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Another Part of Tough NJ Wage Payment Law Takes Effect Soon

October 16, 2019

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Another segment of New Jersey’s new, tougher wage theft law takes effect November 1.

Most of the new law, which increases the penalties for employers that fail to pay wages owed under state law, is already in effect. That law makes New Jersey one of the most aggressive states in the nation for wage and hour and employee misclassification enforcement.

Among other things, the new law establishes a “pattern of wage non-payment” as a third-degree crime, which is ordinarily punishable by three to five years of imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. That portion of the law becomes effective November 1, 2019.

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