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

34:2-21.17 Prohibited employment. 17. No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with power-driven machinery. No minor under 18 years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about, or in connecti…

34:2-21.17a. Inapplicability of s. 34:2-21.17 to participants in junior achievement program Section 17 to P.L. 1940, c. 153 (C. 34:2-21.17) shall not apply to minors under the age of 18 years who participate or work in any junior achievement program. As used in this act "junior a…

34:2-21.17b. Provisions for minors as volunteers at recycling centers Concurrent with all other provisions of P.L. 1940, c. 153 (C. 34:2-21.1 et seq.), minors who are 12 through 17 years of age shall be permitted to work as volunteers at community operated noncommercial recycling…

34:2-21.17c. Not considered employee. A minor working voluntarily at a recycling center shall not be deemed an employee under R.S. 34:15-36. A municipality or community service organization which uses the services of a minor under this act shall not be subject to R.S. 34:15-10, p…

34:2-21.17d. Employment of minors as volunteers for certain nonprofit organizations 1. Concurrent with all other provisions of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), minors who are 14 through 17 years of age shall be permitted to work as volunteers for nonprofit organizations eng…

34:2-21.17e. Minor working voluntarily not deemed employee 2. A minor working voluntarily in the construction of affordable housing pursuant to section 1 of this act shall not be deemed an employee under R.S.34:15-36. A nonprofit organization which uses the services of a minor un…

34:2-21.17f Inapplicability of C.34:2-21.17 under certain circumstances; "educational program in science" defined. 1. Section 17 of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.17) shall not apply to minors under the age of 18 who have successfully reached the ninth or higher grade level and who h…

34:2-21.17g Rules, regulations. 2. The Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this…

34:2-21.18. Enforcement of act; inspection of places and certificates It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor and its inspectors and agents, acting under the Commissioner of Labor, to enforce the provisions of this act, to make complaints against persons violating its pro…

34:2-21.19 Penalty, Child Labor Law Enforcement Trust Fund, Advisory Board; annual report. 19. a. Whoever employs or permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this act, or of any order or ruling issued under the provisions of this act, or obstructs th…

34:2-21.1a Database created, maintained, employment of minors; employer registration, required; rules, regulations. 6. a. The department shall create and maintain a database for the employment of minors that is accessible by the public and that displays each employer that is requ…

34:2-21.2. Minors under 16 not to be employed; exceptions; nonresidents 2. No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation at any time; provided, that minors between 14 and 16 years of age ma…

34:2-21.20. Partial invalidity If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1940, c. 153, …

34:2-21.21. Repeals The provisions of article two, chapter two, of Title 34, Revised Statutes [s.s. 34:2-2 to 34:2-21], and of sections 18:14-15 to 18:14-33, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, are hereby repealed. L.1940, c. 153, p. 346, s. 21.

34:2-21.22. Effective date This act shall take effect September first, one thousand nine hundred and forty. L.1940, c. 153, p. 346, s. 22.

34:2-21.22a. Newspaperboys; effect of act upon rights under Workmen's Compensation Act Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect adversely any right or rights of newspaperboys under the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey. L.1965, c. …

34:2-21.3. Limitations on minors' working hours. 3. a. Except as provided in section 15 of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.15) and except for domestic service or messengers employed by communications companies subject to the supervision and control of the Federal Communications Commis…

34:2-21.4. Lunch period for minors under 18 4. No minor under eighteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work for more than six hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than thirty minutes shall be de…

34:2-21.5. Posting of law, list of prohibited occupations and schedule of hours of labor; permitting minors to begin later or stop earlier than time stated in schedule Every employer shall post and keep conspicuously posted in the establishment wherein any minor under 18 is emplo…

34:2-21.57 Definitions. 1. As used in P.L.1962, c.91 (C.34:2-21.57 et seq.): "Professional employment" means employment for pay as an actor or performer in a theatrical production. "Theatrical production" means and includes stage, motion picture, and television performances and r…

34:2-21.58. Theatrical productions; employment of minors under 16. 2. a. Notwithstanding any provision of the child labor laws of this State, the professional employment of minors under the age of 18 years in theatrical productions is authorized upon compliance with the condition…

34:2-21.59 Permit; grounds for issuance. 3. a. (1) Prior to employing any minor in any work or activity, an employer in the entertainment industry shall apply to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for a permit to employ minors in that work or activity. Upon applica…

34:2-21.6. Record of employment of minors under 19 Every employer shall keep a record, in a form approved by the Department of Labor, which shall state the name, date of birth and address of each person under 19 years of age employed, the number of hours worked by said person on …

34:2-21.60. Refusal to grant permit or certificate; grounds; record The issuing officer or the Commissioner of Labor, pursuant to section 3b. of P.L.1962, c. 91 (C. 34:2-21.59), may refuse to grant a permit or certificate if, in his judgment, the best interests of the minor would…

34:2-21.61. Renewal of permits; inspection Permits may be renewed upon application. A separate permit shall be required for each employee. The employer shall have the permit available for inspection at all times at the place of employment. L.1962, c. 91, s. 5.

34:2-21.62. Delivery of application to department of labor The Department of Education shall deliver a copy of each application to the Department of Labor. L.1962, c. 91, s. 6. Amended by L.1981, c. 147, s. 4, eff. May 14, 1981.

34:2-21.63a. Employment of minor under 16 to perform indecent or immoral exhibition; high misdemeanor Any person who obtains a permit under this act and employs a minor under the age of 16 to perform an indecent or immoral exhibition, which exhibition is a prohibited performance …

34:2-21.63b. Violations; penalty Whoever obtains any permit under this act (P.L.1962, c. 91; C. 34:2-21.57 et seq.) upon any false statement made in applying therefor, or employs or permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this act or of the terms of…

34:2-21.64. Forms and regulations; safeguards governing working conditions, supervision and education The Department of Education and the Department of Labor shall prescribe forms and regulations concerning applications for and issuance of permits and certificates and the Departm…

34:2-21.65 Minor employed by vlogger, conditions. 2. a. A minor shall be considered employed by a vlogger, whether the minor is actively participating in content or is passively featured in content, when the following criteria are met at any time during the previous 12-month peri…

34:2-21.66 Compensation, minor employed in vlogging. 3. a. A minor who is employed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.355 (C.34:2-21.65) by a vlogger who is a family member or caregiver of the minor shall be compensated by the vlogger in accordance with this section. The vlogge…

34:2-29. Seats to be provided Every employer of one or more employees in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or in the services and operations incident to any commercial employment shall provide and maintain suitable seats conveniently situated and shall per…

34:2-30. Inspections The commissioner shall see that the provisions of R.S. 34:2-29 of this title are carried out in all mercantile establishments, and shall, at reasonable intervals, examine and inspect all such mercantile establishments to see that the seats required to be prov…

34:2-30.1. Penalty; notice to offender Any individual, firm or corporation owning or managing an establishment of the kind mentioned in section 34:2-29 of this title, who shall fail to comply with the requirements of said section 34:2-29 within ten days after the date on which no…

34:2-31. Protection of openings in floor The openings of all hoistways, hatchways, elevators and wellholes on every floor of any mercantile establishment shall be protected by good and sufficient trapdoors or self-closing hatches and safety catches, or strong guard rails at least…

34:2-32. Ventilation Every mercantile establishment shall be provided with proper and sufficient means of ventilation. Any owner, agent, lessee or employer failing to provide suitable ventilation within twenty days after service upon him of a written order signed by the commissio…

34:2-33. Toilet facilities Every mercantile establishment shall maintain sufficient, suitable, clean, convenient and separate water-closets for each sex which shall be properly screened and ventilated. The water-closets for each sex shall have separate approaches. A suitable and …

34:2-34. Abstract of law; posting An abstract of this article shall be prepared and furnished upon request by the commissioner to every employer affected thereby, and every employer to whom such abstract is sent or delivered shall post it and keep it posted in plain view, in such…

34:2-35. Orders for enforcement of article; penalty The commissioner, to carry into effect the provisions of sections 34:2-31, 34:2-33 and 34:2-34 of this title shall have authority to make such orders in writing for the protection and safety of employees and operatives and the e…