Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
This bill provides $2 million in state funding to New Jersey's Department of Labor to support county prosecutors in enforcing wage payment laws. It requires each county prosecutor's office to assign a dedicated assistant prosecutor to investigate and prosecute cases where employers fail to pay wages or violate wage-hour laws. The funding covers both financial resources and training for prosecutors to handle these cases more effectively. This directly affects workers who are owed wages and county prosecutors who will now have dedicated staff and resources for wage enforcement.
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Introduction
Mar 2024
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Introduced Mar 7, 2024
Last action Mar 7, 2024
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Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
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3 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Garnet Hall
DDemocratic
P
Shavonda Sumter
DDemocratic
P
Will Sampson
DDemocratic
Co
Alixon Collazos-Gill
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Katz
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
Co
Avi Schnall
DDemocratic
Co
Carmen Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
Cody Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Hutchison
DDemocratic
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