Jul 11, 2024 | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo today jointly announced an agreement with Horseless Carriage Carrier, Inc., a Paterson-based transporter of luxury cars, concerning violations of New Jersey labor laws resulting from the company misclassifying its employee drivers as independent contractors, taking unlawful deductions from their pay, and recordkeeping violations.
Jul 2, 2024 | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Press Release
The “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights” is effective as of July 1, 2024, and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has outlined the provisions of this law on its website, serving as a resource for both domestic workers and their employers.
Dec 11, 2023 | Back Wages | Complaint | fines | Independent Contractors | Misclassification of Drivers | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development | penalties | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo announced today that they have filed the first lawsuit under a 2021 law against employers who have misclassified workers as independent contractors.
