Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public employers to pay wages twice per calendar month.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning payment of wages by public employers and amending P.L.1965, c.173.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. P.L.1965, c.173, s.1 (C.34:11-4.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. As used in this act:
a. "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, State, county, or municipal agency, authority, department, bureau, or instrumentality thereof, including public schools, 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.
(cf: P.L.1991, c.205, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill expands the definition of “employer” in P.L. 1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.) to include State, county, municipal, agencies, authorities, departments, bureaus, or instrumentalities thereof. The statute affected requires employers so defined to pay the full amount of wages owed to their employees at least twice during each calendar month, on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer.