NJ S1100

Establishes comprehensive employment protections for domestic workers including housekeepers, nannies, caregivers for elderly or disabled individuals, cooks, gardeners, and other household workers employed in private residences

Requires employers to provide written contracts specifying job duties, wages, schedules, breaks, leave time, and other terms; mandates 10-minute rest breaks every 4 hours and 30-minute meal breaks after 5 hours of work

Removes domestic workers from exclusions in New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination and State Wage and Hour Law, extending anti-discrimination protections and minimum wage/overtime requirements to this workforce

Creates the Domestic Workers Standards and Implementation Board, a 13-member body to monitor implementation, develop regulations, and make policy recommendations on wages, training, benefits, and enforcement strategies

Establishes penalties for violations ranging from $100-$4,000 per offense, with knowing retaliation or violations constituting a fourth-degree crime; provides domestic workers the right to file complaints and bring civil actions with attorney's fees recoverable