Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns notification of employees of procedures for wage claims.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning notification of employees regarding procedures for wage claims and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Each employer shall provide each current employee, and each newly hired employee of the employer, a written copy of the statement produced by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to subsection b. of this section, which explains the procedures for an employee to file a claim for underpaid or unpaid wages. The employer shall obtain a signed statement from the employee that the employee has received the statement.
b. The department shall produce, and make available to the public on website of the department, a statement explaining the procedures for employees to file a claim for underpaid or unpaid wages. The statement shall include information regarding how to file a claim, how best to assist the department in expediting a claim in a timely manner, how to file an anonymous claim, how to appeal a decision, and how to file a complaint against an employer for terminating an employee allegedly because of employee complaints about unpaid or underpaid wages.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires an employer to provide each current employee and each newly hired employee a written copy of the statement produced by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development which explains the procedures for an employee to file a claim for underpaid or unpaid wages. The employer is also required to obtain a signed statement from the employee that the employee has received the statement.
The bill requires the department to produce the statement and make it available on a department website. The statement is required to explain how to file a claim, how best to assist the expediting of a claim in a timely manner, how to file an anonymous claim, how to appeal a decision, and how to file a complaint against an employer for terminating an employee allegedly because of employee wage complaints.