Timing Requirements for Wage Payments in New Jersey

All employers are covered by New Jersey's wage payment law.

Wages must be paid at least twice each month, on regular pay days designated in advance by the employer. Bona fide executive, supervisory and other special classifications of employees may be paid less often than twice a month, provided that the employee is paid in full at least once a month on a regularly established schedule. Pay periods must end 10 or fewer days before payday.

Before February 5, 2003, if a regular payday falls on a nonwork day (a day on which the workplace of an employee is not open for business), payment must be made on the next following work day, except where otherwise provided for in a collective bargaining agreement. After February 4, 2003, if a regular payday falls on a nonwork day, payment must be made on the immediately preceding workday, except where it is otherwise provided for in a collective bargaining agreement.