1. To inspect manufacturers and contractors, with respect to their production employees, for compliance with the registration requirements of the Apparel Industry Registration Act;
   
   
2. To inspect manufacturers and contractors, with respect to their production employees, for compliance with other labor and payroll tax laws of the State of New Jersey that affect the employment of production employees; and
   
   
3. To ensure, with respect to their production employees, compliance by manufacturers and contractors with the orders of, and assessments of civil penalties by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to the Apparel Industry Registration Act and other labor laws of the State applicable to the employment of production employees.

1. To investigate and conduct inspections at locations where an apparel industry manufacturer or contractor is operating to ensure compliance with the Apparel Industry Registration Act;
   
   
2. To inspect books, records and premises of manufacturers and contractors, with respect to their production employees, to determine compliance with the State’s labor laws, including but not limited to, laws concerning wages, overtime compensation, unemployment compensation and temporary disability insurance, workers’ compensation coverage, child labor and industrial home work laws, and if the apparel industry unit determines that a manufacturer or contractor has violated a provision of any of those laws with respect to its production employees, to assess and collect any administrative penalty authorized by law.
   
   

1. Failure to comply with the registration requirements;



2. Performing services or representing oneself as being registered to perform apparel industry service without holding a valid registration;
   
   
3. Contracting for the performance of an apparel industry service with a manufacturer or contractor who is known to have failed to register or renew its registration, or whose registration has been revoked; and
   
   
4. Failure to comply, for the second time in three years, with an order of the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development concerning registration compliance.

1. A fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 for an initial violation;



2. A fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $4,000 for each subsequent violation.

1. First violation – not less than $250 nor more than $500;



2. Second and subsequent violations – not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.

Division of Wage and Hour Compliance
Apparel Registration Unit
P.O. Box 389
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0389
(609) 292-2305