New Jersey employers would report electronically processed tips each pay period, share written tip policies, and post notices of tipped workers’ rights.
Employers would give regularly tipped workers a statement each pay period showing their total tips processed by the employer through credit cards or other electronic payments.
Employers would give regularly tipped workers a written policy explaining how tips are collected and shared, including whether tips count toward the hourly wage the employer must pay.
Employers would post notices of tipped workers’ state and federal rights where employees can easily see them. The state labor department would publish a printable notice employers could use.
Employers would give tipped workers a statement of electronically processed tips each pay period. This covers employees who customarily and regularly receive tips. The statement must total the worker’s tips processed by the employer through credit cards or other electronic payments. The requirement would begin on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.
Employers would write and distribute a tip policy. Employers would give the policy to employees who customarily and regularly receive tips. The policy must explain how tips are collected and shared, including tip pools, tip splitting, and whether tips count toward required hourly pay. The requirement would begin on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.
Employers would post a notice explaining tipped workers’ rights under state and federal law. This requirement covers employers whose employees customarily and regularly receive tips. The notice must be easy for employees to see and reach. Employers could use a printable notice that the state labor department would publish online and update as needed. These requirements would begin on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.
No hearings or votes scheduled.