The district court has once again upheld enforcement of the New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights (the “Law”). The decision comes in response to a follow-up challenge by a coalition of staffing agency industry groups, asserting that the section of the Law requiring temporary workers be paid an amount equal to the average pay
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Third Circuit Upholds New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights
By Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant & L.D. Jones on
On July 24, 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction seeking to bar enforcement of New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights Law (the “Law”). The Circuit Court found that the Law does not violate the dormant Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from enacting…