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New Jersey · Through P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22 · Newer source version available

N.J. Stat. § 34:2-21.66: Compensation, minor employed in vlogging.

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  1. TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

3. a. A minor who is employed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.355 (C.34:2-21.65) by a vlogger who is a family member or caregiver of the minor shall be compensated by the vlogger in accordance with this section. The vlogger shall set aside gross earnings on the video content including the likeness, name, or photograph of the minor in a trust account to be preserved for the benefit of the minor upon reaching the age of majority, according to the following distribution:

(1) where only one minor meets the content threshold described in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.355 (C.34:2-21.65), the percentage of total gross earnings on any video segment including the likeness, name, or photograph of the minor that is equal to or greater than half of the content percentage that includes the minor as described in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.355 (C.34:2-21.65); or

(2) where more than one minor meets the content threshold described in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.355 (C.34:2-21.65), and a video segment includes more than one of those minors, the percentage described in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section for all minors in any segment shall be equally divided between the minors, regardless of differences in percentage of content provided by the individual minors.

b. A trust account required under this section shall provide, at a minimum, the following:

(1) that the funds in the account shall be available only to the minor engaged in work as a vlogger and of producing a vlog;

(2) that the account shall be held by a bank, fiduciary, or trust business, as those terms are defined in the Banking Act of 1948, P.L.1948, c.67 (C.17:9A-1 et seq.);

(3) that the funds in the account shall become available to the minor engaged in work as a vlogger and of producing a vlog upon the minor attaining the age of 18 years or until the minor is declared emancipated; and

(4) that the account meets the requirements of the "New Jersey Uniform Transfers to Minors Act," R.S.46:38A-1 et seq.

c. If a vlogger knowingly or recklessly violates this section, a minor satisfying the criteria described in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.355 (C.34:2-21.65), may commence an action to enforce the provisions of this section regarding the trust account. The court may award, to a minor who prevails in any action brought in accordance with this section, the following damages:

(1) actual damages;

(2) punitive damages; and

(3) the costs of the action, including attorney's fees and litigation costs.

d. This section shall not affect a right or remedy available under any other law of the State.

e. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to have any effect on a party that is not the vlogger and is not the minor engaged in work as a vlogger and of producing a vlog.

L.2025, c.355, s.3.

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