34:11-58.5 Annual report; posting of information.

12. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Attorney General, shall compile and prominently place on a website, maintained by the department and available to the public, an annual report evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the enforcement and administration of wage claims and wage collections. The report shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) the number of complaints, investigations, prosecutions, dispositions, and business license suspensions and revocations, the number and amount of penalties, the amount of wages recovered, and the number of workers affected;

(2) an enumeration and description of all community-based and legal services organizations contracted by the department to support the enforcement; and

(3) recommendations for strengthening the implementation and enforcement of P.L.2019, c.212 (C.34:11-58.1 et al.).

b. The commissioner, in consultation with the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Attorney General, shall compile and prominently place on a website, maintained by the department and available to the public, the following information regarding each wage claim in which an employer was found to have been in violation of one or more State wage and hour laws in a final determination by the commissioner or a judgement of a court made during the preceding period of not less than 12 months:

(1) the name and address of the employer;

(2) the nature of the claim, including whether it is a claim for one or more of the following: unpaid wages; failure to pay the minimum wage; failure to pay required overtime; or retaliation against an employee in connection with State wage and hour laws;

(3) the number of affected employees, and the amount of wages found owed; and

(4) any findings, penalties, and business license suspensions or revocations that resulted from the wage claim.

The information on a claim shall be placed on the website not more than 30 days after the final determination or judgement is made.

L.2019, c.212, s.12.