Again, we are only here looking at proposed changes to the labor laws in the state of New Jersey, but man, if these changes go through, which they should in the coming weeks in 2007, employers in the Garden State could reap a whole host of benefits and new responsibilities from them. Let’s start from square one.
One of the first new proposed laws, the NJAC 12:55-1.2 and 2.4, for instance, is one that will clearly state who is responsible for check deposit return fees. In this case, New Jersey labor law would hold that employers would be responsible for any check deposit return fees, and under the change, employees would clearly know that they are not responsible.
This has generally always been the case at the Department of Revenue in the state of New Jersey, but I guess it wasn’t clear enough for employers. But previously, the department had always considered check deposit return fees to be a fee charged for the cashing of a payroll check, and any such fee as that would be paid by the employer.
Another law proposed to be changed will involve how often employers are allowed to pay their employees per month. The proposed change, called NJAC 12:55-2.4, allows employers to set their employee paydays to be less frequently than semi monthly, or twice a month.
The reason New Jersey is seeking to change this rule is not necessarily to make it easier on employers, and allow them to have to worry about payroll less often. It more to make it easier for employers to distinguish between “bona fide executive, supervisory and other special classifications of employees” who are separated out in federal and state labor laws as those who cannot earn overtime, and are thus strictly salaries employees.
