New Jersey § 38A:14-4 Depriving military service member of employment.

New Jersey Statutes

§ 38A:14-4 — Depriving military service member of employment.

New Jersey § 38A:14-4

Title 38AMILITARY AND VETERANS LAW

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 38A:14-4 (2026).

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38A:14-4. Any person who, either by himself or with another, willfully deprives a member of the organized militia, or the United States Armed Forces or a Reserve component thereof, of his employment or prevents his being employed by himself or another, or obstructs or annoys such member in his employ in respect to his trade, business or employment because he is a member of the organized militia, or the United States Armed Forces or a Reserve component thereof, or is performing or about to perform some duty in connection therewith or dissuades any person from enlistment therein by threat or injury to him in respect to his business, employment or trade, in case he shall enlist, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree and subject to the penalties therefor, except that the amount of a 

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38A:14-4. Any person who, either by himself or with another, willfully deprives a member of the organized militia, or the United States Armed Forces or a Reserve component thereof, of his employment or prevents his being employed by himself or another, or obstructs or annoys such member in his employ in respect to his trade, business or employment because he is a member of the organized militia, or the United States Armed Forces or a Reserve component thereof, or is performing or about to perform some duty in connection therewith or dissuades any person from enlistment therein by threat or injury to him in respect to his business, employment or trade, in case he shall enlist, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree and subject to the penalties therefor, except that the amount of a fine shall be a mandatory minimum of $2,500. Any fines collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the "NJ National Guard State Family Readiness Council Fund," established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2011, c.117 (C.54A:9-25.29). Amended 2017, c.287, s.1.