Hours worked - New Jersey

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

The federal law does not spell out actual hours that must be worked in a work day. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the workweek ordinarily includes all the time during which an employee is required to be:

• On the employer's premises,
• On duty, or
• At a prescribed work place.

New Jersey addresses hours worked, but covers only on-call time and the use of time clocks. There is a slightly different definition of on-call time for health care facility employees. The state also has a reporting time pay law.

In addition, the state laws for employment of minors under 18 years of age address hours worked for various occupations. These include waiting time and travel time for mercantile occupations, waiting time for beauty culture occupations, waiting time and travel time for laundry occupations, and waiting time for light manufacturing and apparel occupations.

State

Contact

New Jersey Department of Labor—Division of Wage and Hour Compliance

Regulations

New Jersey Statutes Annotated 12:56, Subchapter 5, Hours Worked

New Jersey Statutes Annotated 12:57, Wage Orders for Minors

http://lwd.state.nj.us/labor/wagehour/lawregs/nj_state_wage_and_hour_laws_and_regulations.html

Federal

Contact

The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors hours worked.

Regulations

U.S. labor regulations for hours worked can be found in CFR 29:

• Part 785 Hours Worked
• Part 778 Overtime Compensation