New Jersey Employment Agency
Licensing requirements for New Jersey employment, staffing and talent agencies.
This page provides an overview of employment services licensing in New Jersey for individuals and agencies. You will find state requirements, application fees, filing instructions, and more. For assistance with licensing, please contact us to learn about our software and managed license services.
Companies that provide employment services in New Jersey must apply for a license prior to doing business. Depending on the services offered, businesses may need to apply for more than one license type, and in some cases, an individual license will be required as well.
Company Licenses
New Jersey Employment and Business Support Services Company Licenses
New Jersey Employee Leasing Company Group Registration
Initial Registration
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Agency Fee: | $500 per group member |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | $500 per group member |
Due: | Annually by January 31. |
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New Jersey Employee Leasing Company Limited Registration
Initial Registration
Form: | Employee Leasing Company Initial Registration of Client Companies |
Agency Fee: | $500 |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | Employee Leasing Company Annual Registration of Client Companies |
Agency Fee: | $500 |
Due: | Annually by January 31. |
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Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Payroll Tax Certification
Form: | Employee Leasing Company Quarterly Certification of Federal and State Payroll Taxes |
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter. |
New Jersey Employee Leasing Company Registration
Initial Registration
Form: | Employee Leasing Company Initial Registration of Client Companies |
Agency Fee: | $500 |
Required Attachments: |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | Employee Leasing Company Annual Registration of Client Companies |
Agency Fee: | $500 |
Due: | Annually by January 31. |
Required Attachments: |
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Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Payroll Tax Certification
Form: | Employee Leasing Company Quarterly Certification of Federal and State Payroll Taxes |
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter. |
New Jersey Employment Agency License
Agency: | New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs - Regulated Business Section |
Initial Registration
This section applies to firms that are applying for a license in New Jersey for the first time.
Form: | Contact the division for a form. |
Agency Fee: | $250 |
Registration Renewal
This section applies to firms that are already licensed in New Jersey and need to renew their license.
Form: | Contact the division for a form. |
Agency Fee: | $250 |
Due: | Annually |
Employee Leasing Company - Enter into leasing contracts with other businesses that require labor. The leasing company loans its workers to the lessee while still providing specified responsibilities, such as workers compensation insurance, to the employees. This includes long term (6 months or more) temporary arrangements but often excludes temporary help arrangements. Unlike professional employer organizations, employee leasing companies are contracted when an employer needs to hire staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Employment Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment for a person.
Professional Employer Organization - PEOs take on the human resources role for businesses and act as a co-employer in the sense that the client company's workers are administratively employees of the PEO but functionally these employees are controlled by the client company. Unlike employee leasing companies, PEOs are contracted when an employer already has staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Staffing Agency - An entity that procures temporary or part-time employment for a person who then works under the supervision of a worksite employer.
Talent Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment or placement for an artist. (Certain art forms are excluded)
American Staffing Association
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solution industry advocacy group.
National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
Education and training oriented association for personnel services providers.
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
(NAPEO)
Provides advocacy efforts, information, and other services to members of the employment
industry.