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1 ALEXANDRA CHAVARRIAGA v. ROSS PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP -- rank: 1000

... s failure to pay earned wages" violated the Wage Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4. As to the LAD claims, plaintiff alleged that Ross created ... of an employee's wages as a disorderly persons offense, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 and -4.10, this classification does not foreclose a complaint ... by the motion judge, withholding employee wages in violation of N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 is a disorderly persons offense. N.J.S.A. 34 ... and that Ross withheld her overtime compensation in violation of N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4. Defendant argues that the amended complaint failed to state a ... is time-barred. As to the merits of the claim, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 prohibits employers from withholding or diverting any portion of an ... In her amended complaint, plaintiff claimed that Ross PAG violated N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 by failing to pay "earned wages," namely overtime and ...

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status:	unpublished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

2 JAMES KENNEDY, II v. WEICHERT CO. -- rank: 922

... putative class of those similarly situated that defendant had violated N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4, a provision of the Wage Payment Law (WPL), N.J ... or divert[ing] any portion of an employee's wages.' N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4. With limited exceptions, the WPL also makes it 'unlawful for ... A. 34:11-4.7. Plaintiff claimed defendant had violated N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 'by deducting marketing, insurance, and other expenses' from plaintiff's ...

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status:	Unpublished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

3 Melvin Rosen v. Smith Barney , Inc. -- rank: 782

... and provisions of the Wage and Hour Law itself. See N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4(b)(2). That statutory pronouncement, although generally prohibiting an employer ... divert[ing] any portion of an employee’s wages,” N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4, expressly provides for exceptions when the amounts withheld or diverted are devoted to specifically authorized purposes. N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4(b). More specifically, subsection (2) of that section of the ... on a stock exchange or are marketable over the counter. [ N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4(b)(2).] The CAP, the plan in which these plaintiffs ... being in harmony with our Wage and Hour Law, see N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4(b)(2) (permitting participation in deferred compensation plans). Moreover, we ...

docket:	a-49-07
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decided:	2008-06-25
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citation:	195 N.J. 423
Document Size:	35479

4 MELVIN ROSEN et al. v. SMITH BARNEY, INC., SALOMON SMITH BARNEY, INC., SALOMON BROTHERS, INC. -- rank: 743

... on a stock exchange or are marketable over the counter. ���� [ N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4.] ����Although the Wage law does not include a legislative statement ... of withholding earned wages for cashier-employees' register shortages violated N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 and public policy). ���� ����Generally, "equity abhors a forfeiture," Dunkin Donuts ... New Jersey public policy as expressed in the Wage Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4. ����At the outset, the emphasis in many of the cases ...

docket:	a5252-04
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-06-15
status:	published
citation:	393 N.J. Super. 578
Document Size:	49938

5 CATHERINE COSTA v. TOTAL REHAB FITNESS -- rank: 719

... unless withholding falls into one of the categories enumerated in N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4. Ibid. A-0598-17T4 10 The allegations in plaintiff's ...

docket:	a0598-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-06-05
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	22305

6 MARIA AGUIRRE v. CDL LAST MILE SOLUTIONS LLC -- rank: 582

... wages in violation of the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.4 (WPL). Plaintiffs further alleged drivers hired to work for CDL ...

docket:	a3346-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-02-26
status:	Unpublished
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Document Size:	56172