The state of New Jersey reached settlements with 22 staffing firms over allegations they operated as unregistered businesses in the state, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced on July 27.

Firms in the settlement must pay a total of $62,000 in civil penalties, ranging from $2,000 to $8,000 each.

“Firms doing business in New Jersey must comply with the laws in place to protect the public and ensure compliance with industry standards, and that begins with being properly registered,” Platkin said in a press release.

The state plans to continue investigating and taking action against unregistered firms, Cari Fais, acting director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, said in the release.

“Ensuring that employment and staffing services firms are properly registered is essential to the division’s efforts to enforce the laws that provide critical protections to workers,” Fais said.

The Staffing Industry Daily News has attempted to reach the firms for comment.

The 22 firms listed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office were Alliance Sourcing Network, in Wayne; Atria Consulting in Hamilton; Coda Staffing in Paramus; Expert Hiring in Bridgewater; Freedom Specialty Services in Westville; Haley Stuart Group in Montvale; Horizon America with locations in Vineland, Willingboro and Iselin; Hudson IT Consultancy in Hoboken; HW Staffing in Taunton, Massachusetts; Monroe Staffing Services LLC in Shelton, Connecticut; Nicsam Personnel in Clifton; Northeast Talent Solutions in Passaic and West New York; Professional Search Network in Parsippany; Renner Brown in Edison; Sharplink Staffing LLC with offices in Audobon and Vineland; Specialty Staffing in Mahwah; Staff Right Solutions in Paterson and Bound Brook; Stonehenge Resources LLC in Bedminster; Swipejobs in Plainfield and Somerset; Uniforce Staffing Solutions in Paramus; Warehouse Labor in Plainfield; and Workflex/MVP Staffing in Elizabeth, Trenton and Vineland as well as an office in Deerfield, Illinois.