{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-56a","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56a","heading":"Minimum wage level;  establishment","body":"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.\nL.1966, c. 113, s. 1, eff. June 17, 1966.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"49241f8d1c0134e536f63dd5bf799237a7be7afb924bdf17afa47d429a2b2196","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-33.6","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-56a1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}