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NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-4.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-4.14 - Unlawful diverting of wages

34:11-4.14. Unlawful diverting of wages  13. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or have assigned to him, other than by order of court, any salary, wages, commissions, pay or other compensation for services, or any part thereof, due or to become due to any employee and any purchase or assignment, whenever executed, shall be void. It shall also be unlawful for any person to withhold or to pay to any other person on the basis of any assignment or purchase prohibited by this section any salary, wages, commissions, pay or other compensation due to any employee. b. Any person who violates this section, or attempts to do so, shall be liable to the employee for the amount of the salary, wages, commissions, or other compensation for services withheld from the employee. c. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to make unlawful the withholding or diverting of wages by any employer in accordance with section 4 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.4). L.1999,c.90, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-10 - Commitment for failure to pay judgment

34:11-10. Commitment for failure to pay judgment  The court shall cause a defendant who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding one hundred days in the case of a first conviction, and in case of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing violation, for a period not exceeding two hundred days.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-16 - Enforcement of act by department of labor

34:11-16. Enforcement of act by department of labor  The department of labor shall enforce the provisions of this article and for that purpose the commissioner shall designate such of his employees or assistants as may be necessary.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-17 - Negotiable orders

34:11-17. Negotiable orders  It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to pay their employees in store goods or merchandise, or to issue for the payment of labor any order or other paper whatsoever, unless the same is negotiable and by its terms redeemable for face value at sight in lawful money of the United States, by the person giving or issuing the same, but nothing in this section shall prevent any private individual from giving orders for goods and merchandise on any store in the profits or business of which he has no interest, directly or indirectly.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-18 - Forfeiture on issuing orders in payment for labor; no offset; limitations

34:11-18. Forfeiture on issuing orders in payment for labor; no offset; limitations  Any employer paying its employees in store goods or merchandise or giving or issuing or authorizing to be given or issued in payment for labor, any due bills or orders contrary to any law shall forfeit the amount of wages or pay for which such orders were given and the same shall not be offset against any claims for wages but recovery may be had for such wages in full as though no such orders or due bills had been given or paid and no settlement with the employer shall bar an action therefor until after the lapse of one year from such settlement.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-19 - Punishment for issuing orders in payment for labor

34:11-19. Punishment for issuing orders in payment for labor  Any person giving or issuing in payment of labor, any due bills or orders contrary to law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-21 - Attempting to control employees in purchase of store goods unlawful

34:11-21. Attempting to control employees in purchase of store goods unlawful  It shall not be lawful for an employer, or his agents, clerks or superintendents, owning or controlling any stores for the sale of general store goods or merchandise in connection with his manufacturing or other business, to attempt to control his employees in the purchase of store goods or supplies at such stores by withholding payment of wages beyond the usual time of payment, whereby the employee would be compelled to purchase supplies at any such stores.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-22 - Penalty for attempting to control employees in purchase of store goods

34:11-22. Penalty for attempting to control employees in purchase of store goods  Any person offending against the provisions of section 34:11-21 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars, with costs of suit, for each offense to be sued by and for the benefit of any citizen of the state.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-24.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-24.1 - Medical examinations requested by employers; imposition of cost on employees prohibited

34:11-24.1. Medical examinations requested by employers; imposition of cost on employees prohibited  No employer or prospective employer shall deduct from the wages of any employee or from the wages to be paid to a prospective employee any sum, or in any manner require payment of any sum from such employee or prospective employee, to defray the cost of any medical examination of such employee or prospective employee when such examination is made at the request or direction of the employer, by a physician designated by said employer, as a condition of entering or continuing employment, and in the event that the employee or prospective employee pays for any such medical examination, the employer or prospective employer shall reimburse the employee or prospective employee for the amount of any such payment. L.1952, c. 147, p. 505, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-24.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-24.2 - Penalty for violation

34:11-24.2. Penalty for violation  Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00), to be recovered by and in the name of the Department of Labor and Industry for the use of the State. L.1952, c. 147, p. 506, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-24.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-24.3 - Effective date

34:11-24.3. Effective date  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1952, c. 147, p. 506, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-31 - Payment of wages condition precedent to removal of employer's personal property on levy of execution or other process

34:11-31. Payment of wages condition precedent to removal of employer's personal property on levy of execution or other process  No personal property, being in this state and belonging to any person, corporation or manufacturer, shall be liable to be removed by virtue of any execution, attachment or other process, unless the party, by whom or at whose suit such process was issued or sued out, shall first pay or cause to be paid to the operatives, mechanics and other employees of such person, manufacturer or corporation the wages then owing from such person, manufacturer or corporation. The wages required to be paid as aforesaid shall not exceed two months' wages, and, if the wages due and owing as aforesaid shall exceed two months' wages, the party at whose suit such process is sued out may, upon paying or causing to be paid to such employees two months' wages, proceed to execute his process; and the sheriff or other officer shall levy and pay to the plaintiff, as well the money so paid for wages as the money to be made by virtue of such process.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-32 - Procedure where personal property is removed under process without payment of wages of debtor's employees

34:11-32. Procedure where personal property is removed under process without payment of wages of debtor's employees  If an officer shall by virtue of execution, attachment or other process remove any personal property from the possession or premises of any employer against whom the process is directed without first paying to the employees of such employer their wages owing and earned or accrued to the amount specified in section 34:11-31 of this title, such personal property shall not be sold by the officer until ten days after such removal and then not until the plaintiff or party causing the levy shall, before the sale, pay to such employees such wages upon the payment of which the process may be executed and sale made; provided the persons to whom such wages may be owing, shall within ten days after such removal give notice to the officer holding such process of the amount of wages due, and claim the same, which notice may be served by delivery to the officer or leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of abode.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33 - Wages for services bestowed on property of manufacturers in hands of receivers

34:11-33. Wages for services bestowed on property of manufacturers in hands of receivers  Whenever personal property of a manufacturer, distiller, brewer or producer of manufactured articles shall come into the possession of a receiver, any employee who has bestowed labor or services upon any of such personal property for which there is then due and owing to him wages, may apply to the court appointing such receiver for the payment of such wages. The court may proceed in a summary manner or otherwise, and shall determine the amount of wages that are due and unpaid, and direct the receiver forthwith to sell so much of such personal property as may be necessary to pay such wages to such employees in preference to any other creditors and without delay. Amended by L.1953, c. 33, p. 589, s. 37.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33.1 - Income or wage tax advantages for New Jersey residents with income from other jurisdictions; legislative findings

34:11-33.1. Income or wage tax advantages for New Jersey residents with income from other jurisdictions; legislative findings  It is hereby found that residents of this State with income taxable in the State of New York heretofore have been allowed only limited itemized deductions, as compared with residents of the State of New York, in the computation of income taxable by the State of New York; that by chapter 68 of the laws of New York of 1961, approved March 1, 1961, the State of New York altered this discriminatory feature of its laws by authorizing residents of the State of New Jersey to claim all or part of all types of itemized deductions available to residents of the State of New York; but that said chapter 68 provided that residents of the State of New Jersey may claim such additional itemized deductions only if the State of New Jersey shall have authorized certain withholding of taxes by employers in New Jersey who employ residents of New York and shall have entered into an agreement with the State of New York to provide to it certain information concerning its residents who are employed in the State of New Jersey, to aid in the collection of the income tax from such residents. It being the desire of the Legislature to authorize the steps necessary to secure for its residents the benefits of said chapter 68, and such other tax benefits as may be or become available by virtue of other laws of the State of New York or other jurisdictions, this act is enacted to authorize compliance with the conditions so prescribed by the State of New York and with other similar conditions prescribed by such other laws. L.1961, c. 10, p. 29, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33.2 - Definitions

34:11-33.2. Definitions  In this act, unless the context otherwise indicates, (a) "Tax advantage" refers to income or wage taxes, and means (1) a less inclusive definition of taxable income or wages, (2) a lower rate of tax, (3) a greater number of or amount of available exemptions, or (4) a greater number or amount of available deductions, or any of the foregoing, and (b) "Foreign taxing jurisdiction" or "jurisdiction" means a sister State or any municipality or other subdivision of a sister State which imposes a tax on the income or wages of residents of this State from sources within such jurisdiction. L.1961, c. 10, p. 30, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33.3 - Authority to enter into agreement with other jurisdiction; declaration of determination

34:11-33.3. Authority to enter into agreement with other jurisdiction; declaration of determination  If the State Treasurer shall determine, as evidenced by a declaration filed in the office of the Secretary of State, that (a) the laws of a foreign taxing jurisdiction offer a tax advantage to residents of this State contingent in whole or in part upon the existence of an agreement between that jurisdiction and this State under which this State will furnish to that jurisdiction, or agency thereof, information in regard to names and addresses, in that jurisdiction, of such categories of residents of that jurisdiction employed in this State as shall be specified by that jurisdiction, or agency thereof, and that (b) compliance with the prerequisites to securing such tax advantage is within the authority of this State under this act and will not, in the judgment of the State Treasurer, be unduly burdensome in comparison to the advantage to be derived; then, upon the filing of such declaration of determination, the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, on behalf of this State, shall enter into such agreement with that jurisdiction. L.1961, c. 10, p. 30, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33.4 - Furnishing of required information to other jurisdiction; powers and duties of division of taxation

34:11-33.4. Furnishing of required information to other jurisdiction; powers and duties of division of taxation  If an agreement with a foreign taxing jurisdiction is in force pursuant to section 3 hereof, the Division of Taxation shall ascertain, from any source available to it, such information as may be required to be furnished to such jurisdiction under or by virtue of the terms of the agreement, and shall furnish that information to such jurisdiction in compliance with said agreement. The division is authorized, to the extent necessary to comply with the terms of said agreement, to adopt and enforce rules and regulations requiring employers within this State to furnish the division with information in regard to names and addresses, in such jurisdiction, of persons employed by them who reside in such jurisdiction. The division, by such rules and regulations, may provide that any employer who fails to furnish the required information within the time prescribed by the division, shall, unless the employer shall establish to the satisfaction of the division that such failure was in good faith and was not willful, be liable to a penalty, with respect to each such name and address not reported, of $1.00 for each calendar month or fraction thereof that the information was withheld; provided, nevertheless, that the amount of such penalties which may be assessed against a single employer shall not exceed $1,000.00 for any calendar year. Such penalty shall be recoverable under the provisions of the Penalty Enforcement Law. L.1961, c. 10, p. 31, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33.5 - Reimbursement for expenses incurred or paid by New Jersey; termination of agreement

34:11-33.5. Reimbursement for expenses incurred or paid by New Jersey; termination of agreement  An agreement under section 3, hereof, may provide for payment or reimbursement by the foreign taxing jurisdiction, if authorized by the laws of such jurisdiction, of expenses incurred or paid by the State of New Jersey in the performance of such agreement. Such agreement may also provide for its termination by the State Treasurer of this State. L.1961, c. 10, p. 31, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-33.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-33.6 - Withholding of tax from salary or wages of employees subject to tax of other jurisdiction

34:11-33.6. Withholding of tax from salary or wages of employees subject to tax of other jurisdiction  Any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation employing 1 or more persons in this State who are residents of a foreign taxing jurisdiction which is a party to an agreement in force under section 3, hereof, may, for each pay period, deduct and withhold an amount, computed as hereinafter provided, from the salary or wages of an employee who resides in such jurisdiction and whose salary or wages are subject to the income or wage tax of such jurisdiction, for the purpose of crediting such amount on account of such income or wage tax due or to become due from such employee to such jurisdiction. Such amount shall be computed in such a manner as to result, so far as practicable, in withholding from the employee's salary or wages during each calendar year an amount substantially equivalent to the tax reasonably estimated to be or become due from such employee to such jurisdiction as taxes upon his wages or the income of his wages from such employer during such calendar year. Amounts so deducted and withheld shall be held as a trust fund for payment to such jurisdiction. The method of determining the amount to be deducted and withheld, and the time and manner of payment over to such jurisdiction, may be further prescribed by rules and regulations of the Division of Taxation. For each pay period during which any deduction or withholding is so made, the employer shall furnish to such jurisdiction a statement of the name, place of residence, amount of salary or wages earned by, and amount of salary or wages so deducted or withheld from, such employee. L.1961, c. 10, p. 31, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a - Minimum wage level; establishment

34:11-56a. Minimum wage level; establishment  It is declared to be the public policy of this State to establish a minimum wage level for workers in order to safeguard their health, efficiency, and general well-being and to protect them as well as their employers from the effects of serious and unfair competition resulting from wage levels detrimental to their health, efficiency and well-being. L.1966, c. 113, s. 1, eff. June 17, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a2 - Bureau for administration of act; director and assistants

34:11-56a2. Bureau for administration of act; director and assistants  The commissioner shall maintain a bureau in the department to which the administration of this act, and of any minimum wage orders or regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be assigned, said bureau to consist of a director in charge and such assistants and employees as the commissioner may deem desirable. L.1966, c. 113, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a3 - Employment at unreasonable wage declared contrary to public policy; contract or agreement void

34:11-56a3. Employment at unreasonable wage declared contrary to public policy; contract or agreement void  The employment of an employee in any occupation in this State at an oppressive and unreasonable wage is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy and any contract, agreement or understanding for or in relation to such employment shall be void. L.1966, c. 113, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a4.1 - Summer camps, conferences and retreats; exception

34:11-56a4.1. Summer camps, conferences and retreats; exception  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a4.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a4.2 - Application of act to wages under wage orders

34:11-56a4.2. Application of act to wages under wage orders  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.1972, c. 84, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a4.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a4.3 - Date of application of act

34:11-56a4.3. Date of application of act  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a4.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a4.4 - Date of application of L.1976, c. 88

34:11-56a4.4. Date of application of L.1976, c. 88  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.1976, c. 88, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a4.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a4.5 - Application of L.1979, c. 32

34:11-56a4.5. Application of L.1979, c. 32  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.1979, c. 32, s. 2, eff. March 1, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a4.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a4.6 - Application of L.1980, c. 182

34:11-56a4.6. Application of L.1980, c. 182  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.1980, c. 182, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.