The court shall have authority to order preliminary and permanent equitable relief, including, but not limited to, reinstatement of any employee who has been discharged or not retained in violation of this section. If the court finds that by reason of a violation of any obligation imposed pursuant to subsection b. of this section, a hotel service employee has been discharged or not retained in violation of this section, the court shall award:
The court shall have authority to order the former or successor hotel employer, as applicable, to provide any information required pursuant to subsection b. of this section.
"Affected hotel" means a hotel or discrete portion of a hotel that has been the subject of a change in control or a change in controlling interest or identity.
"Change in control" means any sale, assignment, transfer, contribution or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets used in the operation of a hotel or a discrete portion of a hotel. A change in control shall be defined to occur on the date of execution of the document effectuating the change.
"Change in controlling interest or identity" means any sale, assignment, transfer, contribution or other disposition of a controlling interest, including by consolidation, merger or reorganization, of a hotel employer or any person who controls a hotel employer; or any other event or sequence of events, including a purchase, sale or lease termination of a management contract or lease, that causes the identity of the hotel employer at a hotel to change. A change in controlling interest or identity shall be defined to occur on the date of execution of the document effectuating the change.
"Eligible hotel service employee" means a hotel service employee employed by a hotel employer at an affected hotel.
"Former hotel employer" means any hotel employer who owns, controls or operates a hotel prior to a change in control or change in controlling interest or identity of a hotel or of a discrete portion of a hotel that continues to operate as a hotel after the change.
"Hotel" means a hotel, apartment hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, tourist home, club, or similar establishment where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay to transient or permanent guests.
"Hotel employer" means any person who owns, controls or operates a hotel, and includes any person or contractor who, in a managerial, supervisory or confidential capacity, employs one or more hotel service employees.
"Hotel service" means work performed in connection with the operation of a hotel, including, but not limited to, letting of guest rooms, letting of meeting rooms, provision of food or beverage services, provision of banquet services, or provision of spa services.
"Hotel service employee" means: any person employed to perform a hotel service at an affected hotel during the 365-day period immediately preceding the change in control or change in controlling interest or identity of the hotel; or any person formerly employed to perform a hotel service at an affected hotel who retains recall rights under the former hotel employer's collective bargaining agreement, if any, or under any comparable arrangement established by the former hotel employer, on the date of the change in control or change in controlling interest or identity of the hotel, except that "hotel service employee" shall not include persons who are managerial, supervisory or confidential employees or who otherwise exercise control over the management of the hotel.
"Hotel service employee retention period" means the 90-day period beginning on the date of a change in control or change in controlling interest or identity of the hotel or of a discrete portion of the hotel that continues to operate as a hotel after the change, except that, if the hotel is not open to the public on the date, the 90-day period shall begin on the first day that the hotel is open to the public after the change.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
"Successor hotel employer" means a hotel employer who owns, controls or operates a hotel after a change in control or change in controlling interest or identity of the hotel or of a discrete portion of the hotel that continues to operate as a hotel after the change.
N.J.S. § 29:4-13