Prohibits payment of subminimum wage due to age, disability, injury, or status as apprentice, learner, or student through special license issued by DOLWD.

S 1646 prohibits New Jersey employers from paying subminimum wages to workers based on age, disability, injury, or status as a student, apprentice, or learner. It eliminates the current system where the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) issued special licenses allowing lower pay for these groups. The bill requires all workers to receive the full state minimum wage regardless of these factors. This change applies to all employers covered by New Jersey's minimum wage law, effective upon the bill's implementation date.