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NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-32 - Public nuisance

34:9A-32. Public nuisance  Any camp which does not conform to this article shall be deemed a public nuisance and if not made to conform within five days or within such longer period of time as may be allowed by the commissioner by written notice, shall be abated by proper suit brought by the Attorney-General upon request of the commissioner. L.1945, c. 71, p. 361, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-33 - Peace officers

34:9A-33. Peace officers  For the purpose of securing the enforcement of this article the officers and agents of the commissioner shall have the authority of peace officers to make arrests, to serve any process or notice throughout the State, and may exercise such other authority of peace officers as may become necessary in securing the enforcement of this article. L.1945, c. 71, p. 361, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-34 - Penalties

34:9A-34. Penalties  Any person, or the agent or officer thereof, who violates any provision of this article or of any rule or regulation duly issued under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. It shall be a complete defense to any criminal proceeding pursuant to this section for the defendant to prove that the violation complained of is solely the result of the willful destruction by the occupants of any camp. L.1945, c. 71, p. 362, s. 34. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 10, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-35 - Appropriations

34:9A-35. Appropriations  There is hereby appropriated to the division for the remainder of the current fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, for the purposes of this act, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), of which twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be for the planning and construction of public migrant labor camps, and seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be for personal and contractual services, equipment and expenses; and any unexpended balances thereof are hereby appropriated, respectively, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. L.1945, c. 71, p. 362, s. 35.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-36 - Effective dates

34:9A-36. Effective dates  Sections one to seventeen, inclusive, and sections twenty, twenty-one, thirty-three and thirty-five of this act shall take effect immediately. The remaining sections of this act shall take effect September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. L.1945, c. 71, p. 362, s. 36.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-37 - Definitions

34:9A-37. Definitions  As used in this act: (a) "Farm operator" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, firm, company, or other legal entity, or any officers or agents thereof, in immediate possession of any farm as owner or lessee, and, as such, responsible for its management and condition. (b) "Seasonal farm worker" means any person who is engaged in seasonal or temporary farm work and is a term that may be used interchangeably with the terms "migrant laborer" and "temporary farm worker." L.1971, c. 193, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-38 - Furnishing drinking water and toilet facilities in fields

34:9A-38. Furnishing drinking water and toilet facilities in fields  At any farm where seasonal farm workers labor in a field that is an unreasonable distance from central facilities, the farm operator shall provide in the working area a sufficient supply of cool, potable water, and for each sex sufficient, suitable and separate privies or other toilet facilities which shall be properly screened, ventilated and kept clean and suitable facilities for the washing of hands. L.1971, c. 193, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-39 - Commissioner of department of labor and industry; enforcement of act; promulgation of rules and regulations

34:9A-39. Commissioner of department of labor and industry; enforcement of act; promulgation of rules and regulations  The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry is authorized to enforce this act and to promulgate all reasonable rules and regulations which, in his discretion, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1971, c. 193, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-40 - Violations; penalties; collection; defenses

34:9A-40. Violations; penalties; collection; defenses  4. Any farm operator who violates any of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 to be collected in a civil action commenced by the commissioner by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or a municipal court, which shall have jurisdiction to enforce said penalty enforcement law in connection with this act. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues after the date given by which the violation must be eliminated in accordance with the order of the department shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense.  It shall be a complete defense to any action for a penalty pursuant to this section for the defendant to prove that the violation complained of is solely the result of the willful destruction by the occupants of any camp; provided, that proof of such fact shall not alter any duty to correct or terminate said violation as ordered by the commissioner.  L.1971,c.193,s.4; amended 1991,c.91,s.352.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:9A-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:9A-41 - Violations of act; injunction; parties

34:9A-41. Violations of act; injunction; parties  Upon a violation of this act or of any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, any aggrieved seasonal farm worker and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall be entitled to institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to restrain such violation and for such other relief as the court shall deem proper, and the court may proceed in a summary manner in such action. Neither the institution of such action, nor any of the proceedings therein shall relieve any party to such proceedings from the penalty proscribed for a violation of this act. L.1971, c. 193, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:10-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:10-3 - Twelve hours maximum day

34:10-3. Twelve hours maximum day  Twelve hours' labor to be performed within twelve consecutive hours with reasonable time for meals not less than one-half hour for each shall constitute a day's labor for any employee in the operation of street railroads and elevated railroads owned or operated by corporations incorporated under the laws of this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:10-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:10-4 - Penalty

34:10-4. Penalty  It shall be a misdemeanor for any officer or agent of any such corporation to exact from any employee more than twelve hours' labor within the twenty-four hours of the natural day, and within twelve consecutive hours therein as in section 34:10-3 of this title provided. In case of accident or unexpected contingency demanding more than the usual service by the corporation to the public, or from its employees to the corporation, extra labor may be permitted and exacted for extra compensation.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:10-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:10-5 - Intent and purpose of law

34:10-5. Intent and purpose of law  It is the true intent and purpose of this article to limit the usual hours of labor of the employees of such railroad corporations to twelve hours actual work a day, to be performed within a period of twelve consecutive hours as aforesaid, whether such employees be employed by the trip or trips, the job, the hour, the day, the week, the month, or in any other manner.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-2 - Weekly payment of wages by railroad, express, car-loading and car-forwarding companies; agreements to contrary; action by employee

34:11-2. Weekly payment of wages by railroad, express, car-loading and car-forwarding companies; agreements to contrary; action by employee  Every railroad, express, car-loading, and car-forwarding company authorized to do business by the laws of this State shall pay once each week to each employee, the wages earned for the 7-day period ending not more than 14 days prior to such payment. Wages means those earnings derived from basic pro rata rates of pay pursuant to a labor agreement, and shall not include incentives, bonuses, and other similar types of fringe payments. If, at any time of payment, as required by this section, any employee of any such railroad or other company shall be absent from his regular place of labor, and shall not receive his wages through a duly authorized representative, he shall be entitled to such payment at any time thereafter, upon demand upon the proper paymaster at the place where such wages are usually paid and at the place when the next pay is due. It shall not be lawful for any such railroad or other company to enter into or make any agreement with any employee for the payment of the wages of any such employee otherwise than as provided in this section, except to pay such wages at shorter intervals than as herein provided. Every agreement made in violation of this section shall be deemed to be null and void, and shall not be a defense to the action for the penalty provided for in section 34:11-3 of this Title; and each and every employee with whom any agreement in violation of this section shall be made by such railroad or other company shall have his action and right of action against such railroad or other company for the full amount of his wages in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State. Amended by L.1974, c. 172, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-3 - Penalty for violation; suit; limitation of action; disposition of penalties

34:11-3. Penalty for violation; suit; limitation of action; disposition of penalties  Any railroad company which shall violate the provisions of section 34:11-2 of this title shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars for each violation to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction by any person who shall sue for the same, one-half of the penalty to go to the person suing therefor, and the remainder to go to the state; provided, complaint of such violation be made within sixty days from the date the wages become payable according to the terms of said section 34:11-2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.1 - Definitions

34:11-4.1. Definitions  1. As used in this act: a. "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person in this State.  For the purposes of this act the officers of a corporation and any agents having the management of such corporation shall be deemed to be the employers of the employees of the corporation.  b. "Employee" means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer, except that independent contractors and subcontractors shall not be considered employees.  c. "Wages" means the direct monetary compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, where the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, or commission basis excluding any form of supplementary incentives and bonuses which are calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto.  d. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor. L.1965,c.173,s.1; amended 1991,c.205,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.2 - Time and mode of payment; paydays.

34:11-4.2 Time and mode of payment; paydays.  2. Except as otherwise provided by law, every employer shall pay the full amount of wages due to his employees at least twice during each calendar month, on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer, in lawful money of the United States or with checks on banks where suitable arrangements are made for the cashing of such checks by employees without difficulty and for the full amount for which they are drawn. An employer may establish regular paydays less frequently than semimonthly for bona fide executive, supervisory and other special classifications of employees provided that the employee shall be paid in full at least once each calendar month on a regularly established schedule. If a regular payday falls on a nonwork day, that is, a day on which the workplace of an employee is not open for business, payment shall be made on the immediately preceding work day, except where it is otherwise provided for in a collective bargaining agreement. The end of the pay period for which payment is made on a regular payday shall be not more than 10 working days before such regular payday, provided that if the regular payday falls on a nonwork day payment shall be made on the preceding work day. L.1965,c.173,s.2; amended 2002, c.93.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.2a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.2a - Payment by deposit in financial institution; consent by employee; cancellation; notice

34:11-4.2a. Payment by deposit in financial institution; consent by employee; cancellation; notice  In lieu of paying wages directly to employees as provided by P.L.1965, c. 173, s. 2 (C. 34:11-4.2), an employer may, with the consent of some or all his employees, arrange with a financial institution or financial institutions to pay the wages of each employee so consenting by causing the amount of such employee's wages to be deposited in an account maintained in any such financial institution in the name of such employee, subject to withdrawal and other disposition by such employee to the same extent and in the same manner as if such deposit were made directly by such employee. Any such employee may, on timely notice to the employer, elect not to have his wages deposited as provided herein, and to be paid such wages directly in the manner otherwise provided by law. Financial institution as used herein means any State-chartered or Federally-chartered institution authorized to accept deposits in New Jersey. L.1975, c. 143, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.3 - Termination or suspension of employment

34:11-4.3. Termination or suspension of employment  Whenever an employer discharges an employee, or when the work of an employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason whatsoever is laid off, or whenever an employee quits, resigns, or leaves employment for any reason, the employer shall pay the employee all wages due not later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the employee's termination, suspension or cessation of employment (whether temporary or permanent) took place, as established in accordance with section 2 of this act; or in the case of employees compensated in part or in full by an incentive system, a reasonable approximation of all wages due, until the exact amounts due can be computed; provided, however, that when any employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute and such labor dispute involves those employees who make up payrolls, the employer may have an additional 10 days in which to pay such wages. Such payment may be made either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee. L.1965, c. 173, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.5 - Death of employee

34:11-4.5. Death of employee  a. In the event of the death of an employee all wages due the deceased employee may, upon proper demand on the employer, be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration in the following order of preference to decedent's: (1) surviving spouse, (2) children 18 years of age and over in equal shares, or to the guardian of children under 18 years of age, (3) father and mother or survivor, (4) sisters and brothers, or to the person who pays the funeral expenses. b. Payments under subsection a. of this section made after presentation of proof of relationship shall be a release and discharge of the employer to the amount of such payment. L.1965, c. 173, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.6 - Dissemination of information; records.

34:11-4.6 Dissemination of information; records.  6. Every employer shall: a. Notify his employees at the time of hiring, of the rate of pay, and of the regular payday designated by the employer in accordance with section 2 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.2). b. Notify his employees of any changes in the pay rates or pay days prior to the time of such changes. c. Furnish each employee with a statement of deductions made from his wages in accordance with section 4 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.4) for each pay period those deductions are made. Every employer with 10 or more employees, including public employers, shall include in that statement:  (1) the employee's gross wages; (2) the employee's net wages; (3) the employee's rate of pay; and (4) if relevant to the wage calculation, the number of hours worked by the employee during the pay period. An employer may provide the statement required pursuant to this section electronically, unless the employee requests that the statement be provided in a paper format. As used in this subsection, "public employers" means 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. d. Keep posted in a place accessible to his employees an abstract of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.) furnished by the commissioner, and e. Make such records as to the persons employed by him, including wage and hour records and preserve such records for such periods of time, as the commissioner shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.), provided that records of the number of hours worked shall not be required as to any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity or in the capacity of outside salesman 18 years of age or older where the wages of such person or persons are not determined by the number of hours worked. L.1965, c.173, s.6; amended 2019, c.399.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.7 - Agreements by employer with employee

34:11-4.7. Agreements by employer with employee  It shall be unlawful for any employer to enter into or make any agreement with any employee for the payment of wages of any such employee otherwise than as provided in this act, except to pay wages at shorter intervals than as herein provided, or to pay wages in advance. Every agreement made in violation of this section shall be deemed to be null and void, and the penalties in this act provided may be enforced notwithstanding such agreement; and each and every employee with whom any agreement in violation of this section shall be made by any such employer, or the agent or agents thereof, shall have a right of civil action against any such employer for the full amount of his wages in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State. L.1965, c. 173, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.8 - Dispute over amount of wages

34:11-4.8. Dispute over amount of wages  a. In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay, without condition and within the time set by this act, all wages, or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies to which he might otherwise be entitled, including those provided under this act, as to any balance claimed. b. The acceptance by an employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required by an employer as a condition to payment shall be in violation of this act and shall be null and void. L.1965, c. 173, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.11 - Rules and regulations

34:11-4.11. Rules and regulations  The commissioner is authorized to propose and issue, from time to time, rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. Such proposed rules and regulations shall be published and made available to the public with notice that the same shall become effective on a specified date, not earlier than 60 days from publication thereof, and that a public hearing on the proposed rule or regulation shall be held at a place, date and time specified, on a date not earlier than 15 days from the date published copies are made available to the public. At any public hearing held under this section, all interested parties shall have the right to present testimony either orally or in writing, and the commissioner shall consider all testimony offered before promulgating a final rule or regulation. L.1965, c. 173, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.12 - Construction of act

34:11-4.12. Construction of act  Nothing in this act shall be deemed to require any employer to amend, change, revise or suspend any pay practice, procedure, policy or system that is authorized or permitted under any provision of this act. L.1965, c. 173, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.13 - Repeal

34:11-4.13. Repeal  The following sections of the Revised Statutes are repealed: 34:11-4, 34:11-6, 34:11-7, 34:11-23, 34:11-24 and 34:11-27 to 34:11-30, inclusive. L.1965, c. 173, s. 13.