New Posting Requirement For New Jersey Employers

On November, 7, 2011, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued another posting requirement for all New Jersey employers.

The notice provides employees with detailed information on what records must be maintained by employers under the state wage and hour laws, prevailing wage act, unemployment law, temporary disability benefits law, family leave insurance benefits law, workers compensation law, and gross income tax law. The notice also provides employees with information on how to contact the various New Jersey departments to provide or obtain information regarding these laws, and how to file a complaint.

The 6-page notice, entitled “Employer Obligation to Maintain and Report Records”, requires all New Jersey employers to (1) immediately post the notice at a conspicuous location in the workplace; (2) provide each employee hired before November 7, 2011 with a written or emailed copy of the notice no later than December 7, 2011; and (3) provide each employee hired on or after November 7, 2011 with a written copy of the notice at the time of hire. If the employer maintains an internet or intranet site for the exclusive use of its employees, the employer should include the notice on the site.

A violation of this notice requirement could subject an employer to a “disorderly persons” offense, which is punishable by a fine of at least $100, but no more than $1000.

Employers can download the 6-page notice from the NJDOL website.