As of July 1, 2018, New Jersey employers will be subject to a more stringent Equal Pay Act (NJ EPA). Going further than Federal Law, New Jersey’s law includes “protected classes” As our member, Chris Heyer, ESQ, an employment law specialist, states: “Significantly, the NJ EPA makes it unlawful for an employer to pay different wages to employees of a “protected class” who perform “substantially similar” work to those employees not in a protected class.”. To learn more, read the entire article at: http://www.heyerlegal.com/new-jersey-equal-pay-act/