Sweeping “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights” Now In Effect, NJDOL Outlines Key Provisions
Additional rules to follow this summer
TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has launched a new website to highlight the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” which went into effect, in part, on May 7; the remainder of the law goes into effect on August 5.
The website includes resources for employers and employees on what the law entails and how to comply. There is also information on wage and hour laws, misclassification, earned sick leave and more. The newly required Assignment Notification form can also be found on the website.
Signed into law by Governor Murphy this past February, the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights” (P.L. 2023, chapter 10) significantly expands the rights and protections afforded to temporary laborers, allowing for greater oversight of temporary help service firms and third-party clients by NJDOL and the Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) within the Department of Law and Public Safety.
“Under the Murphy Administration, New Jersey has strengthened and expanded its worker protections to be top-tier in the nation, and I’m glad that our temporary laborers covered under this law will get the respect and dignity they deserve,” said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo.
As of May 7, temporary help service firms must provide an “Assignment Notification” form to a temporary laborer when they are dispatched to work for a...
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