It is declared to be the public policy of this State to establish a minimum wage level for workers in order to safeguard their health, efficiency, and general well-being and to protect them as well as their employers from the effects of serious and unfair competition resulting from wage levels detrimental to their health, efficiency and well-being.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:11-56a
Minimum wage level; establishment
L.1966, c. 113, s. 1, eff
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