New Jersey Labor Department Issues Final Regulations on Independent Contractor Status, Accepting Two Key Objections We Identified in Our Comments to the Proposed Rule

Yesterday, May 5, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) announced in a press release that it was issuing final regulations on June 1, 2026, addressing the so-called ABC test for independent contractor (IC) status under a number of New Jersey laws, including its Wage and Hour Law and its Wage Payment Law. It had been over a year since the Department announced that it was issuing a proposed regulation on the ABC test for IC status.... By: Troutman Pepper Locke