New Jersey § 34:11-71

§ 34:11-71.

a. No hiring entity shall employ or engage a domestic worker, except for casual work

or work of less than five hours per month, unless the engagement is governed by a

written contract governing the following: a specific list of job duties; hourly wage

and overtime wage; weekly schedule including number of hours per week; the manner

and frequency of payment; breaks for rest and meals; paid or unpaid leave including

sick time; paid holidays; any other benefits provided; modes of transportation required

and whether provided; value of housing if provided; sleeping period and personal time

for live-in workers; the term of the contract; and any other terms and conditions

as agreed upon by the domestic worker and employer or as mandated pursuant to this

act. The written agreement shall be signed and dated by all parties after ample opportunity

to review. b. The written agreement required under this section shall not be construed to waive

the protections of domestic workers under federal, State, and local laws and shall

not contain any: (1) Mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreement for claims made by a covered domestic

worker against a domestic work hiring entity regarding the local rights of the worker;

and (2) Non-disclosure agreement, non-competition or non-disparagement agreement, limiting

the ability of the covered domestic worker to seek compensation for performing domestic

services after the worker ceases to receive compensation from the domestic work hiring

entity for the performance of domestic services. c. The agreement shall be in English and such other language as may be preferred by

the worker. The hiring entity shall make reasonable efforts to determine if the worker would prefer

the agreement to be in another language. d. The department shall make available model contracts complying with this act shall

in multiple languages on its Internet website. e. A referral and employment agency shall provide domestic workers and hiring entities

with information concerning the contract requirements of this act at the time a hiring

entity is connected with a worker and shall make any model contracts adopted by the

department available to the hiring entity.