New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 55 - WAGE PAYMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS › Section 12:55-2.1 - Payroll deductions; general

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No employer may withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages unless:
1. The employer is required or empowered to do so by New Jersey or United States law; or
2. The amounts withheld or diverted are for:
i. Contributions authorized either in writing by employees, or under a collective bargaining agreement, to employee welfare, insurance, hospitalization, medical or surgical or both, pension, retirement, and profit-sharing plans, and to plans establishing individual retirement annuities on a group or individual basis, as defined by section 408(b) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended ( 26 U.S.C. 408(b) ), or individual retirement accounts at any State or Federally chartered bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, as defined by section 408(a) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended ( 26 U.S.C. 408(a) ), for the employee, his or her spouse or both.
ii. Contributions authorized either in writing by employees, or under a collective bargaining agreement, for payment into company-operated thrift plans; or security option or security purchase plans to buy securities of the employing corporation, an affiliated corporation, or other corporations at market price or less, provided such securities are listed on a stock exchange or are marketable over the counter.
iii. Payments authorized by employees for payment into employee personal savings accounts, such as payments to a credit union, savings fund society, savings and loan or building and loan association; and payments to banks for Christmas, vacation, or other savings funds; provided all such deductions are approved by the employer.
iv. Payments for company products purchased in accordance with a periodic payment schedule contained in the original purchase agreement; payments for employer loans to employees, in accordance with a periodic payment schedule contained in the original loan agreement; payments for safety equipment; payments for the purchase of United States Government bonds; and payments to correct payroll errors; provided all such deductions are approved by the employer.
v. Contributions authorized by employees for organized and generally recognized charities; provided the deductions for such contributions are approved by the employer.
vi. Payments authorized by employees or their collective bargaining agents for the rental of work clothing or uniforms or for the laundering or dry cleaning of work clothing or uniforms; provided to the employee at his or her discretion by an outside vendor or the employer and, provided the deductions for such payments are approved by the employer.
vii. Labor organization dues and initiation fees, and such other labor organization charges permitted by law.
viii. Payments authorized either in writing by employees, or under a collective bargaining agreement, for health club membership fees or for child care services, provided such deductions are approved by the employer.
ix. Such other contributions, deductions and payment as the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development may authorize by regulation as proper and in conformity with the intent and purpose of the Act, if such deductions are approved by the employer.