{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-56a25.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:11-56a25.2","heading":"Defense to action","body":"In any action or proceeding commenced prior to or on or after the date of the enactment of this act based on any act or omission prior to or on or after the date of the enactment of this act, no employer shall be subject to any liability or punishment for or on account of the failure of the employer to pay  minimum wages or overtime compensation under this act, if he pleads and proves  that the act or omission complained of was in good faith in conformity with and  in reliance on any written administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval  or interpretation by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry  or the Director of the Wage and Hour Bureau, or any administrative practice or  enforcement policy of such department or bureau with respect to the class of  employers to which he belonged.  Such a defense, if established, shall be a  complete bar to the action or proceeding, notwithstanding, that after such act  or omission, such administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval,  interpretation, practice, or enforcement policy is modified or rescinded or is  determined by judicial authority to be invalid or of no legal effect.\nL.1967, c. 216, s. 2, eff. Oct. 5, 1967.","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":"05360cf4529e71c91309f73d581d4424b3ac41f32ef6868d3eb5bef780651184","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-56a25.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-56a26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}