Title 34, Title 34: LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

34:11-63. Appeals, procedure 34:11-63. From any judgment which may be obtained in the wage collection division, except such as shall be given by confession, either party may, upon filing a notice of appeal with the wage collection division within twenty days after judgment shall …

34:11-65. Evidence on appeal Upon the trial of any appeal either party may produce any witness not produced or sworn in the court below, or any documentary evidence not offered or admitted in the court below, if otherwise legal and competent, without notice to the opposite party.…

34:11-66. Jury trial, procedure 34:11-66. Nothing in this article shall prevent the claimant from instituting an action for his claim in any court of competent jurisdiction or be construed to deny or limit the right of the plaintiff or defendant to a trial by jury. Where either p…

34:11-67. Fees and costs 34:11-67. No filing fee shall be charged by the wage collection division, for accepting a wage claim, and no advance fees shall be charged by constables making service of process on wage claims of the wage collection division, nor shall any fee be charged…

34:11-67.1 Owners' responsibility for wage claims against subcontractors. 1. a. (1) For any contract entered into on or after January 1, 2020 for construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, maintenance, including painting and decorating, or repair in the State other tha…

34:11-67.2 Severability. 2. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, including any judgment made pursuant to R.S.1:1-10 that the part is unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative,…

34:11-68 Records required relative to collection, transportation of solid waste. 1. a. Every contract with a public body under which a contractor or subcontractor engages in the work of the collection or transportation of solid waste, including any recyclable materials other than…

34:11-69 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Domestic workers provide valuable services in industries such as in-home child care, house cleaning, home care, cooking, gardening, and other household occupations. b. The labor domestic workers provi…

34:11-70 Definitions. 2. As used in P.L.2023, c.262 (C.34:11-69 et al.): "Casual work" means work that is: (1) irregular, uncertain, or incidental in nature and duration; and (2) different in nature from the type of paid work in which the worker is customarily engaged. "Domestic …

34:11-71 Domestic worker, casual work, work less than five hours per month, prohibited unless governed by written contract. 13. a. No hiring entity shall employ or engage a domestic worker, except for casual work or work of less than five hours per month, unless the engagement is…

34:11-72 Domestic worker, uninterrupted paid rest period. 14. a. An employer of a domestic worker shall allow the domestic worker an uninterrupted paid rest period of not less than ten minutes for each four consecutive hours worked, unless the nature of the work prevents the dome…

34:11-73 Live-in domestic worker, work more than six consecutive days, same employer, without 24-hour rest, prohibited. 15. A "live-in" domestic worker shall not be required to work more than six consecutive days for the same employer without a 24-hour period of rest, which may b…

34:11-74 Domestic worker employer, minimum two-week notification before termination; live-in domestic worker employer, minimum four-week notification before termination. 16. a. An employer of a domestic worker shall provide a minimum two-week notification period before terminatio…

34:11-75 Domestic worker, personal records, information, monitoring. 17. No hiring entity shall: a. Keep or hold the original copies of any personal documents of a domestic worker; b. Monitor or record, through any means, the activities of a domestic worker: (1) using any bathroo…

34:11-76 Hiring entity, domestic worker, notification of rights, information, complaint, violation of rights. 18. a. A hiring entity shall provide to a domestic worker notification of the rights of domestic workers under P.L.2023, c.262 (C.34:11-69 et al.), and information on how…

34:11-77 Hiring entity, domestic worker, interfere, restrain, deny exercise of, attempt, rights, prohibited; actions considered retaliation. 19. a. It shall be unlawful for a hiring entity or any other person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to…

34:11-78 Guidelines, regulations promulgated. 20. The department shall promulgate appropriate guidelines and regulations to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2023, c.262 (C.34:11-69 et al.). L.2023, c.262, s.20.

34:11-79 Overlapping employment relationship, domestic worker, subject to joint, several liability, concurrent fines, penalties. 21. a. Individuals and employers with an overlapping employment relationship with a domestic worker are subject to joint and several liability, and con…

34:11-80 "Domestic Work Enforcement Program" established. 22. a. The department shall, upon appropriation of funds to the department for purposes of this section, establish and maintain a Domestic Work Enforcement Program in collaboration with qualified organizations. P.L.2023, c…

34:11-81 Construction of act; severability. 23. a. Nothing in P.L.2023, c.262 (C.34:11-69 et al.) shall be construed to diminish any rights or protections granted to domestic workers by any other law. b. If any provision of P.L.2023, c.262 (C.34:11-69 et al.) or its application t…