New Jersey § 34:11-56a25

§ 34:11-56a25.

In any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after the date of the enactment

of this act based on any act or omission prior to or on or after the date of the enactment

of this act, no employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment for or on

account of the failure of the employer to pay minimum wages or overtime compensation

under this act, if he pleads and proves that the act or omission complained of was

in good faith in conformity with and in reliance on any written administrative regulation,

order, ruling, approval or interpretation by the Commissioner of the Department of

Labor and Industry 1 or the Director of the Wage and Hour Bureau, or any administrative practice or enforcement

policy of such department or bureau with respect to the class of employers to which

he belonged. Such a defense, if established, shall be a complete bar to the action or proceeding,

notwithstanding, that after such act or omission, such administrative regulation,

order, ruling, approval, interpretation, practice, or enforcement policy is modified

or rescinded or is determined by judicial authority to be invalid or of no legal effect. 1

Change of name of Department of Labor and Industry to Department of Labor, see N.J.S.A.

§ 34:1A-1.1. Change of name of Department of Labor to Department of Labor and Workforce

Development, see N.J.S.A. § 34:1A-1.2.