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New Jersey Free Printable Labor Law Posters Posters New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law Abstract 2023 Poster Required

 New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law Abstract 2023 PDF

The New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law Abstract 2023 is a labor law posters poster by the New Jersey Department Of Labor and Workforce Development. This is a mandatory posting for all employers in New Jersey, and businesses who fail to comply may be subject to fines or sanctions.

This poster must be posted in a conspicuous place where all employees will see it. This poster describes the requirements for the Minimum Wage as well as requirements for overtime pay, exemptions to the Minimum Wage Law as well as penalties for employers who violate this law.


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New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Wage and Hour Law Abstract
N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a et seq.

STATUTORY MINIMUM WAGE RATE

Employees are to be paid not less than the New Jersey minimum wage in
accordance with the schedule below.
Date

Date

1-1-2020

1-1-2020

Seasonal
Seasonal
Cash Wage
Wage
for Long-Term
Wage
for Long& Small
Cash for Care Facility Direct
& Small Agricultural
for
Tipped
Agricultural
Term Care
Employers
Employers
Tipped Care Staff Members
Employers
Employers (fewer
EmployersWorkers
Facility Direct
than 6)
(fewer than
Workers
Care Staff
6)

Most
Most
Employers

$11

$11

$10.30

$10.30

$10.30

$10.30

$3.13

$11, $14 as of 11/1/20

$3.13

$11; $14 as of
11/1/20

1-1-2021

$12

$11.10

$10.30

$4.13

$15

1-1-2022
1-1-2022

$13
$13

$11.90
$11.90

$11.05
$11.05

$5.13$5.13

$16
$16

1-1-2021

1-1-2023

1-1-2023

1-1-2024
1-1-2024*

1-1-2025*

$12

$14.13

$14.13

$15.13
$15.13

$15.49

$11.10

$12.93

$12.93

$10.30

$12.01

$12.01

$13.73
$13.73

$14.53

$12.81
$12.81

$13.40

$4.13

$5.26

$5.26

$5.26
$5.26

$5.62

$15

OVERTIME

Overtime is payable at the rate of 1.5
times the employee’s regular hourly rate
for hours worked in excess of 40 in any
week except where otherwise specifically
provided by wage order.
Exempt from the overtime entitlement are:
• executive, administrative, and
professional employees
• employees engaged in labor on a
farm or relative to raising or care of
livestock; and
• limousine drivers.

$17.13

$17.13

$18.13
$18.13

$18.49

*

The minimum wage rates for 2024 will be at least the amounts listed above, but could be higher
basedwage
on themay
Consumer
Price
(CPI).each January 1 based on a measure of inflation.
*Minimum
continue
toIndex
increase

WAGE ORDER REGULATIONS

LABOR ON A FARM AT PIECE-RATE

•
•
•
•

PENALTIES

Employees in the occupations found below are covered by
this wage order and regulations and must be paid not less
than the statutory minimum wage rate.
First processing of farm products
Hotel and motel
Food service (restaurant industry)
Seasonal amusement

These regulations are contained in N.J.A.C. 12:56-11.1
et seq.

EXEMPTIONS

Exempt from the statutory minimum wage rate are full-time
students employed by the college or university at which
they are enrolled at not less than 85% of the effective
minimum wage rate; outside sales person; sales person
of motor vehicles; part time employees primarily engaged
in the care and tending of children in the home of the
employer; and minors under 18 (EXCEPT that minors under
18 in the first processing of farm products, hotels, motels,
restaurants, retail, beauty culture, laundry, cleaning, dyeing,
light manufacturing and apparel occupations are covered
by the wage order rates as above and vocational school
graduates with special permits under the Child Labor Law
are covered by the statutory rate).

Employees engaged on a piece-rate basis to labor on a
farm shall be paid for each day worked not less than the
minimum hourly wage rate multiplied by the total number of
hours worked.

Any employer who violates any provisions of this act
shall be guilty of a disorderly persons violation and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $1,000.
As an alternative to or in addition to any other sanctions
provided by law for violations, the Commissioner is
authorized to assess and collect administrative penalties,
up to a maximum of $250 for a first violation and up to a
maximum of $500 for each subsequent violation.
The employer shall also pay the Commissioner an
administrative fee equal to not less than 10% or more than
25% of any payment due to employees.
Penalties for violation of this order are set forth in
N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a22.

Employees at summer camps, conferences and retreats
operated by any nonprofit or religious corporation or
association are exempt from minimum and overtime rates
during the months of June, July, August and September.
Enforced by: NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Division of Wage and Hour Compliance, P.O. Box 389, Trenton, NJ 08625-0389 • 609-292-2305
This and other required employer posters are available free online at nj.gov/labor.
If you need this document in Braille or large print, call 609-292-2305. TTY users can contact this department through the New Jersey Relay: 7-1-1.

Display this poster in a conspicuous place

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