AUTHOR: Kim Slowey
PUBLISHED: Feb.18, 2020
Dive Brief:
- The New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued a stop-work order to subcontractor REB Construction and Maintenance LLC for failure to take the proper deductions from its employees’ pay and for not keeping the required payroll records related to work performed on a project in Jersey City, New Jersey. The department also fined REB $19,250. …
- The authority that the NJDOL has to stop work on a construction project when significant pay, benefits or other workers’ rights violations are documented is part of new legislation based on the July 2019 recommendations of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s task force on employee missclassification.
Dive Insight:
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Stop-work orders (A5838): The NJDOL can force an employer to stop work if it determines that the employer violated state wage, benefit or tax laws.