New Jersey § 34:11-18 Forfeiture on issuing orders in payment for labor;  no offset; limitations

New Jersey Statutes

§ 34:11-18 — Forfeiture on issuing orders in payment for labor; no offset; limitations

New Jersey § 34:11-18

Title 34LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:11-18 (2026).

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Any employer paying its employees in store goods or merchandise or giving or issuing or authorizing to be given or issued in payment for labor, any due bills or orders contrary to any law shall forfeit the amount of wages or pay for which such orders were given and the same shall not be offset against any claims for wages but recovery may be had for such wages in full as though no such orders or due bills had been given or paid and no settlement with the employer shall bar an action therefor until after the lapse of one year from such settlement.

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Any employer paying its employees in store goods or merchandise or giving or issuing or authorizing to be given or issued in payment for labor, any due bills or orders contrary to any law shall forfeit the amount of wages or pay for which such orders were given and the same shall not be offset against any claims for wages but recovery may be had for such wages in full as though no such orders or due bills had been given or paid and no settlement with the employer shall bar an action therefor until after the lapse of one year from such settlement.