New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed new protections for temporary workers into law today, after a years-long push by labor and immigrant groups to regulate the sprawling temp industry.
Last week, the Senate finally approved the measure.
“This is an invisible workforce that will now be protected against the abuses of unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, unlawful deductions, and other forms of mistreatment,” Cryan said in a statement Monday. Labor and immigrant groups lobbied hard for the bill, and for years have tried to bring more attention to workplace conditions for temp workers. In 2020,temp agencies were cramming workers into vans without proper safety precautions as state officials urged people to social distance to stop the spread of the pandemic. The new law requires vans to have seats and a seatbelts for each worker.
“Too many temp workers have lost their lives on the job or been subject to wage theft or retaliation. Today marks the beginning of a new chapter where temp workers will have the respect, dignity and safety they deserve,” Janeth Caicedo, a member of Make the Road New Jersey said in a statement. The New Jersey Staffing Alliance, which represents staffing agencies, lobbied against the bill, arguing it would drive up costs for temp agencies and their clients — and ultimately cost workers jobs. It has not yet returned requests for comment made Monday afternoon.
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