ASSEMBLY, No. 4245
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED OCTOBER 13, 2016
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Coughlin
SYNOPSIS
Requires employers to disclose certain wage information to employees.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the General Assembly on February 15, 2017.
An Act requiring the disclosure of certain wage information to employees and amending P.L.1965, c.173.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 6 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.6) is amended to read as follows:
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 [this act] 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 this act] 1[earnings] deductions made from his wages in accordance with section 4 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.4)1 for each pay period [such deductions are made] 1those deductions are made1. 1[This statement, to be furnished by every] Every1 employer 1with 10 or more employees1, including public employers, shall include 1in that statement1:
(1) the employee’s gross wages;
(2) the employee’s net wages;
(3) the employee’s rate of pay; 1and1
(4) if relevant to the wage calculation, the number of hours worked by the employee during the pay period 1[; and
(5) any deductions made from the employee’s wages in accordance with section 4 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.4)]1.
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 [this act] 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 [this act] 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.
(cf: P.L.1965, c.173, s.6)
2. This act shall take effect on the 120th day next following enactment.