34:15D-15. Employer responsibilities for workers' contributions
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4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, each employer shall: withhold in trust the amount of all workers' contributions from their wages at the time wages are paid, show the deduction on the payroll records, furnish the evidence thereof and permit any inspection of the records as prescribed by the commissioner, and transmit all workers' contributions and other contributions due from the employer pursuant to this act to the department in a manner and at the times that the commissioner prescribes.
Interest and any expense to the department of recovery may be assessed by the commissioner on payments not made within the prescribed due dates at the same rate as provided for pursuant to paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)of R.S.43:21-14. If any employer fails to deduct the contributions of any workers at the time their wages are paid, or fails to make a deduction therefor at the time wages are paid for the next succeeding payroll period, the employer shall be solely liable for those contributions.
L.1992,c.44,s.4.