NJDOL says the stop-work orders cover a Flemington restaurant and two Jersey City urgent care employers, with wage assessments totaling more than $240,000 across 33 workers.
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development posted two worker-protection enforcement actions Friday, May 8, 2026, involving alleged wage, sick leave, recordkeeping and classification violations at a Flemington restaurant and two Jersey City urgent care employers. The stop-work orders affect 33 workers and include wage assessments totaling $240,535.63, plus fees and penalties, according to NJDOL.
In Flemington, NJDOL said investigators issued a stop-work order May 5 to Brunello Trattoria Restaurant & Bar, located at 300 Old Croton Road, after finding alleged violations involving minimum wage and overtime requirements, recordkeeping and posting rules, earned sick leave, employee misclassification, unpaid or late wages, and hindering an investigation. The department assessed $14,501.18 in back wages, $1,450.12 in fees, and $13,850 in penalties tied to 14 workers.
In Jersey City, NJDOL said it issued stop-work orders the same day to BP Immediate Medical Care PC, doing business as Chai Urgent Care, and Chai Urgent Care LLC, both listed at 555 West Side Avenue. For BP Immediate Medical Care PC, the department assessed $150,244.30 in unpaid wages, $15,024.43 in fees, and $25,650 in penalties for alleged violations affecting eight workers. For Chai Urgent Care LLC, the department assessed $75,790.15 in unpaid wages, $7,579.02 in fees, and $18,850 in penalties for alleged violations affecting 11 workers.
NJDOL described the Jersey City violations as including overtime pay issues, incomplete or missing records, earned sick leave violations, late payment of wages and, in the case of Chai Urgent Care LLC, employee misclassification. The department said the stop-work orders remain in effect until the assessed awards are paid and that affected employees must be paid during the shutdown period for up to 10 days.
The enforcement actions are part of NJDOL’s use of stop-work authority against employers accused of violating state wage, benefit or tax laws. The department’s releases say it has issued more than 220 stop-work orders since those powers were expanded in July 2019.