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NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-10 - Member entitled to one vote

34:17-10. Member entitled to one vote  No member of such society shall be entitled to more than one vote upon any subject, which vote must be cast in person. The board of directors may, unless otherwise provided in the by-laws, fix and regulate the number of shares to be held by any one member.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-11 - Holding interest in other society

34:17-11. Holding interest in other society  Any society incorporated under this chapter may hold in its corporate name any amount of interest in any other society through which its products are disposed of or its supplies secured, but not in excess of one-third in value of the paid-up capital of the society holding such interest.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-12 - Annual report

34:17-12. Annual report  The board of directors of every society incorporated under this chapter shall annually make a statement in writing of the condition of such society, setting forth: a. The amount of capital stock and the number and par value of shares issued; b. The number of stockholders and the number of shares held by each; and c. The amount and character of the property of the society and of its debts and liabilities. Such statement shall be signed and sworn to by a majority of directors, including the treasurer, and filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the principal office of the society is located, and immediately thereafter a copy of such statement shall be forwarded to the commissioner of labor. If the commissioner of labor shall have reason to doubt the correctness of the statement, or upon the written request of five members of the society, he shall cause an examination of the books and affairs of the society to be made and shall render a correct statement to the members thereof. Every member or creditor thereof shall be entitled to receive from the secretary of the society a copy of the annual statement, and every director or other officer refusing to comply with the requirements of this section, or making and signing a false annual statement of the condition of the society, shall forfeit for each offense the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by any member or creditor of the society who shall sue for the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-13 - Inspection of books

34:17-13. Inspection of books  Any member or other person having an interest in the fund of any such society may inspect its books, at all reasonable hours, at its office.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-14 - Distribution of profits; sinking fund

34:17-14. Distribution of profits; sinking fund  There shall be such distribution of the profits of such society among the workmen, purchasers and members as shall be prescribed in the certificate of association, at such times as therein prescribed, as often at least as once in twelve months, but no such distribution shall be made until a sum equal to five per cent of the net profits shall have been appropriated for a contingent or sinking fund and such appropriation shall continue to be made until there shall be accumulated a sum equal to thirty per cent of the capital stock of such society.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-15 - Transfer of shares

34:17-15. Transfer of shares  Any member of such society, by a writing under his hand, delivered at the office of the society, may nominate any person, being the husband, wife, father, mother, child, brother, sister, nephew or niece or other relative of such member, to whom his shares of the capital stock of the society shall be transferred at his decease, and from time to time may revoke or vary such nomination by a writing similarly delivered. The society shall keep a book, wherein the names of all persons so nominated, and the number of shares to be transferred shall be recorded, but in lieu of making such transfer, the society may provide for the payment to all such nominees of the full value of shares intended to be transferred. If by the by-laws of the society the shares are transferable, this section shall not be construed to forbid the transfer of such shares by sale or will or otherwise, subject to the consent of the board of directors.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-16 - Contribution by stockholder

34:17-16. Contribution by stockholder  When the whole capital of such society has not been paid in, and its assets are insufficient for the payment of its debts, liabilities and obligations, each stockholder shall be bound to pay on each share held by him the sum necessary to complete the amount of such share, as fixed in the certificate of association, or such proportion as shall be required to satisfy such debts, liabilities and obligations. No such contribution shall be required from any person after the expiration of one year from the time he has ceased to be a member, or for any debt, liability or obligation contracted after he has ceased to be a member of such society.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-17 - Reincorporation under chapter

34:17-17. Reincorporation under chapter  Any association incorporated under an act entitled "An act to encourage the organization and regulate co-operative associations of workmen," approved March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one (L.1881, c. 139, p. 163), may come under and be subject to the provisions and liabilities of this chapter, in the same manner as if formed under the same, if such association makes and files the certificate required by section 34:17-2 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:17-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:17-18 - Dissolution

34:17-18. Dissolution  Any society formed pursuant to this chapter may be dissolved in the manner provided by section 14:13-1 of the title Corporations, General.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:18-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:18-1 - Fidelity deposits by employees as trust funds

34:18-1. Fidelity deposits by employees as trust funds  Any and all sums of money taken or received by any employer from any employee as deposit or security for the faithful performance by such employee of his duties shall be deemed to be trust funds held in trust by such employer for and on behalf of such employee, to be repaid upon the termination of employment or the balance thereof in accordance with the provisions of any contract of employment. Such employer shall not be required to segregate such moneys nor deposit such moneys in separate accounts; provided, however, that such employer shall at all times have available in cash, on deposit or in readily negotiable securities a sum not less than the aggregate amount of such trust funds. L.1939, c. 117, p. 424, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:18-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:18-2 - Failure to segregate security moneys; bankruptcy; insolvency

34:18-2. Failure to segregate security moneys; bankruptcy; insolvency  The failure of any employer to segregate such moneys or to deposit such moneys in separate accounts shall not be deemed or taken to constitute a discontinuance of such relationship of trust, and the inability to trace any such trust funds shall not be deemed or taken as a discontinuance of such relationship of trust. Upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any such employer who shall not have segregated such moneys or deposited such moneys in separate accounts, the first moneys realized from the assets of any such employer shall be taken and set aside in an amount equal to the sums of money taken or received by said employer as deposit or security aforesaid, and dealt with as if such moneys had been segregated by said employer or deposited in separate accounts and the trust aforesaid shall be impressed thereon. L.1939, c. 117, p. 425, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:18-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:18-3 - Failure to repay security moneys; punishment

34:18-3. Failure to repay security moneys; punishment  Any employer who shall fail to pay back to an employee such deposit or security moneys or so much thereof as may be due upon the termination of employment, or in accordance with the provisions of the contract of employment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both. L.1939, c. 117, p. 425, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:18-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:18-4 - Contracts waiving statutory provisions void

34:18-4. Contracts waiving statutory provisions void  Any contract or agreement between any employer and employee whereby the provisions of section one (1) and two (2) hereof are waived or whereby said employee may agree that any or all sums of money paid by him to his employer as deposit or security for the faithful performance of his duties shall not constitute a trust fund in accordance with the provisions of section one (1) and two (2) shall be void. L.1939, c. 117, p. 425, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:18-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:18-5 - "Employer" defined

34:18-5. "Employer" defined  The term employer shall include any individual, or members of firms or partnerships, and all officers of corporations having to do with the management of such corporations or the financial affairs thereof. L.1939, c. 117, p. 426, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-1 - Short title

34:19-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act."  L. 1986, c. 105, s. 1, eff. Sept. 5, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-2 - Definitions

34:19-2. Definitions  2. As used in this act: a. "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or in the interest of an employer with the employer's consent and shall include all branches of State Government, 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 other agency or instrumentality thereof. b. "Employee" means any individual who performs services for and under the control and direction of an employer for wages or other remuneration. c. "Public body" means: (1) the United States Congress, and State legislature, or any popularly-elected local governmental body, or any member or employee thereof; (2) any federal, State, or local judiciary, or any member or employee thereof, or any grand or petit jury; (3) any federal, State, or local regulatory, administrative, or public agency or authority, or instrumentality thereof; (4) any federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, prosecutorial office, or police or peace officer; (5) any federal, State or local department of an executive branch of government; or (6) any division, board, bureau, office, committee or commission of any of the public bodies described in the above paragraphs of this subsection. d. "Supervisor" means any individual with an employer's organization who has the authority to direct and control the work performance of the affected employee, who has authority to take corrective action regarding the violation of the law, rule or regulation of which the employee complains, or who has been designated by the employer on the notice required under section 7 of this act. e. "Retaliatory action" means the discharge, suspension or demotion of an employee, or other adverse employment action taken against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment. f. "Improper quality of patient care" means, with respect to patient care, any practice, procedure, action or failure to act of an employer that is a health care provider which violates any law or any rule, regulation or declaratory ruling adopted pursuant to law, or any professional code of ethics. L.1986,c.105,s.2; amended 1997, c.98, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-3 - Retaliatory action prohibited.

34:19-3 Retaliatory action prohibited.  3. An employer shall not take any retaliatory action against an employee because the employee does any of the following: a. Discloses, or threatens to disclose to a supervisor or to a public body an activity, policy or practice of the employer, or another employer, with whom there is a business relationship, that the employee reasonably believes: (1) is in violation of a law, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law, including any violation involving deception of, or misrepresentation to, any shareholder, investor, client, patient, customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any governmental entity, or, in the case of an employee who is a licensed or certified health care professional, reasonably believes constitutes improper quality of patient care; or (2) is fraudulent or criminal, including any activity, policy or practice of deception or misrepresentation which the employee reasonably believes may defraud any shareholder, investor, client, patient, customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any governmental entity; b. Provides information to, or testifies before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into any violation of law, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law by the employer, or another employer, with whom there is a business relationship, including any violation involving deception of, or misrepresentation to, any shareholder, investor, client, patient, customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any governmental entity, or, in the case of an employee who is a licensed or certified health care professional, provides information to, or testifies before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into the quality of patient care; or c. Objects to, or refuses to participate in any activity, policy or practice which the employee reasonably believes: (1) is in violation of a law, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law, including any violation involving deception of, or misrepresentation to, any shareholder, investor, client, patient, customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any governmental entity, or, if the employee is a licensed or certified health care professional, constitutes improper quality of patient care; (2) is fraudulent or criminal, including any activity, policy or practice of deception or misrepresentation which the employee reasonably believes may defraud any shareholder, investor, client, patient, customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any governmental entity; or (3) is incompatible with a clear mandate of public policy concerning the public health, safety or welfare or protection of the environment. L.1986,c.105,s.3; amended 1989, c.220; 1997, c.98, s.2; 2005, c.329, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-4 - Written notice required

34:19-4. Written notice required  The protection against retaliatory action provided by this act pertaining to disclosure to a public body shall not apply to an employee who makes a disclosure to a public body unless the employee has brought the activity, policy or practice in violation of a law, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law to the attention of a supervisor of the employee by written notice and has afforded the employer a reasonable opportunity to correct the activity, policy or practice. Disclosure shall not be required where the employee is reasonably certain that the activity, policy or practice is known to one or more supervisors of the employer or where the employee reasonably fears physical harm as a result of the disclosure provided, however, that the situation is emergency in nature.  L. 1986, c. 105, s. 4, eff. Sept. 5, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-5 - Civil action, jury trial; remedies.

34:19-5 Civil action, jury trial; remedies.  5. Upon a violation of any of the provisions of this act, an aggrieved employee or former employee may, within one year, institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction. Upon the application of any party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of any claim under this act specified in the suit. All remedies available in common law tort actions shall be available to prevailing plaintiffs. These remedies are in addition to any legal or equitable relief provided by this act or any other statute. The court shall also order, where appropriate and to the fullest extent possible: a. An injunction to restrain any violation of this act which is continuing at the time that the court issues its order; b. The reinstatement of the employee to the same position held before the retaliatory action, or to an equivalent position; c. The reinstatement of full fringe benefits and seniority rights; d. The compensation for all lost wages, benefits and other remuneration; and e. The payment by the employer of reasonable costs, and attorney's fees. In addition, the court or jury may order: the assessment of a civil fine of not more than $10,000 for the first violation of the act and not more than $20,000 for each subsequent violation, which shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund; punitive damages; or both a civil fine and punitive damages. In determining the amount of punitive damages, the court or jury shall consider not only the amount of compensatory damages awarded to the employee, but also the amount of all damages caused to shareholders, investors, clients, patients, customers, employees, former employees, retirees or pensioners of the employer, or to the public or any governmental entity, by the activities, policies or practices of the employer which the employee disclosed, threatened to disclose, provided testimony regarding, objected to, or refused to participate in. L.1986,c.105,s.5; amended 1990, c.12, s.4; 2005, c.329, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-6 - Fees, costs to employer

34:19-6. Fees, costs to employer  A court, upon notice of motion in accordance with the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, may also order that reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs be awarded to an employer if the court determines that an action brought by an employee under this act was without basis in law or in fact. However, an employee shall not be assessed attorneys' fees under this section if, after exercising reasonable and diligent efforts after filing a suit, the employee files a voluntary dismissal concerning the employer, within a reasonable time after determining that the employer would not be found to be liable for damages.  L. 1986, c. 105, s. 6, eff. Sept. 5, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-7 - Posting of notices.

34:19-7 Posting of notices.  7. An employer shall conspicuously display, and annually distribute to all employees, written or electronic notices of its employees' protections, obligations, rights and procedures under this act, and use other appropriate means to keep its employees so informed. Each notice posted or distributed pursuant to this section shall be in English, Spanish and at the employer's discretion, any other language spoken by the majority of the employer's employees. The notice shall include the name of the person or persons the employer has designated to receive written notifications pursuant to section 4 of this act. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall make available to employers a text of a notice fulfilling the requirements of this section and provide copies of the notice suitable for display and distribution to any employers who request the copies, charging them as much as is needed to pay the costs of the department. The commissioner shall also provide notices printed in a language other than English and Spanish, at the request of the employer. The requirement that an employer annually distribute to all employees written notices of the protections, obligations, rights and procedures provided to the employees by the provisions of P.L.1986, c.105 (C.34:19-1 et seq.) shall not apply to any employer who has less than 10 employees. L.1986,c.105,s.7; amended 2004, c.148.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-8 - Other rights, remedies unaffected

34:19-8. Other rights, remedies unaffected  Nothing in this act shall be deemed to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any other federal or State law or regulation or under any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract; except that the institution of an action in accordance with this act shall be deemed a waiver of the rights and remedies available under any other contract, collective bargaining agreement, State law, rule or regulation or under the common law.  L. 1986, c. 105, s. 8, eff. Sept. 5, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-9 - Definitions relative to employer communications on religious, political matters to employees.

34:19-9 Definitions relative to employer communications on religious, political matters to employees.  1. For the purposes of this act: "Employer" means a person engaged in business who has employees, including the State and any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the State. "Employee" means any person engaged in service to an employer for wages, salary or other compensation. "Political matters" include political party affiliation and decisions to join or not join or participate in any lawful political, social, or community organization or activity. L.2006, c.53, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:19-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:19-10 - Required participation by employee in meetings, communications prohibited; exception.

34:19-10 Required participation by employee in meetings, communications prohibited; exception.  2. No employer or employer's agent, representative or designee may, except as provided in section 3 of this act, require its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives, the purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters. This act shall not be construed as prohibiting an employer from permitting its employees to voluntarily attend employer-sponsored meetings or providing other communications to the employees, if the employer notifies the employees that they may refuse to attend the meetings or accept the communications without penalty. L.2006, c.53, s.2.