The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued a notice to alert the public that there will be no annual adjustment to the minimum hourly wage rate for 2016. The minimum wage will remain $8.38 per hour. However, the maximum weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation, state unemployment insurance, temporary disability, and family leave insurance will rise in 2016: workers’ compensation to $871 per week (from $855), unemployment insurance to $657 (from $646), and temporary disability and family leave insurance to $615 (from $604).
