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1 Sam Hargrove, et. al. v. Sleepy’s, LLC Sam Hargrove, et. al. v. Sleepy’s, LLC -- rank: 1000

... for purposes of the New Jersey Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, and the New Jersey Wage and Hour ... to discern legislative intent. (pp. 10-12) 2. The WPL, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, governs the time and mode of payment ... independent contractors and subcontractors shall not be considered employees.” N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). Although neither the text of the WPL nor its ... s status for purposes of the Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, and the Wage and Hour Law (WHL ... status for purposes of the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. []34:11-4.1, et seq. , and the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law ... 254 , 262 (2010). A. The Wage Payment Law The WPL, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, governs the time and mode of ...

docket:	A-70-12 A-70-12
court:	NJ Supreme Court NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-01-14 2015-01-14
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citation:	220 N.J. 289 106 A.3d 449
Document Size:	111702

2 Sam Hargrove, et. al. v. Sleepy’s, LLC -- rank: 997

... for purposes of the New Jersey Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, and the New Jersey Wage and Hour ... to discern legislative intent. (pp. 10-12) 2. The WPL, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, governs the time and mode of payment ... independent contractors and subcontractors shall not be considered employees.” N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). Although neither the text of the WPL nor its ... s status for purposes of the Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, and the Wage and Hour Law (WHL ... status for purposes of the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. []34:11-4.1, et seq. , and the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law ... 254 , 262 (2010). A. The Wage Payment Law The WPL, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, governs the time and mode of ...

docket:	A-70-12
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-01-14
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citation:	220 N.J. 289 106 A.3d 449
Document Size:	102970

3 Elmer Branch v. Cream-O-Land Dairy -- rank: 946

... employee status under the WHL and the Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, from that imposed under federal law). The ...

docket:	a-29-19
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2021-01-13
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4 KAS ORIENTAL RUGS, INC v. MATT ELLMAN -- rank: 922

... led to the adoption of the Wage Payment Law. See N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.12. These types of laws have been liberally ...

docket:	a2567-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-06-08
status:	published
citation:	407 N.J. Super. 538 972 A.2d 413
Document Size:	149538

5 ROSALYN MUSKER VS. SUUCHI, INC., ET AL. -- rank: 893

... interlocutory appeal concerns the interpretation of the Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, and its application to a defendant employer ... wages to an employee in violation of the statute. See N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 ('For the purposes of this act the officers of a ... calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(c) (emphasis added).2 1 The Legislature has also provided ... calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto. [N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1.] To ascertain the plain meaning of this definition of wages ... monetary compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(c). To give effect to the word 'direct' within this ... a time, task, piece, or commission basis') is also satisfied. N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(c). Plaintiff and other salespersons at Suuchi were promised ...

docket:	a0841-23
court:	appellate
decided:	2024-06-19
status:	Published
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Document Size:	62866

6 Christopher Maia v. IEW Construction Group -- rank: 855

... 212 (Chapter 212), which amended the Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.15, and the Wage and Hour Law (WHL ...

docket:	a_3_23
court:	supreme
decided:	2024-05-14
status:	Published
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7 James Kennedy, II v. Weichert Co. d\/b\/a Weichert Realtors -- rank: 844

... independent contractor, was not subject to the WPL pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). The trial court therefore erred when it denied Weichert� ... whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor. N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). In Hargrove v. Sleepy’s, LLC, the Court adopted ... excludes the salesperson from the Wage Payment Law 2 (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.15, a statute that governs compensation paid to ... independent contractor, was not subject to the WPL pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). We remand this matter for the dismissal of Kennedy� ... whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor. N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). Hargrove was an action brought in federal court by ... under the WPL and the Wage and Hour Law (WHL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -68. Id. at 295. We considered, among other ...

docket:	a_48_49_22
court:	supreme
decided:	2024-05-10
status:	Published
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8 ALEXANDRA CHAVARRIAGA v. ROSS PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP -- rank: 842

... calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto." N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(c). In her amended complaint, plaintiff claimed that Ross PAG ...

docket:	a5339-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-07-14
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	37731

9 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2285-13a2388-13.opn.html -- rank: 815

... calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(c). An employer is 'any individual . . . [or] corporation . . . employing any person in this State.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(a). For purposes of the obligation to pay wages, the ... qualifie[d] as an employee' under the WPL, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b), and that 'the only provision that 25 A-2285 ...

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10 MARK LAFRANCO v. AVAYA INC. -- rank: 804

... or violation of New Jersey's Wage and Hour law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -67. The action against Peterson was later voluntarily dismissed ...

docket:	a1666-06
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-09-08
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	141935

11 CHRISTOPHER MAIA v. IEW CONSTRUCTION GROUP -- rank: 804

... 11-56a to -56a41, and the Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, by failing to pay them for 'pre ...

docket:	a4012-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-01
status:	Published
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Document Size:	35096

12 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4168-19.opn.html -- rank: 802

... purposes of determining the applicability of the Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, and the Wage and Hour Law, N ...

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13 VERONICA VILLALOBOS v. BEAST COAST MOVING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY -- rank: 799

... wages due under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14, defendants Beast Coast Moving Limited Liability Company ... Amos were individually liable as employers under the WPL, citing N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(a). Plaintiffs were denied counsel fees because they did not ... trial court erred by applying the definition of employer under N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(a) to Amos in its analysis of plaintiffs' claims because ... calculated independently of regular wages and paid in addition thereto. [N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1.] 'Employer' is defined under the WPL as: any individual, partnership ... to be the employers of the employees of the corporation. [ N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(a) (emphasis added).] We have reaffirmed the obligation of corporate ... deeming them the employers of the employees of the corporation. N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1. . . . Employees are the obvious special beneficiaries of the statute; ...

docket:	a3074-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-05-19
status:	Unpublished
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Document Size:	33303

14 PATRICK DEROSA v. ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC. -- rank: 791

... A. 34:19-2(a), 8 the Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(a), 9 and the LAD, N.J.S.A. 10 ... to be the employers of the employees of the corporation." N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(a). 10 Under the LAD, an "employer" is defined as ...

docket:	a3727-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-14
status:	published
citation:	420 N.J. Super. 438 22 A.3d 27
Document Size:	78178

15 JAMES KENNEDY, II v. WEICHERT CO. -- rank: 783

... 4.4, a provision of the Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 to -4.14. The WPL 'governs the time and mode ... WPL does not cover.' Kennedy, slip op. at 2 (citing N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1). Under the WPL, ''Employee' means any person suffered or permitted ... employer, except that independent contractors . . . shall not be considered employees.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). The Law Division judge denied defendant's motion 'after ... any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1(b). Independent contractors are an exception to the definition. Ibid ...

docket:	a0518-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-02
status:	Unpublished
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Document Size:	53995