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ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE VIII, BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY ADDING CHAPTER 32, WAGE THEFT.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark has found that certain employees working in business establishments throughout the City have experienced various degrees of misuse and abuse by their employers in the workplace, and on many occasions, are either substantially underpaid or go unpaid by their employers; and
WHEREAS, many employees have limited or no resources for proper recourse to obtain unpaid wages from their employers; and
WHEREAS, as a consequence, the financial losses incurred by employees working throughout the City due to underpaid or unpaid wages have a negative economic impact on the City of Newark and its local economy; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is desirous of amending certain provisions of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, more specifically, Title VIII, Businesses and Occupations, to increase greater accountability among business establishments by imposing stiffer penalties for those establishments that engage in such unfair practices.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
SECTION 1: Title VIII of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, shall be amended by including a new Chapter 32, Wage Theft.
8:32-1.DEFINITIONS.
In this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings stated in this Section unless the context otherwise requires:
Investigator shall mean Director of Code Enforcement for the City of Newark or his/her designee.
Wage Theft shall mean having been found guilty, liable or responsible in any judicial or administrative proceeding for unpaid wages in violation of the New Jersey State Wage ...
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