8. As an alternative to, or in addition to, any other sanctions provided by law for violation of this act, the commissioner is authorized to supervise the payment of amounts due to longshoremen under this act, and the waterfront employer may be required to make these payments to the commissioner to be held in a special account in trust for the longshoremen, and paid on order of the commissioner directly to the longshoreman or longshoremen affected. The waterfront employer shall also pay the commissioner an administrative fee equal to not less than 10 percent or more than 25 percent of any payment made to the commissioner pursuant to this section. The amount of the administrative fee shall be specified in a schedule of fees to be promulgated by rule or regulation of the commissioner in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). The fee shall be applied toward enforcement and administration costs of the Division of Workplace Standards in the Department of Labor.

L. 2021, c.336, s.8.