On November 7, 2011, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDLWD”) issued new regulations directing any employer that is required to maintain and report records regarding wages, benefits, and taxes pursuant to state law to do the following: (1) “conspicuously post” notice of that obligation, and (2) provide each employee a written copy of the notice.

The new notice requirement, based on a 2009 statute, P.L. 2009 c. 194, concerning the maintenance and reporting of employment records, sets forth the recordkeeping requirements of eight existing statutes: the Wage Payment Law, Wage and Hour Law, Prevailing Wage Act, Unemployment Compensation Law, Temporary Disability Benefits Law, Family Leave Insurance Benefits Law, Workers’ Compensation Law, and Gross Income Tax Act.