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NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-57 - Order from Superior Court

34:8-57. Order from Superior Court  If a person fails or refuses to file any statement or report requested by the director, or obey any subpoena issued by the director, the director may seek and obtain an order from the Superior Court: a. Adjudging the person in contempt of court; b. Granting injunctive relief, without notice, restraining any and all acts and practices for which a license is required in the provisions of this act; c. Directing the payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of the investigation and suit; and d. Granting any other relief as may be required, until the person files the statement or report, or obeys the subpoena. L.1989, c.331, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-58 - Injunction; other court actions

34:8-58. Injunction; other court actions  a. Whenever it appears to the director that a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any practice which is a violation of the provisions of this act, the director may seek and obtain in a summary action in the Superior Court an injunction prohibiting the person from continuing the practices or engaging therein or doing any acts in furtherance thereof.  b. In addition to any other remedy, the court may: enjoin an individual from managing or owning any business organization within this State, and from serving as an officer, director, trustee, member of any executive board or similar governing body, principal, manager, stockholder owning 10% or more of the aggregate outstanding capital stock of all classes of any corporation doing business in this State; vacate or annul the charter of a corporation created by or under the laws of this State; revoke the certificate of authority to do business in this State of a foreign corporation; and revoke any licenses issued pursuant to law to the person whenever the charter, authority, or license have been or may be used to engage in or to further unlawful practices. The court may grant any relief as may be necessary to prevent the use or employment by a person of any unlawful practices, or which may be necessary to restore to any person in interest any moneys or property, real or personal, which may have been acquired by means of any practices declared to be unlawful.  L.1989, c.331, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-59 - Action authorized after finding of violation

34:8-59. Action authorized after finding of violation  Whenever it appears to the director that a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any practice which is a violation of the provisions of this act, the director may hold hearings on the violation and upon finding the violation to have been committed, may enter an order:  a. Directing the person to cease and desist or refrain from committing the practice in the future; b. Directing the person to restore to any person in interest any moneys or property, real or personal, which may have been acquired by means of any unlawful practice; c. Assessing reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of investigation and suit; d. Assessing a penalty in the amount authorized by the provisions of section 19 of this act, which the director deems proper under the circumstances; and e. Directing the person to reimburse the job seeker for transportation expenses if no employment of the kind applied for exists at the place to which the job seeker is sent and the person did not have a bona fide order, either oral or written, from the prospective employer.  L.1989, c.331, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-60 - Penalties for violation of cease and desist order

34:8-60. Penalties for violation of cease and desist order  Whenever it appears to the director that a person against whom a cease and desist order has been entered has violated the order, the director may bring a summary proceeding in the Superior Court based upon the violation. A person found to have violated a cease and desist order shall be liable for civil penalties in the amount of not less than $1,000 or more than $25,000 for each violation of the order, together with reasonable attorneys' fees and cost of investigation and suit. If any person fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by the court for violation of a cease and desist order, the court imposing the penalty is authorized, upon application of the director, to grant any relief which may be obtained under any statute or court rule governing the collection and enforcement of penalties.  L.1989, c.331, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-61 - Additional penalties

34:8-61. Additional penalties  In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable for a penalty of not more than $2,000 for the first offense and not more than $5,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.  L.1989, c.331, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-62 - Director to recover attorneys' fees and costs

34:8-62. Director to recover attorneys' fees and costs  In any action or proceeding brought under this act the director may recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of investigation and suit. L.1989, c.331, s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-63 - Certificate of indebtedness to clerk

34:8-63. Certificate of indebtedness to clerk  Upon the failure of a person to comply within 10 days after service of any order of the director directing payment of penalties, costs, attorneys' fees, reimbursement, or restoration of moneys or property, the director may issue a certificate to the clerk of the Superior Court that the person is indebted to the State for these payments. A copy of the certificate shall be served upon the person against whom the order was entered. The clerk shall immediately enter upon his record of docketed judgments the name of the person so indebted, a designation of the statutes under which the payments are imposed, the amount of each payment imposed, and a listing of property ordered restored, and the date of the certification. The entry shall have the same force and effect as the entry of the docketed judgment in the Superior Court. The entry, however, shall be without prejudice to the right of appeal to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court from the final order of the director. L.1989, c.331, s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-67 - Definitions relative to employee leasing companies.

34:8-67 Definitions relative to employee leasing companies.  1. For the purposes of this act: "Assurance organization" means an independent and qualified entity approved by the commissioner to certify the qualifications of an employee leasing company or employee leasing company group for registration under P.L.2001, c.260 (C.34:8-67 et seq.). "Client company" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other business entity, which enters into an employee leasing agreement and is assigned employees by the employee leasing company. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. "Covered employee" means an individual co-employed by an employee leasing company and a client company pursuant to an employee leasing agreement. "Department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. "Employee leasing agreement" or "professional employer agreement" means an arrangement, under written contract, whereby: (1) An employee leasing company and a client company co-employ covered employees; and (2) The arrangement is intended to be, or is, ongoing rather than temporary in nature, and not aimed at temporarily supplementing the client company's work force. "Employee leasing company" or "professional employer organization" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other business entity, which devotes a substantial portion of its business to providing the services of employees pursuant to one or more employee leasing agreements and provides services of a nature customarily understood to be employer responsibilities including, but not limited to, those responsibilities provided in section 2 of this act. L.2001, c.260, s.1; amended 2011, c.118, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-68.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-68.1 - Responsibilities of client company.

34:8-68.1 Responsibilities of client company.  6. a. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by an applicable employee leasing agreement, a client company shall be solely responsible for the quality, adequacy or safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client company's business, for directing, supervising, training and controlling the work of the covered employees with respect to the business activities of the client company, for the acts, errors or omissions of covered employees with regard to those activities, and for accurately reporting wages to the employee leasing company.  b. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by an applicable employee leasing agreement, a client company shall not be liable for the acts, errors or omissions of an employee leasing company, or of any covered employee when the covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the employee leasing company, and an employee leasing company shall not be liable for the acts, errors, or omissions of a client company or of any covered employee when the covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the client company. c. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by an applicable employee leasing agreement or other employment contract, insurance contract or bond, a covered employee shall not be considered, solely as the result of being a covered employee, an employee of the employee leasing company for purposes of general liability insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, employer's liability which is not covered by workers' compensation, or other liability insurance carried by the employee leasing company. L.2011, c.118, s.6; amended 2017, c.233, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-69 - Relationship between leasing company, client company.

34:8-69 Relationship between leasing company, client company.  3. The employee leasing company and the client company shall not be owned or controlled by the same interests or be a part of a "controlled group of corporations" as that term is defined in section 1563 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.1563 L.2001,c.260,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-72 - Co-employment of covered employees.

34:8-72 Co-employment of covered employees.  6. a. An employee leasing company registered under this act and the respective client companies with which it has entered into employee leasing agreements shall be the co-employers of their covered employees for the payment of wages and other employment benefits due, including the obligation under the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to maintain insurance coverage for covered employees for personal injuries to, or for the death of, those employees by accident arising out of and in the course of employment through policies issued by an insurance carrier licensed in the State of New Jersey. Such policies shall state the name of the employee leasing company as the labor contractor for each client company, by name. b. For purposes of P.L.2001, c.260 (C.34:8-67 et seq.), the agreement between the employee leasing company and the client company shall be one of co-employment, whereby the employee leasing company, having accepted the responsibilities set forth in section 2 of P.L.2001, c.260 (C.34:8-68), may submit reports to the department and make contributions to the Unemployment Compensation and State Disability Benefits Funds in the manner prescribed in section 7 of P.L.2001, c.260 (C.34:8-73), on behalf of those covered employees covered by the employee leasing agreement. In addition, the provisions of R.S.34:15-8, regarding the exclusivity of the remedy under the workers' compensation law for personal injuries to, or for the death of, employees by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment, shall apply to the employee leasing company and the client company, and their employees. c. The employee leasing company shall file reports prescribed under the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq. on behalf of its covered employees as set forth in section 3 of P.L.2013, c.225 (C.43:21-7.8). L.2001, c.260, s.6; amended 2011, c.118, s.5; 2013, c.225, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-73 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-73 - Actions upon entry, dissolution of leasing agreement.

34:8-73 Actions upon entry, dissolution of leasing agreement.  7. a. Upon entering into the employee leasing agreement: (1) If the employee leasing company acquires the client company's total workforce, the employee leasing company shall report wages and pay contributions pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2013, c.225 (C.43:21-7.8). (2) If the employee leasing company acquires less than all of the client company's total workforce, the employee leasing company shall report wages and pay contributions pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2013, c.225 (C.43:21-7.8) with respect to that portion of the workforce so acquired. b. Upon dissolution of the employee leasing agreement: (1) If, under the dissolved employee leasing agreement, the employee leasing company used the Entity Level Reporting Method under subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2013, c.225 (C.43:21-7.8) to report and pay all required contributions to the unemployment compensation fund as required under R.S.43:21-7, and the client company had leased all or a portion of its total workforce, the employee leasing company shall, at the time of dissolution, provide the department with the data necessary to calculate the benefit experience of the client company for purposes of determining the client company's separate benefit experience. (2) If, under the dissolved employee leasing agreement, the employee leasing company elected to use the Client Level Reporting Method under subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.2013, c.225 (C.43:21-7.8), to report and pay all required contributions to the unemployment compensation fund as required under R.S. 43:21-7, and the client company had leased all or a portion of its total workforce, the department shall compute its benefit experience in accordance with subparagraph (f) of paragraph (4) of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.2013, c.225 (C.43:21-7.8). (3) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.225) (4) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.225) (5) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.225).  L.2001, c.260, s.7; amended 2013, c.225, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-74 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-74 - Calculation of unemployment benefit experience.

34:8-74 Calculation of unemployment benefit experience.  8. The employee leasing company shall provide to each client company, upon signing of an employee leasing agreement, written disclosure as to the method to be utilized for calculation of unemployment benefit experience contribution rates and temporary disability contribution rates upon both the inception and dissolution of the employee leasing relationship. L.2001,c.260,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-75 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-75 - Inapplicability to temporary help service firms, unit operating as cooperative.

34:8-75 Inapplicability to temporary help service firms, unit operating as cooperative.  9. a. The provisions of this act shall not apply to temporary help service firms, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43), or farm labor crew leaders who are subject to P.L.1971, c.192 (C.34:8A-7 et seq.). b. The provisions of this act shall not apply to an employing unit operating as a cooperative subject to the provisions of Subchapter T of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.1381 et seq. c. Nothing in this act shall exempt either a client company or the covered employees leased to a client company from any applicable State, local, or federal licensing, registration or certification statutes and regulations. d. Any covered employee who must be licensed, registered or certified, according to law, shall be treated as a covered employee of the client company for the purposes of the license, registration or certification. e. The provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.) shall remain applicable in all respects to those client companies of the employee leasing company who participate in public construction contracts as set forth in that act. L.2001,c.260,s.9; amended 2001,c.282,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-77 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-77 - Compliance with C.17:22A-1 et seq.

34:8-77 Compliance with C.17:22A-1 et seq.  11. Nothing in this act shall exempt an employee leasing company or any employee thereof from compliance with the provisions of P.L.1987, c.293 (C.17:22A-1 et seq.) if its activities fall within the scope of that act or any regulation promulgated pursuant to that act. L.2001,c.260,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8-78 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8-78 - Rules, regulations.

34:8-78 Rules, regulations.  12. The commissioner shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate those rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2001,c.260,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8A-7 - Definitions

34:8A-7. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Crew leader" means any person who transports, recruits, supplies or hires farm or food processing laborers and who, for any money or other valuable consideration paid, anticipated or promised to be paid, directly or indirectly by any farm operator or laborer, directs all or any part of the work of such workers, or any person who recruits, supplies, or hires farm or food processing laborers for any money or other valuable consideration paid, anticipated or promised to be paid, directly or indirectly by any farm operator or laborer, but shall not include any owner or lessee of a farm or food processing plant who recruits or hires laborers for work on his farm or in his plant. b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry or his authorized representative. c. "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. 192, s. 1, eff. June 7, 1971. Amended by L.1975, c. 49, s. 2, eff. April 7, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8A-8 - Crew leader; certificate of registration; necessity; duration; nontransferability; display; agents; responsibility of registrant

34:8A-8. Crew leader; certificate of registration; necessity; duration; nontransferability; display; agents; responsibility of registrant  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:8A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:8A-9 - Requirements of applicants for certificate; rules and regulations; grounds for refusal to issue

34:8A-9. Requirements of applicants for certificate; rules and regulations; grounds for refusal to issue  All applicants for a crew leader certificate of registration shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of his good character, knowledge of and experience with the labor laws applicable to crew leaders and farmers and food processing laborers and any other evidence which the commissioner may establish by rule and regulation. In addition, any applicant transporting seasonal farm workers shall furnish proof satisfactory to the commissioner of compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements of the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles. The commissioner may refuse to issue a certificate of registration to any applicant who does not meet the requirements of this section or any applicable rules or regulations issued hereunder. The commissioner may, however, at his discretion and upon receipt of a signed application from a crew leader stating seasonal farm workers will not be transported by him issue a registration certificate on which the words "not authorized to transport" are conspicuously placed. L.1971, c. 192, s. 3, eff. July 7, 1971.