New Jersey Lawyers BlogNew Jersey Employment Law Protecting Temporary Workers Survives Challenge in Federal Appeals Court
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which hears appeals from federal district courts in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and the United States Virgin Islands, recently rejected a challenge to the New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights in the case of New Jersey Staffing Alliance vs. Cari Fais, Acting Director of the New Jersey State Division of Consumer
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
Background: The New Jersey Temporary Workers Bill of Rights
The New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights was passed by the New Jersey Legislature in 2023. It was designed to protect temporary workers employed in New Jersey. It enacted several measures to meet this goal. These include disclosure requirements and certification procedures. It also imposes joint and several liability on both staffing firms and the businesses which obtain temporary workers through those staffing firms.