Dueling Rulings on Temp Worker Pay Laws Sow Confusion in States

The status of Illinois and New Jersey laws requiring that temporary workers receive compensation equal to direct-hire employees remains in flux, as staffing industry groups challenging the measures and the state lawmakers supporting them respond to differing court decisions.

New Jersey’s temp worker pay mandate survived a second round of legal scrutiny Wednesday after the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected the industry’s claims that it was unconstitutional. A federal district court in Illinois went the opposite direction in March, granting an injunction to block a portion of that state’s law requiring that temp workers also receive ...