N.J. Admin. Code § 12:57-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 12:57-1.2 - Violations and penalties

(a) An employer or his or her agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, is a disorderly person, if he or she discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has served or is about to serve on a wage board or has testified or is about to testify before a wage board or in any other investigation or proceeding or because the employer believes that the employee may serve on a wage board or may testify before a wage board or in any investigation or proceeding under this chapter and shall be guilty of a disorderly person offense and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $ 500.00.

(b) An employer or the officer or agent of any corporation is a disorderly person if he or she pays or agrees to pay to any minor less than the rates applicable to such minor under a mandatory minimum fair wage order and shall be guilty of a disorderly person offense and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $ 500.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each week, in any day of which an employee is paid less than the rate applicable to him or her under a mandatory minimum fair wage order; and each employee so paid, shall constitute a separate offense.

(c) An employer or the officer or agent of any corporation is a disorderly person if he or she fails to keep the records required or to furnish such records to the Commissioner upon request and shall be guilty of a disorderly person offense and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $ 500.00 and each day of such failure to keep the records or to furnish same as required shall constitute a separate offense.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:57-1.2

Amended by R.1981 d.226, effective 7/9/1981.
See: 13 New Jersey Register 307(a), 13 New Jersey Register 441(c).
Amended to comply with N.J.S.A. 2C:43-3 et seq. regarding fine.
Amended by R.1990 d.521, effective 11/5/1990.
See: 22 New Jersey Register 2240(a), 22 New Jersey Register 3382(a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:57-1.6. Stylistic revisions.
Amended by R.1995 d.548, effective 10/16/1995.
See: 27 New Jersey Register 2872(a), 27 New Jersey Register 3962(a).