New Jersey § 34:1a-1

§ 34:1a-1.

a. Each employer which is required to maintain and report records regarding wages,

benefits, taxes and other contributions and assessments pursuant to State wage, benefit

and tax laws, as defined in section 1 of this act, shall conspicuously post notification,

in a place or places accessible to all employees in each of the employer's workplaces,

in a form issued by regulation adopted by the commissioner, of the obligation of the

employer to maintain and report those records. The employer shall also provide each employee a written copy of the notification

not later than 30 days after the form of the notification is issued, or, if the employee

is hired after the issuance, at the time of the employee's hiring. In adopting the regulation regarding the notification requirement, the commissioner

shall, to the greatest extent practicable, design the notification in a manner which

coordinates or consolidates the notification with any other notifications required

pursuant to State wage, benefit and tax laws, as defined in section 1 of this act. 1 The notification shall also provide information on how an employee or the employee's

authorized representative, may contact, by telephone, mail and e-mail, a representative

of the commissioner to provide information to, or file a complaint with, the representative

regarding possible violations of the requirements of this act or any State wage, benefit

and tax law, as defined in section 1 of this act, or may obtain information about

any actual violation, including any audit undertaken pursuant to this act. b. No employer shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee

because the employee has made an inquiry or complaint to his employer, to the commissioner

or to his authorized representative regarding any possible violation by the employer

of the provisions of this act or any State wage, benefit and tax laws, as defined

in section 1 of this act, or because the employee has caused to be instituted or is

about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this act or those

laws, or because the employee has testified or is about to testify in the proceeding. c. Any employer who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly

persons offense and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $100 nor more than

$1,000. In the case of a discharge or other discriminatory action in violation of this section,

the employer shall also be required to offer reinstatement in employment to the discharged

employee and to correct any discriminatory action, and to pay to the employee all

reasonable legal costs of the action, all wages and benefits lost as a result of the

discharge or discriminatory action, plus punitive damages equal to two times the lost

wages and benefits, under penalty of contempt proceedings for failure to comply with

the requirement. 1

L.2009, c. 194 (N.J.S.A. § 34:1A-1.11).