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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-11 - Preventive and curative public health services

34:9A-11. Preventive and curative public health services
The bureau through the Department of Health shall make surveys to determine the adequacy of preventive and curative health services available to occupants of migrant labor camps, and where such services are found inadequate, to determine desirable ways and means to make them available. The commissioner shall arrange, to the extent of the available appropriations, through the Department of Health for the provision of such supplementary services. Said services may be provided through the use of one or more traveling dispensaries, by a contract with physicians, dentists, hospitals or clinics, or in such other manner as may be recommended by the Department of Health.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 354, s. 11. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 8, eff. June 7, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-12 - Communicable diseases

34:9A-12. Communicable diseases
For the purpose of this act the commissioner may through the State Director of Health exercise the powers of a local board or health officer with respect to communicable diseases defined by chapter four of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes. The commissioner shall make such arrangements and agreements with the Department of Health and other interested departments and agencies as will facilitate the processing of notices of cases of communicable diseases in migrant labor camps and expedite the treatment of such cases.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 355, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-13 - Notice of communicable diseases; quarantine; food poisoning

34:9A-13. Notice of communicable diseases; quarantine; food poisoning
It shall be the duty of the person in charge of a camp to report immediately to the local health authority the name and address of any individual in the camp known to have or suspected of having a communicable disease. Until official action in such case has been taken, strict isolation shall be maintained.
The person in charge of a migrant camp shall co-operate and assist in the enforcement of any quarantine or isolation measures imposed by any public authority having jurisdiction.
Whenever there shall occur in any camp an outbreak of suspected food poisoning or an unusual prevalence of any illness in which fever, diarrhea, sore throat, vomiting, or jaundice is a prominent symptom, it shall be the duty of the person in charge of the camp to report immediately the existence of such an outbreak or disease prevalence to the State Director of Health, district or local health officer verbally, or by telegram or telephone; such officer shall forthwith investigate the outbreak and shall report by telegram or telephone immediately the existence of such an outbreak to the commissioner or deputy commissioner in charge of the division. Local health officers shall exercise due diligence in ascertaining the existence of such outbreaks or the unusual prevalence of disease in camps.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 355, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-14 - Construction and operation of camps; field surveys and censuses

34:9A-14. Construction and operation of camps; field surveys and censuses
The bureau in co-operation with the Department of Community Affairs, shall make field surveys and censuses adequate to determine the number, location and character of migrant agricultural workers, the needs of their employers, and the most desirable locations for public migrant labor camps. The commissioner may, as soon as a survey and census is completed and he finds a project to be feasible, contract with the public housing and development authority in the Department of Community Affairs for the acquisition or construction of one or more camps. The bureau may operate such public camps or it may contract for their operation by such authority or by one or more municipalities.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 356, s. 14. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 9, eff. June 7, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-15 - Personnel; appointments

34:9A-15. Personnel; appointments
The commissioner may appoint such professional, technical and clerical assistants and employees as may be necessary for the performance of his functions under this act.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 356, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-16 - Rules and regulations

34:9A-16. Rules and regulations
The commissioner may make, modify and repeal rules and regulations for the interpretation and application of the provisions of this act, and, in his discretion he may temporarily suspend the operation of one or more sections of this act whenever he finds that material priorities or manpower shortages make it impracticable to comply therewith.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 356, s. 16. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 10, eff. June 7, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-17 - Civil penalties

34:9A-17. Civil penalties
In addition to any other sanctions herein or otherwise provided by law, the commissioner, upon notice and hearing, may impose a penalty not exceeding $500.00 for any violation of this act or of any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder. Such penalty shall be used for, and recovered by and in the name of the commissioner in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1). Where any violation of this act or of any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder is of a continuing nature, each day during which such violation continues after the date fixed by the commissioner in any order or notice for the correction or termination of such violation, shall constitute an additional separate and distinct offense, except during the time an appeal from said order or notice may be taken or is pending. It shall be a complete defense to any action for a penalty pursuant to this section for the defendant to prove that the violation complained of is solely the result of the willful destruction by the occupants of any camp; provided, that proof of such fact shall not alter any duty to correct or terminate said violation as ordered by the commissioner.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 356, s. 17. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 1, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-18 - Entry and inspection

34:9A-18. Entry and inspection
The commissioner, his authorized officers and agents may, for the purpose of this act:
(a) Enter public or private property to determine whether there exists any camp to which this article applies;
(b) Enter and inspect all camps wheresoever situated, and inspect all accommodations, equipment, or paraphernalia connected therewith;
(c) Enter and inspect the land adjacent to the camp to determine whether the sanitary and other requirements of this act have been or are being complied with.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 357, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-19 - Prohibition of violations

34:9A-19. Prohibition of violations
No person, or any agent or officer thereof, shall construct, establish, maintain, operate, or occupy, or permit the construction, establishment, maintenance, operation, occupancy or use of any camp which does not fully comply with any of the requirements of this act.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 357, s. 19. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 2, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-20 - Certified labor camps; application; inspections; erection, construction or alteration

34:9A-20. Certified labor camps; application; inspections; erection, construction or alteration
Each person employing any person to work in or at camps to which this article applies shall apply, not later than 60 days prior to the opening of any such camp in any calendar year to the bureau for a certificate of compliance of such camp with the requirements of this act. Such application shall be made on such forms and contain such information, drawings or photographs as the commissioner may deem necessary to enable him to determine the fact of compliance. A separate application shall be made and a separate certificate issued for each camp. The commissioner shall cause each camp to be inspected within 45 days of receipt of an application for a certificate of compliance. If the commissioner finds from the application and inspection that a camp fully complies with the requirements of this act, he shall issue a certificate to that effect. No camp shall be maintained, operated, used or occupied until the commissioner shall have issued therefor a certificate as required by this section; provided, that if no inspection of a camp has been made within 45 days of the receipt of an application for a certificate of compliance, such camp may open but shall be closed by the commissioner if subsequent inspection discloses the fact that such camp does not substantially comply with the requirements of this act.
No camp shall be erected, constructed or substantially altered subsequent to the effective date of this act until the plans and specifications for such erection, construction or alteration have been submitted to, and approved by, the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve any plans and specifications submitted to him pursuant to this section if he finds that such plans and specifications fully comply with the requirements of this act and any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 357, s. 20. Amended by L.1967, c. 91, s. 11, eff. June 7, 1967; L.1967, c. 259, s. 3, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-21 - Use of certificate; revocation

34:9A-21. Use of certificate; revocation
No person shall display any certificate issued under this article in or about any premises other than the camp for which the certificate was issued; nor shall any person advertise, represent or describe any camp for which such a certificate has not been issued, or for which a certificate has been issued and subsequently revoked, as a certified labor camp. Whenever the commissioner finds that a camp for which a certificate has been issued no longer complies with the requirements of this act he shall revoke the certificate upon reasonable notice to the holder thereof.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 357, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-22 - Shelter; sleeping places, requirements

34:9A-22. Shelter; sleeping places, requirements
Every camp shall provide sleeping places in reasonably good structural condition, including adequate provision against fire hazards, so as to shelter the occupants against the elements and to exclude ground dampness. Sleeping places shall be kept clean and free from vermin and matter of an infectious or contagious nature. The grounds around sleeping places shall be properly drained and shall be kept clean and free from accumulations of dirt, filth, garbage, and deleterious matter.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 358, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-23 - Beds or bunks

34:9A-23. Beds or bunks
Each sleeping place shall be equipped with beds or bunks made of steel, canvas, or other sanitary material, so constructed as to afford reasonable comfort to the user, and so arranged as to allow a clear space of at least twenty inches, extending from the floor to the ceiling or roof, between each bed or bunk or tier thereof.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 358, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-24 - Air and privacy

34:9A-24. Air and privacy
Every sleeping place erected or constructed subsequent to the effective date of this act shall contain sufficient air space and partitions to insure an adequate supply of fresh air, and reasonable privacy for each occupant; provided, that each such sleeping place shall conform to the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Labor of the United States pursuant to 48 United States Statutes at Large 117, section 12, approved June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49k, as amended and supplemented.
Every sleeping place which, on the effective date of this act, is maintained, operated, occupied or used by persons working in or at camps to which this article applies, shall be made to conform, no later than January 1, 1970, to the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Labor of the United States pursuant to 48 United States Statutes at Large 117, section 12, approved June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49k), as amended and supplemented; provided, that the commissioner, upon proper application therefor, may grant exceptions from the literal requirements of this section and any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder, if he finds that strict compliance would cause undue hardship and that the exception, if granted, will not unreasonably jeopardize the health of safety of the intended occupants.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 358, s. 24. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 4, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-25 - Food preparation

34:9A-25. Food preparation
Every camp shall be provided with adequate stoves or similar cooking facilities. Every tent, or structure where food is cooked, prepared or served in a camp shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and the openings thereof shall be screened. All utensils, in which food is prepared or kept, or from which food is to be eaten, and all implements used in the eating of food shall be kept in a clean, unbroken, and sanitary condition.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 358, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-27 - Bathing facilities

34:9A-27. Bathing facilities
(a) Convenient and suitable bathing facilities of a reasonable nature to suit conditions, kept clean and sanitary, shall be provided for every camp.
(b) The occupants of each camp erected or constructed subsequent to the effective date of this act shall be provided convenient and suitable bathing facilities of a reasonable nature to suit conditions which shall be kept clean and sanitary, shall be constructed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and whose effluent shall be discharged into and treated by sewerage facilities constructed in accordance with the provisions of "The Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954)," P.L.1954, chapter 199, and any standards and regulations duly issued pursuant thereto by the Commissioner of Health; provided, that the commissioner for good cause shown and upon consultation with the Commissioner of Health, is authorized to amend or revise any such standard or regulation for application to the camps to which this article applies.
(c) The occupants of each camp which, on the effective date of this act, is maintained, occupied or used by persons working in or at camps to which this article applies, shall be provided, no later than January 1, 1970, convenient and suitable bathing facilities of a reasonable nature to suit conditions which shall be kept clean and sanitary, shall be constructed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and whose effluent shall be discharged into and treated by sewerage facilities constructed in accordance with the provisions of "The Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954)," P.L.1954, chapter 199, and any standards or regulations duly issued pursuant thereto by the Commissioner of Health; provided, that the commissioner, for good cause shown and upon consultation with the Commissioner of Health, is authorized to amend or revise any such standard or regulation for application to the camps to which this article applies.
(d) The commissioner, upon proper application therefor, may grant exceptions from the literal requirements of this section and any rule or regulation duly issued hereunder, if he finds that strict compliance would cause undue hardship and that the exception, if granted, will not unreasonably jeopardize the health or safety of the intended occupants.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 359, s. 27. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 6, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-29 - Garbage and wastes

34:9A-29. Garbage and wastes
All garbage, kitchen wastes, and rubbish in camps shall be deposited in suitable covered receptacles which shall be emptied daily and the contents buried or otherwise disposed of in accordance with regulations duly issued by the commissioner.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 360, s. 29. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 8, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-30 - Milk, food and meals; sales by concessionaires

34:9A-30. Milk, food and meals; sales by concessionaires
Wherever milk, food or meals are prepared, served, furnished or offered for sale in a camp by the owner, operator or concessionaire,
(a) The kitchen and dining rooms shall be separated from sleeping quarters and toilets.
(b) The doors and windows of kitchens, dining rooms and mess halls shall be adequately screened against insects.
(c) The kitchen and dining rooms shall be adequately equipped for the preparation and serving of food.
(d) Walls, floors and ceilings of kitchen and dining rooms shall be so constructed as to permit them to be readily cleaned and they shall be kept clean and in good repair.
(e) Adequate provisions shall be made for sanitary storage, handling, and protection of food and milk supplies until served or used.
(f) Adequate facilities, including a plentiful supply of hot water for washing of dishes and utensils, shall be provided; dishes and utensils shall be washed, cleansed and effectively disinfected promptly after each use.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 360, s. 30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-31 - Responsibility

34:9A-31. Responsibility
Every person, or the agent or officer thereof, employing persons to work in or at camps to which this article applies and the superintendent or overseer in charge of the work in or at such camps shall carry out the provisions of this article. Said person, or the agent or officer thereof, and said superintendent or overseer, shall maintain a record of the names of the persons who work in or at said camp, and shall produce such record upon the request of the commissioner. At every camp a responsible person shall be appointed to assist in keeping the camp clean.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 361, s. 31. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 9, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-32 - Public nuisance

34:9A-32. Public nuisance
Any camp which does not conform to this article shall be deemed a public nuisance and if not made to conform within five days or within such longer period of time as may be allowed by the commissioner by written notice, shall be abated by proper suit brought by the Attorney-General upon request of the commissioner.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 361, s. 32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-33 - Peace officers

34:9A-33. Peace officers
For the purpose of securing the enforcement of this article the officers and agents of the commissioner shall have the authority of peace officers to make arrests, to serve any process or notice throughout the State, and may exercise such other authority of peace officers as may become necessary in securing the enforcement of this article.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 361, s. 33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-34 - Penalties

34:9A-34. Penalties
Any person, or the agent or officer thereof, who violates any provision of this article or of any rule or regulation duly issued under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. It shall be a complete defense to any criminal proceeding pursuant to this section for the defendant to prove that the violation complained of is solely the result of the willful destruction by the occupants of any camp.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 362, s. 34. Amended by L.1967, c. 259, s. 10, eff. Dec. 26, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-35 - Appropriations

34:9A-35. Appropriations
There is hereby appropriated to the division for the remainder of the current fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, for the purposes of this act, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), of which twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be for the planning and construction of public migrant labor camps, and seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be for personal and contractual services, equipment and expenses; and any unexpended balances thereof are hereby appropriated, respectively, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 362, s. 35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-36 - Effective dates

34:9A-36. Effective dates
Sections one to seventeen, inclusive, and sections twenty, twenty-one, thirty-three and thirty-five of this act shall take effect immediately. The remaining sections of this act shall take effect September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
L.1945, c. 71, p. 362, s. 36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-37 - Definitions

34:9A-37. Definitions
As used in this act:
(a) "Farm operator" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, firm, company, or other legal entity, or any officers or agents thereof, in immediate possession of any farm as owner or lessee, and, as such, responsible for its management and condition.
(b) "Seasonal farm worker" means any person who is engaged in seasonal or temporary farm work and is a term that may be used interchangeably with the terms "migrant laborer" and "temporary farm worker."
L.1971, c. 193, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-38 - Furnishing drinking water and toilet facilities in fields

34:9A-38. Furnishing drinking water and toilet facilities in fields
At any farm where seasonal farm workers labor in a field that is an unreasonable distance from central facilities, the farm operator shall provide in the working area a sufficient supply of cool, potable water, and for each sex sufficient, suitable and separate privies or other toilet facilities which shall be properly screened, ventilated and kept clean and suitable facilities for the washing of hands.
L.1971, c. 193, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-39 - Commissioner of department of labor and industry; enforcement of act; promulgation of rules and regulations

34:9A-39. Commissioner of department of labor and industry; enforcement of act; promulgation of rules and regulations
The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry is authorized to enforce this act and to promulgate all reasonable rules and regulations which, in his discretion, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
L.1971, c. 193, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-40 - Violations; penalties; collection; defenses

34:9A-40. Violations; penalties; collection; defenses
4. Any farm operator who violates any of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 to be collected in a civil action commenced by the commissioner by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or a municipal court, which shall have jurisdiction to enforce said penalty enforcement law in connection with this act. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues after the date given by which the violation must be eliminated in accordance with the order of the department shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense.
It shall be a complete defense to any action for a penalty pursuant to this section for the defendant to prove that the violation complained of is solely the result of the willful destruction by the occupants of any camp; provided, that proof of such fact shall not alter any duty to correct or terminate said violation as ordered by the commissioner.
L.1971,c.193,s.4; amended 1991,c.91,s.352.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:9A-41 - Violations of act; injunction; parties

34:9A-41. Violations of act; injunction; parties
Upon a violation of this act or of any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, any aggrieved seasonal farm worker and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall be entitled to institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to restrain such violation and for such other relief as the court shall deem proper, and the court may proceed in a summary manner in such action. Neither the institution of such action, nor any of the proceedings therein shall relieve any party to such proceedings from the penalty proscribed for a violation of this act.
L.1971, c. 193, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:10-3 - Twelve hours maximum day

34:10-3. Twelve hours maximum day
Twelve hours' labor to be performed within twelve consecutive hours with reasonable time for meals not less than one-half hour for each shall constitute a day's labor for any employee in the operation of street railroads and elevated railroads owned or operated by corporations incorporated under the laws of this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:10-4 - Penalty

34:10-4. Penalty
It shall be a misdemeanor for any officer or agent of any such corporation to exact from any employee more than twelve hours' labor within the twenty-four hours of the natural day, and within twelve consecutive hours therein as in section 34:10-3 of this title provided. In case of accident or unexpected contingency demanding more than the usual service by the corporation to the public, or from its employees to the corporation, extra labor may be permitted and exacted for extra compensation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:10-5 - Intent and purpose of law

34:10-5. Intent and purpose of law
It is the true intent and purpose of this article to limit the usual hours of labor of the employees of such railroad corporations to twelve hours actual work a day, to be performed within a period of twelve consecutive hours as aforesaid, whether such employees be employed by the trip or trips, the job, the hour, the day, the week, the month, or in any other manner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-2 - Weekly payment of wages by railroad, express, car-loading and car-forwarding companies; agreements to contrary; action by employee

34:11-2. Weekly payment of wages by railroad, express, car-loading and car-forwarding companies; agreements to contrary; action by employee
Every railroad, express, car-loading, and car-forwarding company authorized to do business by the laws of this State shall pay once each week to each employee, the wages earned for the 7-day period ending not more than 14 days prior to such payment. Wages means those earnings derived from basic pro rata rates of pay pursuant to a labor agreement, and shall not include incentives, bonuses, and other similar types of fringe payments.
If, at any time of payment, as required by this section, any employee of any such railroad or other company shall be absent from his regular place of labor, and shall not receive his wages through a duly authorized representative, he shall be entitled to such payment at any time thereafter, upon demand upon the proper paymaster at the place where such wages are usually paid and at the place when the next pay is due.
It shall not be lawful for any such railroad or other company to enter into or make any agreement with any employee for the payment of the wages of any such employee otherwise than as provided in this section, except to pay such wages at shorter intervals than as herein provided. Every agreement made in violation of this section shall be deemed to be null and void, and shall not be a defense to the action for the penalty provided for in section 34:11-3 of this Title; and each and every employee with whom any agreement in violation of this section shall be made by such railroad or other company shall have his action and right of action against such railroad or other company for the full amount of his wages in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State.
Amended by L.1974, c. 172, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-3 - Penalty for violation; suit; limitation of action; disposition of penalties

34:11-3. Penalty for violation; suit; limitation of action; disposition of penalties
Any railroad company which shall violate the provisions of section 34:11-2 of this title shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars for each violation to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction by any person who shall sue for the same, one-half of the penalty to go to the person suing therefor, and the remainder to go to the state; provided, complaint of such violation be made within sixty days from the date the wages become payable according to the terms of said section 34:11-2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.1 - Definitions

34:11-4.1. Definitions
1. As used in this act:
a. "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person in this State.
For the purposes of this act the officers of a corporation and any agents having the management of such corporation shall be deemed to be the employers of the employees of the corporation.
b. "Employee" means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer, except that independent contractors and subcontractors shall not be considered employees.
c. "Wages" means the direct monetary compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, where the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, or commission basis excluding any form of supplementary incentives and bonuses which are calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto.
d. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor.
L.1965,c.173,s.1; amended 1991,c.205,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.2 - Time and mode of payment; paydays.

34:11-4.2 Time and mode of payment; paydays.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, every employer shall pay the full amount of wages due to his employees at least twice during each calendar month, on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer, in lawful money of the United States or with checks on banks where suitable arrangements are made for the cashing of such checks by employees without difficulty and for the full amount for which they are drawn. An employer may establish regular paydays less frequently than semimonthly for bona fide executive, supervisory and other special classifications of employees provided that the employee shall be paid in full at least once each calendar month on a regularly established schedule.
If a regular payday falls on a nonwork day, that is, a day on which the workplace of an employee is not open for business, payment shall be made on the immediately preceding work day, except where it is otherwise provided for in a collective bargaining agreement.
The end of the pay period for which payment is made on a regular payday shall be not more than 10 working days before such regular payday, provided that if the regular payday falls on a nonwork day payment shall be made on the preceding work day.
L.1965,c.173,s.2; amended 2002, c.93.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.2a - Payment by deposit in financial institution; consent by employee; cancellation; notice

34:11-4.2a. Payment by deposit in financial institution; consent by employee; cancellation; notice
In lieu of paying wages directly to employees as provided by P.L.1965, c. 173, s. 2 (C. 34:11-4.2), an employer may, with the consent of some or all his employees, arrange with a financial institution or financial institutions to pay the wages of each employee so consenting by causing the amount of such employee's wages to be deposited in an account maintained in any such financial institution in the name of such employee, subject to withdrawal and other disposition by such employee to the same extent and in the same manner as if such deposit were made directly by such employee. Any such employee may, on timely notice to the employer, elect not to have his wages deposited as provided herein, and to be paid such wages directly in the manner otherwise provided by law. Financial institution as used herein means any State-chartered or Federally-chartered institution authorized to accept deposits in New Jersey.
L.1975, c. 143, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.3 - Termination or suspension of employment

34:11-4.3. Termination or suspension of employment
Whenever an employer discharges an employee, or when the work of an employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason whatsoever is laid off, or whenever an employee quits, resigns, or leaves employment for any reason, the employer shall pay the employee all wages due not later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the employee's termination, suspension or cessation of employment (whether temporary or permanent) took place, as established in accordance with section 2 of this act; or in the case of employees compensated in part or in full by an incentive system, a reasonable approximation of all wages due, until the exact amounts due can be computed; provided, however, that when any employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute and such labor dispute involves those employees who make up payrolls, the employer may have an additional 10 days in which to pay such wages. Such payment may be made either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.5 - Death of employee

34:11-4.5. Death of employee
a. In the event of the death of an employee all wages due the deceased employee may, upon proper demand on the employer, be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration in the following order of preference to decedent's:
(1) surviving spouse,
(2) children 18 years of age and over in equal shares, or to the guardian of children under 18 years of age,
(3) father and mother or survivor,
(4) sisters and brothers,
or to the person who pays the funeral expenses.
b. Payments under subsection a. of this section made after presentation of proof of relationship shall be a release and discharge of the employer to the amount of such payment.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.6 - Dissemination of information; records.

34:11-4.6 Dissemination of information; records.
6. Every employer shall:
a. Notify his employees at the time of hiring, of the rate of pay, and of the regular payday designated by the employer in accordance with section 2 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.2).
b. Notify his employees of any changes in the pay rates or pay days prior to the time of such changes.
c. Furnish each employee with a statement of deductions made from his wages in accordance with section 4 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.4) for each pay period those deductions are made. Every employer with 10 or more employees, including public employers, shall include in that statement:
(1) the employee's gross wages;
(2) the employee's net wages;
(3) the employee's rate of pay; and
(4) if relevant to the wage calculation, the number of hours worked by the employee during the pay period.
An employer may provide the statement required pursuant to this section electronically, unless the employee requests that the statement be provided in a paper format.
As used in this subsection, "public employers" means the State of New Jersey, or the several counties and municipalities thereof, or any other political subdivision of the State, or a school district, or any special district, or any authority, commission, or board, or any branch or agency of the public service.
d. Keep posted in a place accessible to his employees an abstract of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.) furnished by the commissioner, and
e. Make such records as to the persons employed by him, including wage and hour records and preserve such records for such periods of time, as the commissioner shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.), provided that records of the number of hours worked shall not be required as to any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity or in the capacity of outside salesman 18 years of age or older where the wages of such person or persons are not determined by the number of hours worked.
L.1965, c.173, s.6; amended 2019, c.399.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.7 - Agreements by employer with employee

34:11-4.7. Agreements by employer with employee
It shall be unlawful for any employer to enter into or make any agreement with any employee for the payment of wages of any such employee otherwise than as provided in this act, except to pay wages at shorter intervals than as herein provided, or to pay wages in advance. Every agreement made in violation of this section shall be deemed to be null and void, and the penalties in this act provided may be enforced notwithstanding such agreement; and each and every employee with whom any agreement in violation of this section shall be made by any such employer, or the agent or agents thereof, shall have a right of civil action against any such employer for the full amount of his wages in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.8 - Dispute over amount of wages

34:11-4.8. Dispute over amount of wages
a. In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay, without condition and within the time set by this act, all wages, or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies to which he might otherwise be entitled, including those provided under this act, as to any balance claimed.
b. The acceptance by an employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required by an employer as a condition to payment shall be in violation of this act and shall be null and void.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.11 - Rules and regulations

34:11-4.11. Rules and regulations
The commissioner is authorized to propose and issue, from time to time, rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. Such proposed rules and regulations shall be published and made available to the public with notice that the same shall become effective on a specified date, not earlier than 60 days from publication thereof, and that a public hearing on the proposed rule or regulation shall be held at a place, date and time specified, on a date not earlier than 15 days from the date published copies are made available to the public. At any public hearing held under this section, all interested parties shall have the right to present testimony either orally or in writing, and the commissioner shall consider all testimony offered before promulgating a final rule or regulation.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.12 - Construction of act

34:11-4.12. Construction of act
Nothing in this act shall be deemed to require any employer to amend, change, revise or suspend any pay practice, procedure, policy or system that is authorized or permitted under any provision of this act.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:11-4.13 - Repeal

34:11-4.13. Repeal
The following sections of the Revised Statutes are repealed: 34:11-4, 34:11-6, 34:11-7, 34:11-23, 34:11-24 and 34:11-27 to 34:11-30, inclusive.
L.1965, c. 173, s. 13.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.