any party. If the commissioner is a prevailing plaintiff in the action, any and all remedies available by law shall be available on behalf of any named or unnamed victims as if the claims were brought directly by the victims. In addition to any remedies sought on behalf of the named or unnamed victims, the commissioner shall be entitled to seek any fines, penalties or administrative assessments authorized by law, including but not limited to penalties for misclassification set forth in section 1 of P.L.2019, c.373 (C.34:1A-1.18). If the suit seeks relief for one or more unnamed members of a class, the commissioner shall have the discretion to settle the suit on the terms the commissioner deems appropriate. If the commissioner is a prevailing plaintiff, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and litigation and investigation costs. j. At any time after the filing of any verified complaint under subsection i. of this section, or whenever it appears to the commissioner that an employer has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any violation of a State wage, benefit or tax law, including a violation of R.S.34:15-79 or any failure to meet obligations required by R.S.43:21-7 or R.S.43:21-14, or has violated any provision of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.) or P.L.1989, c.293 (C.34:15C-1 et al.), the commissioner may proceed against the employer in a summary manner in the Superior Court of New Jersey to obtain an injunction prohibiting the employer from continuing or engaging in the violation or doing any acts in furtherance of the violation, to compel compliance with any of the provisions of this Title, or to prevent violations or attempts to violate any of those provisions, or attempts to interfere with or impede the enforcement of those provisions or the exercise or performance of any power or duty under this Title. Prospective injunctive relief against an employer shall also be available as a remedy to the commissioner as a prevailing plaintiff in any enforcement action under subsection i. of this section. L.2009, c.194, s.2; amended 2019, c.212, s.1; 2021, c.165, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:6-131 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-131
Manufacture of infants' clothing, dolls and dolls' clothing prohibited in tenement houses
Status: in_force

The manufacturing, altering, repairing or finishing in whole or in part, or distributing for the purposes thereof, of any dolls, dolls' clothing, articles of children's or infants' wearing apparel in any tenement house is hereby prohibited, notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this article.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56.56 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56.56
Violation; disorderly persons offense; other penalties; suspension; hearing.
Status: in_force

9. a. A contractor who: (1) willfully hinders or delays the commissioner in the performance of his duties in the enforcement of this act; (2) fails to make, keep, and preserve any records as required under the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.); (3) falsifies any such record, or refuses to make any such record accessible to the commissioner upon demand; (4) refuses to furnish a sworn statement of such records or any other information required for the enforcement of this act to the commissioner upon demand; (5) pays or agrees to pay wages at a rate less than the rate prescribed by the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.); (6) willfully makes, or causes to be made, a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement on the public works contractor registration form; or (7) otherwise violates any provision of this act, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense and shall, upon conviction, be subject to punishment by a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $25,000 and disqualification from bidding on or engaging in public work for a period of up to three years. Where the contractor has made or has caused to be made a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement on the public works contractor registration form in connection with the requirement of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.52) that the contractor participate in a registered apprenticeship program for each craft that the contractor employs, and where the false, deceptive or fraudulent statement was made by an officer or employee charged with the duty of completion of the registration form for a contractor, that officer or employee, upon conviction, shall be subject to punishment by the fine indicated in this subsection or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. b. As an alternative to or in addition to sanctions provided by the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), the commissioner may, after providing the contractor with notice of any alleged violation of this act, and with an opportunity to request a hearing before the commissioner or his designee: (1) Deny renewal, revoke or suspend the registration of a contractor for a period of not more than five years; or (2) Require a contractor, as a condition of initial or continued registration, to provide a surety bond payable to the State. The surety bond shall be for the benefit of workers damaged by any failure of a contractor to pay wages or benefits pursuant to or otherwise comply with the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.) or this act. The surety bond shall be in the amount and form that the commissioner deems necessary for the protection of the contractor's workers, but shall not exceed $10,000 per worker. The surety bond shall be issued by a surety that meets the requirements of N.J.S.2A:44-143. c. The director may order the immediate suspension of a contractor's registration, prior to a formal hearing on the revocation of the contractor's registration pursuant to subsection b. of this section, if the director determines that ordering an immediate suspension is in the public interest and provided that the contractor is afforded an opportunity to contest the immediate suspension in the following manner: (1) The director shall notify the contractor in writing of the immediate revocation and the contractor's rights under the subsection. (2) The contractor may notify the director of its request for an opportunity to be heard and contest the immediate suspension in writing within 72 hours of its receipt of immediate suspension notification. (3) Within seven business days of receipt of the notification from the contractor pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the director shall grant the contractor a hearing to contest the immediate suspension. The director shall permit the contractor to present evidence at the hearing. (4) The director shall issue a written decision within five business days of the hearing either upholding or reversing the contractor's immediate suspension. The decision shall include the grounds for upholding or reversing the contractor's immediate suspension. (5) If the contractor disagrees with the written decision, the contractor may appeal the decision to the commissioner, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). d. If the director intends to impose an immediate suspension as set forth in subsection c. of this section, based upon a rebuttable presumption as set forth in section 14 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.38), the director shall provide the contractor with a notice of intent to suspend and the contractor may request a hearing before the Director of the Division of Wage and Hour Compliance within 72 hours of the receipt of the notice of intent to suspend in order to present evidence expeditiously in support of the position that the suspension should not be imposed. The suspension shall not take effect prior to the expiration of the 72-hour opportunity to request a hearing. If such a request is not made, the suspension shall take effect at the end of the 72-hour period. If such a request is made, the suspension shall take effect only after the director conducts the hearing. e. If the director orders the immediate suspension of a contractor's registration pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the violation shall have no effect on the registration of any contractor or subcontractor, regardless of tier, in the contractual chain with the suspended contractor, unless the registration form for the contractual chain of contractors and subcontractors was filed by a sponsor, in which case all of the contractors of whatever tier who participated in the sponsor's apprenticeship program shall be suspended and their registrations shall be revoked by the commissioner. L.1999,c.238,s.9; amended 2003, c.91., s.5; 2007, c.67, s.3; 2021, c.423, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-279 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-279
Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Program.
Status: in_force

11. The Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Program is established as a program under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. The purpose of the program is to compensate developers of redevelopment projects located on brownfield sites for remediation costs. To implement this purpose, the authority shall issue tax credits. The total value of tax credits approved by the authority shall not exceed the limitations set forth in section 98 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-362). For the purpose of determining the aggregate value of tax credits approved in a fiscal year, a tax credit shall be deemed to have been approved at the time the authority approves an application for an award of a tax credit. If the authority approves less than the total amount of tax credits authorized pursuant to this section in a fiscal year, the remaining amount, plus any amounts remaining from previous fiscal years, shall be added to the limit of subsequent fiscal years until that amount of tax credits are claimed or allowed. Any unapproved, uncertified, or recaptured portion of tax credits during any fiscal year may be carried over and reallocated in succeeding years. L.2020, c.156, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 34:8D-9 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8D / Section 8D-9
Violation, uncertified temporary help service firm, contract.
Status: in_force

9. It is a violation of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-1 et al.) for a third party client to enter into a contract with a temporary help service firm not certified under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8), for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement. A third party client shall verify a temporary help service firm's status with the director before entering into a contract with the temporary help service firm for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement, and on March 1 and September 1 of each year. A temporary help service firm shall provide each of its third party clients with proof of valid certification issued by the director at the time of entering into a contract for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement. A temporary help service firm shall be required to notify, both by telephone and in writing, each temporary laborer it assigns to a designated classification placement and each third party client with whom it has a contract for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement within 24 hours of any denial, suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of its certification by the director. All contracts between any temporary help service firm and any third party client for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement shall be considered null and void from the date any denial, suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of certification becomes effective and until such time as the temporary help service firm becomes certified and considered in good standing by the director as provided in section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8). Upon request, the director shall provide to a third party client a list of entities certified as temporary help service firms pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8). A third party client may rely on information provided by the director or maintained on the Division of Consumer Affair's website pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8), and shall be held harmless if such information maintained or provided by the director or the division was inaccurate. Any third party client that violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Each day during which a third party client contracts with a person operating as a temporary help service firm but not certified as a temporary help service firm under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C.34:8D-8), shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. L.2023, c.10, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-209.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-209.3
Developers allowed certain tax credits.
Status: in_force

35. a. (1) A developer, upon application to and approval from the authority, shall be allowed a credit of up to 35 percent of its capital investment, or up to 40 percent for a project located in a Garden State Growth Zone, made after the effective date of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.52:27D-489a et al.) but prior to its submission of documentation pursuant to subsection c. of this section, in a qualified residential project, pursuant to the restrictions and requirements of this section. To be eligible for any tax credits authorized under this section, a developer shall demonstrate to the authority, through a project pro forma analysis at the time of application, that the qualified residential project is likely to be realized with the provision of tax credits at the level requested, but is not likely to be accomplished by private enterprise without the tax credits. The value of all credits approved by the authority pursuant to this section for qualified residential projects may be up to $150,000,000, except as may be increased by the authority as set forth below and as set forth in paragraph (5) of this subsection; provided; however, that the combined value of all credits approved by the authority pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.346 (C.34:1B-209) and this section shall not exceed $1,750,000,000, except as may be increased by the authority as set forth in paragraph (5) of this subsection. The authority shall monitor application and allocation activity under P.L.2007, c.346 (C.34:1B-207 et seq.), and if sufficient credits are available after taking into account allocation under P.L.2007, c.346 (C.34:1B-207 et seq.) to those qualified business facilities for which applications have been filed or for which applications are reasonably anticipated, and if the executive director judges certain qualified residential projects to be meritorious, the aforementioned $150,000,000 cap may, in the discretion of the executive director, from time to time, be exceeded for allocation to qualified residential projects in amounts as the executive director deems reasonable, justified, and appropriate. In allocating all credits to qualified residential projects under this section, the executive director shall take into account, together with other factors deemed relevant by the executive director: input from the municipality in which the project is to be located; whether the project contributes to the recovery of areas affected by Hurricane Sandy; whether the project furthers specific State or municipal planning and development objectives, or both; and whether the project furthers a public purpose, such as catalyzing urban development or maximizing the value of vacant, dilapidated, outmoded, government-owned, or underutilized property, or both. (2) A developer shall make or acquire capital investments totaling not less than $50,000,000 in a qualified residential project to be eligible for a credit under this section. A developer that acquires a qualified residential project shall also be deemed to have acquired the capital investment made or acquired by the seller. (3) The capital investment requirement may be met by the developer or by one or more of its affiliates. (4) A developer of a mixed use project shall be allowed a credit pursuant to subparagraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph, but not both. (a) A developer shall be allowed a credit in accordance with this section for a qualified residential project that includes a mixed use project. (b) A developer shall be allowed a credit of up to 35 percent of its capital investment, or up to 40 percent for a project located in a Garden State Growth Zone, made after the effective date of P.L.2011, c.89, but prior to its submission of documentation pursuant to subsection c. of this section, in a qualified residential project that is part of a mixed use project, provided that: (i) the capital investment in the qualified residential project represents at least $17,500,000 of the total capital investment in the mixed use project; and (ii) the total capital investment in the mixed use project of which the qualified residential project is a part is not less than $50,000,000. The allowance of credits under this paragraph shall be subject to the restrictions and requirements, to the extent that those are not inconsistent with the provisions of this paragraph, set forth in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection, including, but not limited to, the requirement prescribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection that the developer shall demonstrate to the authority, through a project pro forma analysis at the time of application, that the qualified residential project is likely to be realized with the provision of tax credits at the level requested but is not likely to be accomplished by private enterprise without the tax credits. As used in this subparagraph: "Mixed use project" means a project comprising both a qualified residential project and a qualified business facility. (5) The authority may approve and allocate credits for qualified residential projects in a value sufficient to meet the requirements of all applications that were received by the authority between October 24, 2012 and December 21, 2012, without regard to the terms of any competitive solicitation, except for the $33,000,000 per project cap, and without need for reapplication by any applicant. The authority shall take final action on those applications prior to the 120th day after the date of enactment of the "New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013," P.L.2013, c.161 (C.52:27D-489p et al.). b. (1) A developer shall apply for the credit under this section on or prior to December 21, 2012 but may thereafter supplement an application as may be requested by the authority. A developer shall submit its documentation for approval of its credit amount no later than December 31, 2023. (2) If a developer has submitted an application under this section and the application has not been approved for any reason, the lack of approval shall not serve to prejudice in any way the consideration of a new application as may be submitted for the project for the provision of incentives offered pursuant to the "New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013," P.L.2013, c.161 (C.52:27D-489p et al.). c. The credit shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of subsections c. and e. of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.346 (C.34:1B-209), as amended by section 32 of P.L.2009, c.90, and section 33 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.34:1B-209.1), except that: (1) all references therein to "business" and "qualified business facility" shall be deemed to refer respectively to "developer" and "qualified residential project," as those terms are defined in section 34 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.34:1B-209.2); and (2) all references therein to credits claimed by tenants and to reductions or disqualifications in credits as determined by annual review of the authority shall be disregarded. For purposes of a "mixed use project" as that term is used and defined pursuant to subparagraph (b) of paragraph (4) of subsection a. of this section, "qualified business facility" means that term as defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c.346 (C.34:1B-208). L.2009, c.90, s.35; amended 2011, c.89, s.4; 2012, c.35, s.2; 2013, c.161, s.6; 2015, c.252, s.2; 2017, c.314, s.2; 2020, c.138, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:11A-10 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-10
Responsibility for damages
Status: in_force

If a notice filed pursuant to section 4 of this act is willfully or knowingly in excess of the amounts due the fringe benefit fund, the fund shall be responsible for any damages incurred. L. 1987, c. 150, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 34:15-28.3 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-28.3
Fines, penalties, assessments, costs not included in expense base of insurer.
Status: in_force

2. Any fine, penalty, assessment, or cost, imposed on an insurer pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall not be included in the expense base of that insurer for the purpose of determining rates. L.2008, c.93, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 34:19-15 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15
Notice of employee rights.
Status: in_force

6. An employer subject to P.L.2006, c.53 (C.34:19-9 et seq.) shall post a notice of employee rights under P.L.2006, c.53 (C.34:19-9 et seq.) in a conspicuous place reserved for employment-related notices and in a place commonly frequented by employees. L.2025, c.138, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-125 — NJ Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-125
Definitions relative to business employment incentives.
Status: in_force

2. As used in sections 1 through 17 of P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) and in sections 9 through 11 of P.L.2003, c.166 (C.34:1B-139.1 through C.34:1B-139.3), unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Advanced computing" means a technology used in the designing and developing of computing hardware and software, including innovations in designing the full spectrum of hardware from hand-held calculators to super computers, and peripheral equipment. "Advanced computing company" means a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in the research, development, production, or provision of advanced computing for the purpose of developing or providing products or processes for specific commercial or public purposes. "Advanced materials" means materials with engineered properties created through the development of specialized processing and synthesis technology, including ceramics, high value-added metals, electronic materials, composites, polymers, and biomaterials. "Advanced materials company" means a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in the research, development, production, or provision of advanced materials for the purpose of developing or providing products or processes for specific commercial or public purposes. "Application year" means the grant year for which an eligible partnership submits the information required under section 8 of P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-131). "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Base years" means the first two complete calendar years following the effective date of an agreement. "Biotechnology" means the continually expanding body of fundamental knowledge about the functioning of biological systems from the macro level to the molecular and sub-atomic levels, as well as novel products, services, technologies, and sub-technologies developed as a result of insights gained from research advances which add to that body of fundamental knowledge. "Biotechnology company" means a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in the research, development, production, or provision of biotechnology for the purpose of developing or providing products or processes for specific commercial or public purposes, including but not limited to, medical, pharmaceutical, nutritional, and other health-related purposes, agricultural purposes, and environmental purposes, or a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in providing services or products necessary for such research, development, production, or provision. "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.). "Business" means a corporation; sole proprietorship; partnership; corporation that has made an election under Subchapter S of Chapter One of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any other business entity through which income flows as a distributive share to its owners; limited liability company; nonprofit corporation; or any other form of business organization located either within or outside this State. A grant received under P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) by a partnership, Subchapter S-Corporation, or other business entity shall be apportioned among the persons to whom the income or profit of the partnership, Subchapter S-Corporation, or other entity is distributed, in the same proportions as those in which the income or profit is distributed. "Business employment incentive agreement" or "agreement" means the written agreement between the authority and a business proposing a project in this State in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) which establishes the terms and conditions of a grant to be awarded pursuant to P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.). "Designated industry" means a business engaged in the field of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, financial services, transportation and logistics, advanced computing, advanced materials, electronic device technology, environmental technology, or medical device technology. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation. "Division" means the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. "Electronic device technology" means a technology involving microelectronics, semiconductors, electronic equipment, and instrumentation, radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter electronics, and optical and optic-electrical devices, or data and digital communications and imaging devices. "Electronic device technology company" means a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in the research, development, production, or provision of electronic device technology for the purpose of developing or providing products or processes for specific commercial or public purposes. "Eligible partnership" means a partnership or limited liability company that is qualified to receive a grant as established in P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.). "Eligible position" is a new full-time position created by a business in New Jersey or transferred from another state by the business under the terms and conditions set forth in P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) during the base years or in subsequent years of a grant. In determining if positions are eligible positions, the authority shall give greater consideration to positions that average at least 1.5 times the minimum hourly wage during the term of an agreement authorized pursuant to P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.). For grants awarded on or after July 1, 2003, eligible position includes only a position for which a business provides employee health benefits under a group health plan as defined under section 14 of P.L.1997, c.146 (C.17B:27-54), a health benefits plan as defined under section 1 of P.L.1992, c.162 (C.17B:27A-17), or a policy or contract of health insurance covering more than one person issued pursuant to Article 2 of Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes. For an eligible business that submitted its applicable New Jersey tax return and annual payroll report required pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-131) to the authority on or after January 1, 2020, the requirement that employee health benefits are to be provided shall be deemed to be satisfied if the benefits are provided by the business or pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, no later than 90 days of employee start date, under a health benefits plan authorized pursuant to State or federal law. An "eligible position" shall also include all current and future partners or members of a partnership or limited liability company created by a business in New Jersey or transferred from another state by the business pursuant to the conditions set forth in P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) during the base years or in subsequent years of a grant. An "eligible position" shall also include a position occupied by a resident of this State whose position is relocated to this State from another state but who does not qualify as a "new employee" because prior to relocation the resident's wages or the resident's distributive share of income from a gain, from a loss or deduction, or the resident's guaranteed payments or any combination thereof, prior to the relocation, were not subject to income taxes imposed by the state or municipality in which the position was previously located. An "eligible position" shall also include a position occupied by a resident of another State whose position is relocated to this State but whose income is not subject to the New Jersey gross income tax pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq. An "eligible position" shall not include any position located within New Jersey, which, within a period either three months prior to the business' application for a grant under P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) or six months after the date of application, ceases to exist or be located within New Jersey. "Employment incentive" means the amount of a grant, either in cash or in tax credits, determined pursuant to subsection a. of section 6 of P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-129 ). "Environmental technology" means assessment and prevention of threats or damage to human health or the environment, environmental cleanup, or the development of alternative energy sources. "Environmental technology company" means a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in the research, development, production, or provision of environmental technology for the purpose of developing or providing products or processes for specific commercial or public purposes. "Estimated tax" means an amount calculated for a partner in an eligible position equal to 6.37 percent of the lesser of: a. the amount of the partner's net income from the eligible partnership that is sourced to New Jersey as reflected in Column B of the partner's Schedule NJK-1 of the application year less the amount of the partner's net income from the eligible partnership that is sourced to New Jersey as reflected in column B of the partner's Schedule NJK-1 in the foundation year; or b. the net of all items of partnership income upon which tax has been paid as reflected on the partner's New Jersey Gross Income Tax return in the application year. "Foundation year" means the year immediately prior to the creation of the eligible position. "Full-time employee" means a person who is employed for consideration for at least 35 hours a week, or who renders any other standard of service generally accepted by custom or practice as full-time employment, whose wages are subject to withholding as provided in the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., and who is determined by the authority to be employed in a permanent position according to criteria it develops, or who is a partner of an eligible partnership, who works for the partnership for at least 35 hours a week, or who renders any other standard of service generally accepted by custom or practice as full-time employment, and whose distributive share of income, gain, loss, or deduction, or whose guaranteed payments, or any combination thereof, is subject to the payment of estimated taxes, as provided in the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq. "Full-time employee" shall not include any person who works as an independent contractor or on a consulting basis for the business. "Full-time employee at the qualified business facility" means a full-time position in a business in this State, which position the business has filled with a full-time employee, who shall have their primary office at the qualified business facility and spend at least 60 percent of their time at the qualified business facility. This requirement shall supersede any law, regulation, or incentive agreement that imposes a requirement that the employee be present at the qualified business facility for a specified percentage of time greater than 60 percent. This amendment shall not alter or terminate any waiver of the requirement that an employee spend time at the qualified business facility implemented by the authority due to COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency. "Grant" means a business employment incentive grant as established in P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.). "Medical device technology" means a technology involving any medical equipment or product, other than a pharmaceutical product, that has therapeutic value, diagnostic value, or both, and is regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration. "Medical device technology company" means a person, whose headquarters or base of operations is located in New Jersey, engaged in the research, development, production, or provision of medical device technology for the purpose of developing or providing products or processes for specific commercial or public purposes. "Net income from the eligible partnership" means the net combination of a partner's distributive share of the eligible partnership's income, gain, loss, deduction, or guaranteed payments. "New employee" means a full-time employee first employed in an eligible position on the project which is the subject of an agreement or who is a partner of an eligible partnership, who works for the partnership for at least 35 hours a week, or who renders any other standard of service generally accepted by custom or practice as full-time employment, and whose distributive share of income, gain, loss or deduction, or whose guaranteed payments, or any combination thereof, is subject to the payment of estimated taxes, as provided in the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq.; except that a New Jersey resident whose position is relocated to this State shall not be classified as a "new employee" unless the employee's wages, or the employee's distributive share of income from a gain, from a loss or deduction, or the employee's guaranteed payments or any combination thereof, prior to the relocation, were subject to income taxes imposed by the state or municipality in which the position was previously located. "New employee" may also include an employee rehired or called back from a layoff during or following the base years to a vacant position previously held by that employee or to a new position established during or following the base years. "New employee" shall not include any employee who was previously employed in New Jersey by the business or by a related person as defined in section 2 of P.L.1993, c.170 (C.54:10A-5.5) if the employee is transferred to the business, which is the subject of an agreement, unless the employee's position at the employee's previous employer is filled by a new employee. "New employee" also shall not include a child, grandchild, parent, or spouse of an individual associated with the business who has direct or indirect ownership of at least 15 percent of the profits, capital, or value of the business. New employee shall also include an employee whose position is relocated to this State but whose income is not subject to the New Jersey gross income tax pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq. "Partner" means a person who is entitled to either a distributive share of a partnership's income, gain, loss, or deduction, or guaranteed payments, or any combination thereof, by virtue of holding an interest in the partnership. "Partner" also includes a person who is a member of a limited liability company which is treated as a partnership, as provided in the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq. "Refunding Bonds" means bonds, notes or other obligations issued to refinance bonds, notes or other obligations previously issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.). "Residual withholdings" means for any period of time, the excess of the estimated cumulative withholdings for all executed agreements eligible for payments under P.L.1996, c.26 (C.34:1B-124 et seq.) over the cumulative anticipated grant amounts. "Schedule NJK-1" means Schedule NJK-1 as the form existed for taxable year 1997. "Withholdings" means the amount withheld by a business from the wages of new employees or estimated taxes paid by, or on behalf of, partners that are new employees, or any combination thereof, pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., and, if the new employee is an employee whose position has moved to New Jersey but whose income is not subject to the New Jersey gross income tax pursuant to N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., the amount of withholding that would occur if the employee were to move to New Jersey. L.1996, c.26, s.2; amended 1998, c.33, s.1; 2003, c.166, s.1; 2015, c.194, s.1; 2021, c.160, s.63; 2023, c.143, s.2.