NEWARK – In an important step forward for worker protections and immigrants’ rights in New Jersey, a Superior Court judge has denied the State’s motion to dismiss claims  that exclusions in wage and hour laws denying farmworkers equal wages and overtime protection are discriminatory and violate the state constitution's prohibition on special laws. The opinion, written by Presiding Judge Patrick J. Bartels of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court in Mercer County, is available here .  ...