New Jersey, Wage Theft

New Jersey Wage Theft Act Does Not Apply Retroactively, Per the State Supreme Court

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/11/2024

On May 15, 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court held in Maia v. IEW Construction Group that both the six-year look-back period and liquidated damages provided by the state Wage Theft Act (WTA) do not apply retroactively....more

New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies that Amendments to Wage Payment Law and Wage and Hour Law Are Prospective

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/31/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court held that amendments to New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law and Wage Payment Law that increase employer wage-hour liability are not retroactive....more

New Jersey “Wage Theft” Amendments Apply Only Prospectively

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2024

In a unanimous decision, on May 15, 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the state’s amendments (Chapter 212) to the Wage Payment Law (WPL) and the Wage and Hour Law (WHL) apply prospectively, and therefore plaintiffs...more

New Jersey Employers Get Brief Reprieve on Older Claims Brought Under Wage Theft Act

Goldberg Segalla on 5/20/2024

KEY TAKEAWAYS - For claims that accrued prior to August 6, 2019, the applicable statute of limitations under the Wage Theft Act remains two years. For claims that accrued on or after August 6, 2019, the applicable statute of...more

Look-Back Period Questioned in NJ Wage and Hour Case

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/15/2023

Earlier this month in Maia v. IEW Construction Group, the New Jersey Appellate Division confronted a critical issue concerning this state’s wage and hour laws. The case centered on amendments passed by the state Legislature...more

New Jersey Wage Theft Act Is Not Retroactive: I Am Not Surprised

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/21/2020

Last year, in August, the State of New Jersey enacted the Wage Theft Act (“WTA”) which strengthened the wage hour protections for employees across the State, including expanding the statute of limitations from two years to...more