New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 55 - WAGE PAYMENTS
Subchapter 2 - PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
Section 12:55-2.3 - Voluntary wage deduction for repayment of financial obligations to the State of New Jersey
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each employer may institute a system whereunder a portion of an employee's salary is withheld as an installment payment against any financial obligation by that employee to the State of New Jersey.
(b) Any employer who institutes such a repayment plan pursuant to (a) above shall withhold on a periodic basis from an employee's salary only such an amount as that employee shall have expressly authorized in writing.
(c) Any employer who withholds any sum from an employee's salary for repayment of a financial obligation by the employee to the State shall forthwith pay the amount of such withheld salary to the appropriate State officer or agent to whom such obligation is made payable.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as mandating participation by an employer or employee in such an installment repayment program.
