Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 10:5-14.1a

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. Any person who violates any of the provisions of the “Law Against Discrimination,” P.L.1945, c.169 (C. 10:5-1 et seq.), shall, in addition to any other relief or affirmative action provided by law, be liable for the following penalties:

a. In an amount not exceeding $10,000 if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any prior violation within the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge;

b. In an amount not exceeding $25,000 if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one other violation within the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge; and

c. In an amount not exceeding $50,000 if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed two or more violations within the seven-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge.

The penalties shall be determined by the director in such amounts as the director deems proper under the circumstances and included in an order following a finding of an unlawful discrimination or an unlawful employment practice pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1945, c.169 (C. 10:5-17) or determined by the court in cases brought under subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.2019, c.436 (C. 10:5-8.2). Any such amounts collected by the director shall be paid forthwith into the State Treasury for the general purposes of the State.

L.1983, c.412, s.2; amended 2001, c.254; 2019, c.436, s.7.