Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 34, LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

    Chapter 8:

      Section: 34:8-68.1: Responsibilities of client company.

          6. a. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by an applicable employee leasing agreement, a client company shall be solely responsible for the quality, adequacy or safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client company's business, for directing, supervising, training and controlling the work of the covered employees with respect to the business activities of the client company, for the acts, errors or omissions of covered employees with regard to those activities, and for accurately reporting wages to the employee leasing company.

b. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by an applicable employee leasing agreement, a client company shall not be liable for the acts, errors or omissions of an employee leasing company, or of any covered employee when the covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the employee leasing company, and an employee leasing company shall not be liable for the acts, errors, or omissions of a client company or of any covered employee when the covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the client company.

c. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by an applicable employee leasing agreement or other employment contract, insurance contract or bond, a covered employee shall not be considered, solely as the result of being a covered employee, an employee of the employee leasing company for purposes of general liability insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, employer's liability which is not covered by workers' compensation, or other liability insurance carried by the employee leasing company.

L.2011, c.118, s.6; amended 2017, c.233, s.2.

This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2017-09-26 14:13:30.

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