New Jersey Business & Industry Association—New Jersey Supreme Court

Argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of amicus curiae the New Jersey Business & Industry Association in an important case addressing whether amendments to the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law (WHL) – including a new six-year look-back period and new damages and remedies – could be applied retroactively to claims based on an employer’s conduct that predated the amendments’ effective date. The Court adopted McCarter’s position that the WHL’s amendments applied prospectively, rather than retroactively, and precluded plaintiffs bringing WHL claims from recovering the new damages and remedies added to the WHL for any conduct occurring prior to the August 6, 2019 effective date of the amendments. Maia v. IEW Construction Group, 257 N.J. 330, 313 A.3d 887 (2024).