N.J. Stat. § 10:1-12: "Employer" and "industry" defined

(a) "Employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or any organized group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in its relations to employees.

(b) "Industry" refers to any trade, business, industry or branch thereof, or group of industries, in which individuals are employed.

L.1942, c. 114, p. 387, s. 3.