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NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a21 - Summary of act, orders, and regulations; posting

34:11-56a21. Summary of act, orders, and regulations; posting  Every employer subject to any provision of this act or of any regulations or orders issued under this act shall keep a summary of this act, approved by the commissioner, and copies of any applicable wage orders and regulations issued under this act, or a summary of such wage orders and regulations, posted in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the premises wherein any person subject thereto is employed. Employers shall be furnished copies of such summaries, orders, and regulations by the State on request without charge. L.1966, c. 113, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a23 - Payment of amounts due employees

34:11-56a23. Payment of amounts due employees  24. As an alternative to any other sanctions or in addition thereto, herein or otherwise provided by law for violation of this act or of any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder, the Commissioner of Labor is authorized to supervise the payment of amounts due to employees under this act, and the employer may be required to make these payments to the commissioner to be held in a special account in trust for the employee, and paid on order of the commissioner directly to the employee or employees affected. The employer shall also pay the commissioner an administrative fee equal to not less than 10% or more than 25% of any payment made to the commissioner pursuant to this section. The amount of the administrative fee shall be specified in a schedule of fees to be promulgated by rule or regulation of the commissioner in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The fee shall be applied toward enforcement and administration costs of the Division of Workplace Standards in the Department of Labor.  L.1966,c.113,s.24; amended 1991,c.205,s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a25.1 - Limitations; commencement of action.

34:11-56a25.1 Limitations; commencement of action.  1. No claim for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, unlawful discharge or other discriminatory acts taken in retaliation against the employee, or other damages under this act shall be valid with respect to any such claim which has arisen more than six years prior to the commencement of an action for the recovery thereof. In determining when an action is commenced, the action shall be considered to be commenced on the date when a complaint is filed with the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development or the Director of Wage and Hour Compliance, and notice of such complaint is served upon the employer; or, where an audit by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development discloses a probable cause of action for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or other damages, and notice of such probable cause of action is served upon the employer by the Director of Wage and Hour Compliance; or where a cause of action is commenced in a court of appropriate jurisdiction. L.1967, c.216, s.1; amended 2019, c.212, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a25.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a25.2 - Defense to action

34:11-56a25.2. Defense to action  In any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after the date of the enactment of this act based on any act or omission prior to or on or after the date of the enactment of this act, no employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment for or on account of the failure of the employer to pay minimum wages or overtime compensation under this act, if he pleads and proves that the act or omission complained of was in good faith in conformity with and in reliance on any written administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval or interpretation by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry or the Director of the Wage and Hour Bureau, or any administrative practice or enforcement policy of such department or bureau with respect to the class of employers to which he belonged. Such a defense, if established, shall be a complete bar to the action or proceeding, notwithstanding, that after such act or omission, such administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval, interpretation, practice, or enforcement policy is modified or rescinded or is determined by judicial authority to be invalid or of no legal effect. L.1967, c. 216, s. 2, eff. Oct. 5, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a26 - Protection of right to collective bargaining

34:11-56a26. Protection of right to collective bargaining  Nothing in this act shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages in excess of the applicable minima under this act. L.1966, c. 113, s. 27.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a27 - Partial invalidity

34:11-56a27. Partial invalidity  If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application thereof, to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1966, c. 113, s. 28.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a28 - Supplementation of provisions of Minimum Wage Standards Act

34:11-56a28. Supplementation of provisions of Minimum Wage Standards Act  This act shall supplement the provisions of article 2 of chapter 11 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes. Nothing herein shall be deemed to supersede any of the provisions of said article 2 of chapter 11, of Title 34, except insofar as the wages entitled to be received by any employee under the provisions of this act and the regulations and wage orders issued thereunder exceed the wages such employee is entitled to receive under the provisions of said article 2, of chapter 11, of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes and the regulations and wage orders issued pursuant thereto. L.1966, c. 113, s. 29.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a29 - Short title

34:11-56a29. Short title  This act shall be known as the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law." L.1966, c. 113, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a30 - Application of act to minors

34:11-56a30. Application of act to minors  Except with respect to the minimum wage rates established by P.L.1966, c. 113, s. 5, the provisions of the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c. 113 (C. 34:11-56a1 et seq.) are applicable to the employment of minors. Wage orders pertaining to minors including those promulgated under R.S. 34:11-34 through R.S. 34:11-56, on the effective date of this act shall remain in force until superseded by wage orders or regulations issued pursuant to P.L.1966, c. 113. L.1980, c. 90, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a31 - Establishment of maximum work week for certain health care facility employees.

34:11-56a31 Establishment of maximum work week for certain health care facility employees.  1. It is declared to be the public policy of this State to establish a maximum work week for certain hourly wage health care facility employees, beyond which the employees cannot be required to perform overtime work, in order to safeguard their health, efficiency, and general well-being as well as the health and general well-being of the persons to whom these employees provide services. L.2001,c.300,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a32 - Definitions relative to work hours for certain health care facility employees.

34:11-56a32 Definitions relative to work hours for certain health care facility employees.  2. As used in this act: "Employee" means an individual employed by a health care facility who is involved in direct patient care activities or clinical services and who receives an hourly wage, but shall not include a physician. "Employer" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation or person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of a health care facility. "Health care facility" means a health care facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), a State or county psychiatric hospital, a State developmental center, or a health care service firm registered by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). "On-call time" means time spent by an employee who is not currently working on the premises of the place of employment, but who is compensated for availability, or as a condition of employment has agreed to be available, to return to the premises of the place of employment on short notice if the need arises. "Reasonable efforts" means that the employer shall: a. seek persons who volunteer to work extra time from all available qualified staff who are working at the time of the unforeseeable emergent circumstance; b. contact all qualified employees who have made themselves available to work extra time; c. seek the use of per diem staff; and d. seek personnel from a contracted temporary agency when such staff is permitted by law or regulation. "Unforeseeable emergent circumstance" means an unpredictable or unavoidable occurrence at unscheduled intervals relating to health care delivery that requires immediate action. L.2001,c.300,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a33 - Excessive work shift contrary to public policy.

34:11-56a33 Excessive work shift contrary to public policy.  3. The requirement that an employee of a health care facility accept work in excess of an agreed to, predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work shift, not to exceed 40 hours per week, except in the case of an unforeseeable emergent circumstance when the overtime is required only as a last resort and is not used to fill vacancies resulting from chronic short staffing and the employer has exhausted reasonable efforts to obtain staffing, is declared to be contrary to public policy and any such requirement contained in any contract, agreement or understanding executed or renewed after the effective date of this act shall be void. L.2001,c.300,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a34 - Health care facility employee work shift determined; exceptions voluntary.

34:11-56a34 Health care facility employee work shift determined; exceptions voluntary.  4. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no health care facility shall require an employee to accept work in excess of an agreed to, predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work shift, not to exceed 40 hours per week. b. The acceptance by any employee of such work in excess of an agreed to, predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work shift, not to exceed 40 hours per week, shall be strictly voluntary and the refusal of any employee to accept such overtime work shall not be grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge or any other penalty or employment decision adverse to the employee. c. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of an unforeseeable emergent circumstance when: (1) the overtime is required only as a last resort and is not used to fill vacancies resulting from chronic short staffing, and (2) the employer has exhausted reasonable efforts to obtain staffing. In the event of such an unforeseeable emergent circumstance, the employer shall provide the employee with necessary time, up to a maximum of one hour, to arrange for the care of the employee's minor children or elderly or disabled family members. The requirement that the employer shall exhaust reasonable efforts to obtain staffing shall not apply in the event of any declared national, State or municipal emergency or a disaster or other catastrophic event which substantially affects or increases the need for health care services. d. In the event that an employer requires an employee to work overtime pursuant to subsection c. of this section, the employer shall document in writing the reasonable efforts it has exhausted. The documentation shall be made available for review by the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Labor. L.2001,c.300,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a35 - Violations, sanctions.

34:11-56a35 Violations, sanctions.  5. An employer who violates the provisions of this act shall be subject to the sanctions provided by law for violations of the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.). L.2001,c.300,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a36 - Construction, applicability of act.

34:11-56a36 Construction, applicability of act.  6. a. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to impair or negate any employer-employee collective bargaining agreement or any other employer-employee contract in effect on the effective date of this act. b. The provisions of this act shall not apply to employees of assisted living facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services who are provided with room and board as a benefit of their employment and reside in the facility on a full-time basis. c. The provisions of this act shall not apply to on-call time, but nothing in this act shall be construed to permit an employer to use on-call time as a substitute for mandatory overtime. L.2001,c.300,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a37 - Collection of data relative to mandatory overtime prohibition, report.

34:11-56a37 Collection of data relative to mandatory overtime prohibition, report.  7. The Departments of Health and Senior Services, Human Services, and Law and Public Safety shall each collect data from all health care facilities which the respective department licenses, operates or regulates, as to the potential impact of the mandatory overtime prohibition on employee availability and other considerations, and shall jointly report their findings to the Senate and General Assembly Health Committees within 18 months of the date of enactment of this act. L.2001,c.300,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a38 - Rules, regulations.

34:11-56a38 Rules, regulations.  8. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Commissioners of Human Services and Labor, shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), within six months of the date of enactment of this act, to carry out the purposes of this act. L.2001,c.300,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a39 - Definitions relative to C.34:11-56a39 et al.

34:11-56a39. Definitions relative to C.34:11-56a39 et al.  5. As used in sections 5 through 9 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a39 to 34:11-56a41, 54:10A-5.42, and 54A:4-18): "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. "Employee with an impairment" means an employee earning at least the minimum wage on the effective date of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a4.9 et al.) whose work capacity is significantly impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury and who, based on a determination by the State, is found eligible for personal assistance services or prescribed drugs because without such services or drugs the individual would be unable to perform the essential functions of the employment position that the individual holds. "Employer" means any nongovernmental business entity including, but not limited to, a nonprofit organization, a corporation, S corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, and sole proprietorship, and shall include all entities related by common ownership or control. "Tax year" means the calendar year or fiscal year in which a taxpayer's gross income tax or corporation business tax liability is due and payable. L.2019, c.32, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56a41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56a41 - Regulations

34:11-56a41. Regulations  7. a. Notwithstanding any provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer, may adopt, upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such regulations that the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of sections 5 through 9 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a39 to 34:11-56a41, 54:10A-5.42, and 54A:4-18), which regulations shall be effective for a period not to exceed 180 days from the date of the filing. The commissioner shall thereafter amend, adopt, or readopt the regulations in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The regulations adopted by the commissioner shall include the following: (1) standards and procedures for determining which employees are employees with impairments for the purpose of determining the eligibility of employers for tax credits; (2) any additions to, or modifications of, wage record-keeping requirements needed to calculate the amounts of tax credits under sections 5 through 9 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a39 to 34:11-56a41, 54:10A-5.42, and 54A:4-18);  (3) continuing to provide the calculation, for each year, of what the minimum wage would have been under section 5 of P.L.1966 (C.34:11-56a4) and paragraph 23 of Article I of the New Jersey Constitution if P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a4.9 et al.) had not been enacted ; and (4) a method for employers to submit certificates of credit to the Division of Taxation pursuant to sections 8 and 9 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.54:10A-5.42 and C.54A:4-18). b. Beginning the year next following the year in which P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a4.9 et al.) takes effect and every two years thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare a report concerning the award of tax credits under sections 5 through 9 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a39 to 34:11-56a41, 54:10A-5.42, and 54A:4-18), and submit the report to the Governor, and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. Each biennial report required under this subsection shall include the names and locations of, and the amount of tax credits allowed to, each employer allowed a tax credit under sections 5 through 9 of P.L.2019, c.32 (C.34:11-56a39 to 34:11-56a41, 54:10A-5.42, and 54A:4-18). L.2019, c.32, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56.1 - Definitions

34:11-56.1. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Employee" includes any person, either male or female, employed by an employer, but shall not include persons performing volunteer service for nonprofit organizations or corporations nor persons employed on a farm, or in domestic service in a private home, or in a hotel. b. "Employer" includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest, or as agent, of an employer in relation to an employee and further includes one or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers, but such term shall not include nonprofit hospital associations or corporations. c. "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work. d. "Occupation" includes any industry, trade, business or branch thereof, or any employment or class of employment. e. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey. L.1952, c. 9, p. 45, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56.2 - Discrimination in pay based on sex prohibited

34:11-56.2. Discrimination in pay based on sex prohibited  No employer shall discriminate in any way in the rate or method of payment of wages to any employee because of his or her sex. A differential in pay between employees based on a reasonable factor or factors other than sex shall not constitute discrimination within the meaning of this section. L.1952, c. 9, p. 46, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56.3 - Enforcement of act

34:11-56.3. Enforcement of act  The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall have the power and it shall be his duty to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act. L.1952, c. 9, p. 46, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56.4 - Inspection of records; obtaining of information

34:11-56.4. Inspection of records; obtaining of information  The commissioner, or his authorized representative, shall have the power to enter the place of employment of any employer to inspect and copy payrolls and other employment records, to compare character of work and skills on which persons employed by the employer are engaged, to question such persons under subpoena, if necessary, and to obtain such other information as is reasonably necessary to the administration and enforcement of this act. L.1952, c. 9, p. 46, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56.5 - Regulations, power to make

34:11-56.5. Regulations, power to make  The commissioner shall have the power to issue such regulations, not inconsistent with the purpose and provisions of this act, as he deems necessary or appropriate for the efficient administration thereof. L.1952, c. 9, p. 46, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:11-56.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:11-56.6 - Violations of act

34:11-56.6. Violations of act  Any employer who willfully violates any provision of this act, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made any complaint to his or her employer, the commissioner, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this act, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or by both fine and imprisonment. L.1952, c. 9, p. 46, s. 6.