On Wednesday, July 15, 2015, the Jersey City Council passed an ordinance to protect workers from having their wages stolen by employers. Jersey City is the fifth city in New Jersey to pass laws to permit suspension or revocation of business licenses from employers found to be in violation of state law governing proper compensation of employees. Under the ordinance, an employer has committed wage theft when they are found liable in a judicial or administrative hearing of violating federal, state or local laws that regulate the payment of wages or the collection of debt owed to unpaid wages. Without such laws, workers denied wages must negotiate with the NJ State Department of Labor and Workforce Development Wage and Hour Division. This can be a lengthy process and even if a judgment is rendered in the worker's ... Read more