New Jersey Introduces Required Recordkeeping Workplace Poster
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has adopted new rules that require employers to conspicuously post a new notice of the employer’s obligation to maintain and report certain employment-related records. The must be posted in a conspicuous place immediately.
Detailed information about employers’ obligations to maintain and report records under each of these laws is provided on the poster: Wage Payment Law, Wage and Hour Law, Prevailing Wage Act, Unemployment Compensation Law, Temporary Disability Benefits Law, Family Leave Insurance Law, Workers’ Compensation Law, and Gross Income Tax Act. Contact information for each of the departments responsible for enforcing these provisions is also provided.
There are several additional provisions which require compliance:
1. For employees hired after November 7, 2011, a written copy of the notice must be provided at the time of the employee’s hiring.
2. In addition, by December 7, 2011, every employee must be provided a written copy of the notice.