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NJ Rates to Rise in 2024

Workers' Compensation

Employees who work on a farm for an hourly or piece-rate wage will see their minimum hourly wage increase by 80 cents to $12.81/hour, The maximum benefit rates and the taxable wage base are recalculated yearly based on the statewide average weekly wage under the laws governing these programs.  hour, up from $12.01/hour.

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Is Paying Your Employees Overtime Mandatory?

Abel HR

The FLSA “establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments,” and all of this is overseen by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the US Department of Labor (DOL).