Who needs an unemployment, disability and family leave accounts, new hire reporting and workers’ compensation in New Jersey?
Issued by New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development; New Jersey New Hire Reporting Center, at step 6 of 6 in the opening sequence: before the first hire.
Every kind of business in New Jersey
The New Jersey table lists this for every kind of business.
Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted. Report each new hire within 20 days.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 6 of 6: Before the first hire
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development; New Jersey New Hire Reporting Center.
Sources and dates
Department of Labor employer rate information (2026 wage bases); Division of Workers’ Compensation employer pages. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, and must be posted.
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development; New Jersey New Hire Reporting Center.
Step 6 of 6, before the first hire. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space, get the permits for your kind of business and alcohol permits.
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