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Client Alert: New Jersey’s New Independent Contractor Rules Go into Effect October 1

September 29 2026

Client Alert: New Jersey’s New Independent Contractor Rules Go into Effect October 1

As of October 1st, 2026, New Jersey employers will be subject to new regulations explaining how the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) will apply the State’s existing “ABC test” to determine whether a worker is properly classified as an independent contractor.

Click here to read the alert.