New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” providing temporary workers significant rights regarding their employment through temporary help service firms. Notice obligations for such firms, wage and hour requirements, and anti-retaliation provisions are among the new protections that will apply to at least 127,000 temporary laborers.
Most of this first-of-its-kind legislation will take effect on August 5, 2023; however, certain provisions affecting newly hired employees and the anti-retaliation provisions will take effect on May 7, 2023.
The Bill of Rights applies to temporary laborers that contract for employment with a temporary help service firm. “Temporary help service firm” is defined as any person or entity who employs individuals for the purpose of assigning those individuals to assist the firm’s customers in the handling of temporary, excess, or special workloads and which is responsible for the payment of wages or salaries, federal social security taxes, state and federal unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.
Additionally, applicability of the new law is limited to temporary laborers in a designated classification placement. “Designated classification placement” means an assignment of a temporary laborer by a temporary help service firm to perform work in any of the following occupational categories (as designated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics):
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