Bill > A1852

Introduced Session

This bill revises certain penalties for violations of the "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.). The bill provides that an employer who violates any provision of that law is, upon conviction of a first or second violation, guilty of a disorderly persons offense, and, upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense, guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Current law states that for a first violation an employer is guilty of a disorderly persons offense and may be punished by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not less than 10 and not more than 90 days or by both the fine and imprisonment. The bill increases the applicable fines for a first violation to not less than $500 and maintains the maximum fine of not more than $1,000. Current law also states that for a second or subsequent violation an employer is guilty of a disorderly persons offense and may be punished by a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not less than 10 and more than 100 days or by both the fine and imprisonment. The bill increases the applicable fines for a second violation to not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000. Finally, the bill provides that a third or subsequent violation constitutes a crime of the fourth degree, punishable by a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for up to 18 months or by both the fine and imprisonment.

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Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D)*,  Wayne DeAngelo (D)*,  John DiMaio (R)*,  Pam Lampitt (D)*,  Paul Moriarty (D)*,  Daniel Benson (D),  Annette Chaparro (D),  Joe Danielsen (D),  Timothy Eustace (D),  Eric Houghtaling (D),  Gordon Johnson (D),  R. Bruce Land (D),  Matthew Milam (D),  Gabriela Mosquera (D),  Parker Space (R),  Harold Wirths (R), 

Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading (on 12/10/2018)