New Jersey Increases Minimum Wage Rates for 2024; Updated EEOC and FLSA Workplace Posters

January 18, 2024

State Update Overview

Date Updated January 2024
Labor Law Update The State of New Jersey Minimum Wage Law; EEOC “Know Your Rights” and DOL “Employee Rights Under the FLSA” Posters
What Changed Increased minimum wage rates; Recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Provide Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP)
Mandatory or Non-Mandatory Mandatory
Updated Poster New Jersey Labor Law Poster

In January 2024, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development published a revised wage and hour notice.

New Jersey Minimum Wage Law Update

Wage and Hour Exemptions

Employees may be exempt from wage and hour laws based on criteria associated with their salary, actual duties, and skills. Exempt employees neither receive overtime pay nor qualify for minimum wage. New Jersey labor law defines these exemptions based on Executive, Administrative, or Professional status. Learn more here.

Effective June 27, 2023, the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an undue hardship. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster to summarize the new law.

EEOC “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster Updates

Effective April 28, 2023, the Provide Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP) extends the right to receive break time to pump and a private place to pump at work to more nursing employees.  The federal Department of Labor (DOL) revised its “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” poster to include changes from the new law.

DOL “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” Poster Updates

In October 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a revised Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster.

Federal EEOC Workplace Discrimination Law Update

New Jersey Labor Law Poster Update

All businesses within the State of New Jersey must display the new “Wage and Hour Law Abstract”,“Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal”, and “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” posters along with other state-mandated posting requirements where they are sufficiently accessible and viewable to all employees. These changes have been reflected in our New Jersey & Federal Labor Law Poster and requires an immediate mandatory update. Failure to meet compliance requirements and display the updated poster could result in fines.

Order the New Jersey & Federal Labor Law Poster to immediately include these required updates.