Temp Worker Bill News Today

The law, known as the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights, went into effect, in part, on May 8, complete with a new website.

The Department of Consumer Affairs should act now to enforce the most basic existing requirements for staffing agencies to operate legally in our state.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Feb. 6 signed into law the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” which expands the protections afforded to these workers.

The state Senate passed the “Temp Worker Bill of Rights” after a monthslong saga that included a thrice-delayed final vote. The bill will give temp workers the right to basic information in their native language and eliminate agency fees.

The state Senate Feb. 3 finally passed a measure known as “The Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” by a narrow 21-16 vote.

It would regulate temp agencies that employ roughly 130,000 people.

The bill will regulate the state’s temp industry that fuels much of the state’s warehouse labor.