NJ DOL Mandatory Employers Posting Now In Effect

New state rules require employers to post notices about their obligations to maintain pertinent employee wage and benefit records.

Under the new rules, existing employees and new hires must be provided with a written copy of the notice. Employers must provide a written copy of the notice for existing employees by December 7, 2011.



Employees hired after November 7, 2011 must be provided with a written copy of the notice at the time of their hiring. In both cases, attaching the notice to an e-mail satisfies the written notice requirement.


The Notice includes contact information for New Jersey State representatives who are available to provide employees with information or to facilitate their filing of complaints regarding an employer's alleged failure to meet the requirements of these statutes.


Employers risk fines up to $1,000 for failing to comply with the notice and posting requirements, in addition to potential criminal penalties.


This notice follows on the heels of last year's new legislation imposing stricter penalties - including the loss of operating licenses - for New Jersey employers who repeatedly fail to comply with the State's wage, benefit and tax laws.
Read New State Rules Here

View Mandatory Posting Here

Follow NJECPAC on Twitter,  Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn 

Explore More at NJECPAC

New NJ Requirement To Post Long Notice Form And To Provide It To Employees

The New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development (DOL) recently issued a regulation that requires New Jersey employers to post an long Notice Form (6 pages) about employer record-keeping and reporting requirements and state offices that employees can contact concerning possible employer violations. The law also requires employers to provide the Notice Form to existing employees and to new employees. 

The new regulation is already in effect, so if you have not already posted the Notice Form, post it now. The Notice Form is to be posted in a place or places accessible to all employees in each of the employer's workplaces. A copy of the Notice Form can be found Here

For employees hired after November 7, 2011, a copy of the Notice Form is to be provided to the employee at the time of hiring. For other employees, the Notice Form must be provided to them not later than December 7, 2011. 

If your company has an internet site or intranet site for exclusive use of your company's employees and if all of your company's employees have access to the site, your company can post the Notice Form on the internet or intranet site to comply with the posting requirement. Posting on one of those sites does not, however, comply with the requirement that each employee be provided a copy of the Notice Form. Your company can, however, comply with the requirement to give the Notice Form to the employee, if your company provides the Notice Form to the employee by email. 

Companies with workplaces outside of New Jersey may not have to post the notices in the non-New Jersey workplaces and may not have to provide the notices to non-New Jersey employees. 

Follow NJECPAC on Twitter,  Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn 

Explore More at NJECPAC

New Jersey May Scrap Overtime Rules for Exempt Employees

On April 15, The State held a public hearing in Trenton on a Proposed Amendment to N.J.A.C. 12:56-6.1. The law concerns overtime exemptions for certain classifications of employees such as Administrative, Executive, Outside Sales Positions etc.

The New Jersey Department of Labor is proposing repeal of the States existing overtime regulations concerning these exemptions. The plan is to replace the existing Regulations with the Federal Regulations concerning overtime pay.

Find More Department of Labor Laws and Regulations Here

Join NJECPAC on Twitter,  Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn

Explore More at NJECPAC