New Jersey Statutes 34:8D-4. Temporary help service firm, designated classification placements, recordkeeping, information, certain
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:8D-4
- 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
(1) the name, address, and telephone number of the third party client, including each worksite, to which temporary laborers were sent by the temporary help service firm and the date of the transaction;
(2) for each temporary laborer: the name and address, the specific location sent to work, the type of work performed, the number of hours worked, the hourly rate of pay, and the date sent. The third party client shall be required to remit all information required under this paragraph to the temporary help service firm no later than seven days following the last day of the work week worked by the temporary laborer;
(3) the name and title of the individual or individuals at each third party client’s place of business responsible for the transaction;
(4) any specific qualifications or attributes of a temporary laborer, requested by each third party client;
(5) copies of all contracts, if any, with the third party client and copies of all invoices for the third party client;
(6) copies of all employment notices provided in accordance with subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-3);
(7) the amounts of any deductions to be made from each temporary laborer’s compensation by either the third party client or by the temporary help service firm for the temporary laborer’s food, equipment, withheld income tax, withheld contributions to the State unemployment compensation trust fund and the State disability benefits trust fund withheld Social Security deductions, and every other deduction;
(8) verification of the actual cost of any equipment or meal charged to a temporary laborer; and
(9) any additional information required by the commissioner.
b. The temporary help service firm shall maintain all records under this section for a period of six years from their creation. The records shall be open to inspection by the commissioner during normal business hours. Records described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), and (8) of subsection a. of this section shall be available for review and copying by that temporary laborer at no cost or an authorized representative of the temporary laborer during normal business hours within five days following a written request. For purposes of this subsection, an authorized representative of the temporary laborer is a person as to whom the temporary laborer has presented to the temporary help service firm an authorization signed by the temporary laborer that expressly permits the person to review and copy the subject records.
In addition, a temporary help service firm that makes designated classification placements shall make records related to the number of hours billed to a third party client for that individual temporary laborer’s hours of work available for review or copying, at no cost, during normal business hours within five days following a written request. The temporary help service firm shall make forms, in duplicate, for those requests available at no cost to temporary laborers at the dispatch office. The temporary laborer shall be given a copy of the request form. It shall be a violation of this section to make any false, inaccurate, or incomplete entry into, or to delete required information from, any record required by this section.
c. (1) Failure by the third party client to maintain and remit accurate time records to the temporary help service firm as provided in paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section shall constitute a violation by a third party client under section 11 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-11), unless the third party client has been precluded from submitting those time records for reasons beyond its control. A third party client that violates paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation found by the commissioner. The penalty shall be collected in a summary proceeding in accordance with the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.).
(2) A failure by the third party client to provide time records in accordance with subsection b. of this section shall not be a violation and shall not be the basis for a suit or other action under section 11 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-11), against the temporary help service firm.
(3) Failure of a third party client to remit any information required by this section to a temporary help service firm shall not be a defense to the temporary help service firm recordkeeping requirements of this section.
L.2023, c.10, s.4.