New Jersey legal term
Employee in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Employee” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New Jersey criminal code.
What does “Employee” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Employee" means any person who provides customer assistance, store management, visual merchandising, loss prevention or security services, whether in uniform or in plain clothes, or who acts as a cashier, salesperson, or team associate or otherwise interacts with customers for or on behalf of the store or other retail mercantile establishment; or (6) Causes bodily injury to another person while fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer in violation of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:29-2 or while operating a motor vehicle in violation of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:20-10. (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Criminal mischief
- Hazing
- Impersonating a public servant or law enforcement officer
- Shoplifting
- Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly
- Crime of corruption of public resources; grading
- Employer requiring lie detector test
- Motor vehicle master keys
- Obscenity for persons under 18
- Providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense
- Retailer's written warnings; wholesaler's warning; violation, penalty
- Second degree crime
Related terms in the same statutes
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