TRENTON – A New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) investigation initiated by complaints found that 347 lifeguards were due more than $400,000 in unpaid overtime from three Jersey Shore municipalities — Atlantic City, the Borough of Avalon, and Stone Harbor.
“New Jersey’s lifeguards put their lives on the line for the safety of summer shore visitors, so it's our responsibility to ensure they receive all the wages they are entitled to,” said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo. “We will continue to make sure workers — especially young workers who may not yet understand their work rights — are being paid properly.”
In Atlantic City, Investigators from the Department’s Division of Wage and Hour Compliance found the city’s lifeguards were only paid overtime after they reached 48 hours of work per week, not the 40-hour per week mark required under the law. A total of 146 employees were found to be owed $197,150 in unpaid overtime. Additionally, 14 minors were working without a proper Employment Certificate, and the time-in/time-out was not being documented the for minor employees, as the law requires.
Just 35 miles south, Borough of Avalon lifeguards were paid a straight hourly rate for all hours worked, regardless of whether the workweek exceeded 40 hours thus denying 125 employees $116,161 in overtime. Additionally, seven minors were working without proper documentation, and their hours were not being documented
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