N.J. Stat. § 43:15C-14 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-14
Amount of disability benefits; "Defined Contribution Retirement Program Disability Premium Fund."
Status: in_force

14. The disability benefit provided under a group policy or policies shall be in an amount equal to 60% of the participant's base monthly salary, reduced by periodic benefits to which the participant may be entitled during the period of total disability. For a member who is a participant pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-2) as amended by section 12 of P.L.2007, c.103 and section 7 of P.L.2010, c.1, base monthly salary for this disability benefit shall mean the base or contractual salary upon which contributions were made to the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, Police and Firemen's Retirement System, State Police Retirement System, or the Public Employees' Retirement System and to this program. The periodic benefit by which the monthly disability benefit may be reduced shall include salary or wages, retirement benefits or benefits from any source for which the State or other public employer has paid any part of the cost or made payroll deductions, Social Security disability or other benefits, including dependents' benefits, and benefits paid by Social Security at the option of the participant before the age of 65, but not including any increase in Social Security benefits enacted after the disability benefit under such group policy or policies has commenced, and any other periodic benefits provided by law except on account of military service. When a participant begins to receive a disability benefit under such group policy or policies, the insurance company shall pay an amount equal to the employee contribution which would have been required of the participant and deducted from the participant's base salary in order to meet the participant's obligation for the program. Such amount shall be paid by the insurance company without reduction by any other periodic benefit which the participant is eligible to receive. Such amount shall be paid by the insurance company to the insurer or insurers for the participant's retirement annuity. Premiums for such disability coverage shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called the "Defined Contribution Retirement Program Disability Premium Fund." The State Treasurer shall estimate annually the amount that will be required for premiums for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts that shall be applied to the total State and other employer contributions due on behalf of the participants in the retirement program from the State and other employers, depositing such amounts in the premium fund. Additionally, employers will pay their share of the administrative costs of the program. The intervals for all payments and the allocation of administrative costs shall be determined by the Division of Pensions and Benefits including due dates and penalties for noncompliance. L.2007, c.92, s.14; amended 2007, c.103, s.16; 2010, c.1, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.16c — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.16c
Amount payable by city
Status: in_force

Upon approval of an application for the purchase of prior service credit pursuant to this act and calculation of the amount due the fund from the member therefor, the pension commission shall notify the financial officer of the city that a like amount is payable by the city. The financial officer of the city shall include such amounts in his budget requests for inclusion in the annual appropriations by the governing body as the city's contribution to the retirement system. L.1963, c. 151, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-23 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-23
Investment options.
Status: in_force

11. a. The board may establish any or all of the following investment options: (1) a capital preservation fund, which prioritizes the security of the deposit over the rate of return. If the board elects to establish a capital preservation fund, the board may provide that the first $1,000 in contributions made by, or on behalf of, an enrollee shall be deposited into the capital preservation fund and the board may provide for an account revocation period during which, if the enrollee chooses to end participation in the program, the enrollee may withdraw the deposited amounts from the capital preservation fund without penalty; or (2) a life-cycle fund; or (3) any other investment option deemed appropriate by the board. b. The board shall designate by rule or regulation one of the investment options as the default investment option for enrollees who fail to elect an investment option and may, from time to time, amend, modify or repeal such investment options as it deems necessary or proper, and may subsequently select, by rule or regulation, a different investment option as the default investment option. L.2019, c.56, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.16d — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.16d
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The pension commission may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. L.1963, c. 151, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-16.1
Options for payment of survivor benefits in Judicial Retirement System
Status: in_force

1. At the time of retirement, a member of the Judicial Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-1 et seq.), shall receive benefits in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or the member may, on retirement, elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance, in a lesser retirement allowance payable throughout life, with the provision that: Option 1. If the member dies before the member has received in payments the present value of the retirement allowance as it was at the time of retirement, the balance shall be paid to a legal representative or to such person as the member shall nominate by written designation acknowledged and filed with the retirement system, either in a lump sum or by equal payments over a period of years at the option of the payee. If the member shall have designated a natural person as the payee, the payee may elect to receive such payments in the form of a life annuity. Option 2. Upon the member's death, the member's retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as the member shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement system at the time of retirement. Option 3. Upon the member's death, one-half of the member's retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as the member shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement system at the time of retirement. Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to whomever the member nominates, if such other benefit or benefits, together with the lesser retirement allowance, shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value. In no case, however, shall the lesser retirement allowance be smaller than that provided under Option 2. Option 5. Some other benefit, which is equivalent to the full amount, three-quarters, one-half or one-quarter of the member's retirement allowance, shall be paid to whomever the member nominates and if that nominee dies before the member, the member's retirement allowance shall increase to the maximum retirement allowance for the member's lifetime, provided that such other benefit together with the member's lesser and maximum retirement allowances shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value. If the total amount of benefits paid to a retirant who does not elect to receive benefits in the form of an optional settlement, or to the retirant and the designated beneficiary in the case of a retirant who does so elect, before the death of the retirant or the retirant and the beneficiary is less than the deductions accumulated in the retirant's account at the time of retirement, including regular interest, the balance shall be paid in one lump sum to the retirant's designated beneficiary or estate in the manner provided in section 16 of P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-16). Except in the case of members who have elected to receive (1) a deferred retirement allowance pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-11) or (2) early retirement allowances pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-10) after separation from service pursuant to section 11, if a member dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of approval by the State House Commission, whichever is later, the member's retirement allowance shall not become effective and the member shall be considered an active member at the time of death. However, if the member dies after the date the application for retirement was filed with the system, the retirement shall become effective if: a. The deceased member had designated a beneficiary under an optional settlement provided by this section; and b. The surviving beneficiary requests in writing that the State House Commission make such a selection. Upon formal action by the commission approving that request, the request shall be irrevocable. The commission may select an Option 3 settlement, on behalf of the beneficiary of a member who applied for and was eligible for retirement but who died prior to the effective date of the retirement allowance, if all of the above conditions, with the exception of a., are met. Nothing in this act, P.L.2002, c.54 (C.43:6A-16.1 et al.), shall affect the payment of the survivor benefits under section 18 of P.L.1973, c. (C.43:6A-18). L.2002,c.54,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-73 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-73
Eligible employees of certain governmental entities, enrollment in Public Employees' Retirement System.
Status: in_force

73. a. (1) The Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized and directed to enroll eligible employees of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Interstate Environmental Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. In the case of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the eligible employees shall be only those who are employed on the free bridges across the Delaware river, under the control of said commission, or who are members of the retirement system at the time they begin employment with the commission. The said employees shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system as State employees. (2) In addition to those agencies named in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized and directed to enroll an eligible officer or employee, excluding a police officer or firefighter, of a bi-state or multi-state agency established pursuant to an interstate compact to which this State is a party, if the officer or employee is a resident of this State at the time of appointment or employment with the agency and the governing body of the agency has adopted a resolution, and filed a certified copy of the resolution with the board of the retirement system, that permits such an officer or employee to enroll. The enrollment shall be at the option of the officer or employee so permitted. A filed resolution shall define each category of officer or employee who may enroll in the retirement system, and the resolution may apply to those officers or employees initially appointed or employed on or after January 1, 2002. The resolution shall be in a form prescribed by the Division of Pensions and Benefits. The election by an officer or employee to enroll in the retirement system shall be made within 90 days of the date of eligibility. Once enrolled, the officer or employee shall remain a member of the retirement system during the period of continuous service with the agency. The officer or employee shall not be enrolled simultaneously in more than one retirement system based on the same service with the agency. An enrolled officer or employee who was appointed or employed on or after January 1, 2002 shall receive credit for service with the agency rendered prior to enrollment if there is paid into the appropriate fund of the retirement system at the time of enrollment, either by the agency or by the officer or employee, the full purchase amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary, as being applicable to the officer's or employee's age at the time of purchase, to the officer's or employee's salary at the time of purchase or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions were made during any prior fiscal year of membership in the retirement system, whichever is greater. An officer or employee who was a member of the retirement system on the date continuous service with the agency began and who has not withdrawn the employee contributions from the system, shall participate in the retirement system under the former membership. A bi-state or multi-state agency that files a resolution pursuant to this paragraph shall for all purposes of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.) be deemed an employer, and its eligible employees, both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of P.L.1952, c.215 (C.43:3A-1 et seq.), P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.), P.L.1968, c.23 (C.43:3C-1 et seq.), P.L.1981, c.213 (C.43:3C-4 and 43:3C-5), P.L.1986, c.188 (C.43:3C-9), and P.L.1997, c.113 (C.43:3C-9.1 et seq.), as are applicable to State employees. As a condition, the agency shall consent to participation in the New Jersey agreement with the Social Security Administration. b. The State University of New Jersey, as an instrumentality of the State, shall, for all purposes of this act, be deemed an employer and its eligible employees, both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes as are applicable to State employees and for all purposes of this act employment by the State University of New Jersey after April 16, 1945, and for the purposes of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes any new employment after January 1, 1955, shall be deemed to be and shall be construed as service to and employment by the State of New Jersey. c. The Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, created and established pursuant to the provisions of R.S.34:15-89, shall, for all purposes of this act, be deemed an employer and its eligible employees, both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes as both are applicable to State employees. The retirement system shall certify to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall direct the Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau to provide the necessary payments to the retirement system in accordance with procedures established by the retirement system. Such payments shall include (1) the contributions and charges, similar to those paid by other public agency employers, to be paid by the Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau to the retirement system on behalf of its employee members, and (2) the contributions to be paid by the Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau to provide the past service credits up to June 30, 1965 for these members, both veterans and nonveterans, who enroll before July 1, 1966. d. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, created and established pursuant to the "New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Law," P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.) shall for all purposes of this act, be deemed an employer and its eligible employees both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes as are applicable to State employees. (1) Eligible employees as used herein shall not include persons who are not classified as salaried, or who are compensated on an hourly or per diem basis, or whose employment is normally covered by other retirement systems to which the authority makes contributions. (2) Eligible employees previously permitted to enroll in the retirement system shall redeposit the contributions previously made by them and all service credit shall then be restored and future contributions made at the date of contribution as originally assigned. The authority shall redeposit the employer payments it had made, with interest to the date of redeposit. e. The New Jersey Transit Corporation created and established pursuant to the "New Jersey Public Transportation Act of 1979," P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-1 et seq.) shall for all purposes of this act, be deemed an employer and its eligible employees both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes as are applicable to State employees. Eligible employees as used herein means only those individuals who are members of the Public Employees' Retirement System or any other State-administered retirement system immediately prior to their initial employment by the corporation. f. (1) The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, created and established pursuant to P.L.1984, c.218 (C.5:12-153 et seq.), the New Jersey Urban Development Corporation, created and established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.227 (C.55:19-1 et seq.), the New Jersey Development Authority for Small Businesses, Minorities and Women's Enterprises, created and established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.386 (C.34:1B-47 et seq.), and the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission, created and established pursuant to P.L.1987, c.370 (C.26:2-148 et seq.) shall each, for all purposes of this act, be deemed an employer and eligible authority, corporation, or commission. Employees, both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes as are applicable to State employees. (2) The current or former employees of the authorities, the corporation, and the commission may purchase credit for all service with the authority, corporation, or commission rendered prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.), if that service would otherwise be eligible for credit in the retirement system. This purchase shall be made in the same manner and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by section 8 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-8). The authority, corporation, or commission shall pay the unfunded liability as determined by the actuary for prior service purchased by its employees in accordance with a schedule approved by the actuary. This obligation of the authority, corporation, or commission shall be known as the accrued liability for prior service credit. (3) For any employee of the authorities or of the corporation or commission who is in service with the authority, corporation, or commission on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.), the age of enrollment for the purposes of the member contribution rate under section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25) shall be the age of the employee on the date the continuous service with the authority began. Any employee who was a member of the retirement system on the date continuous service with the authority, corporation, or commission began but whose membership expired before the effective date of participation by the authority, corporation, or commission in the retirement system, and who has not withdrawn the employee contributions from the system, shall participate in the retirement system under the former membership and shall contribute to the system at the rate applicable to the former membership. g. A subsidiary corporation or other corporation established by the Delaware River Port Authority pursuant to subdivision (m) of Article I of the compact creating the authority (R.S.32:3-2), as defined in section 3 of P.L.1997, c.150 (C.34:1B-146), shall, for all purposes of this act, be deemed an employer and its eligible employees, both veterans and nonveterans, shall be subject to the same membership, contribution and benefit provisions of the retirement system and to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes as are applicable to State employees. Employees of the subsidiary or other corporation eligible for participation in the retirement system under this subsection shall include only persons who are employees of the South Jersey Port Corporation on the effective date of P.L.1997, c.150 (C.34:1B-144 et al.) and are re-employed by the subsidiary or other corporation within 365 days of the effective date. L.1954, c.84, s.73; amended 1954, c.244, s.12; 1955, c.261, s.19; 1963, c.19, s.1; 1965, c.16, s.1; 1971, c.213, s.33; 1978, c.106; 1979, c.150, s.26; 1988, c.186, s.1; 1990, c.25, s.1; 1997, c.150, s.24; 2000, c.6, s.17; 2003, c.263, s.1; 2007, c.39, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.42 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.42
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act "retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the retirement system established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment, is receiving a pension from the retirement system. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. "Retirement year" is the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired before the calendar year 1968; for all retirants who retired after 1967, "retirement year" is the actual calendar year of retirement. "Index" shall mean the annual average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1957-1959=100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods. "Retirement year index" shall be the index of the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired prior to January 1, 1968 and the index for the calendar year of retirement for all retirants who retired thereafter. L.1971, c. 277, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-155 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-155
Definitions relative to Prosecutors Part in PERS
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act, P.L.2001, c.366 (C.43:15A-155 et seq.): "Service" includes service as (1) a county prosecutor, first assistant prosecutor or assistant prosecutor as defined in N.J.S.2A:158-1 et seq.; (2) the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety; (3) an assistant director, deputy director, assistant attorney general or deputy attorney general in that department and assigned to that division pursuant to P.L.1970, c.74 (C.52:17B-97 et seq.); or (4) a criminal investigator in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety who is not eligible for enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.). "Beneficiary" means any person entitled to receive any benefit pursuant to the provisions of this act by reason of the death of a prosecutor or retirant. "Final compensation"means the annual salary received by the member of the Prosecutors Part at the time of retirement or death. "Retirant" means any former member of the Prosecutors Part receiving a pension or retirement allowance as provided by this act. "Prosecutor" means (1) a county prosecutor, first assistant prosecutor or assistant prosecutor as defined in N.J.S.2A:158-1 et seq.; (2) the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety; (3) an assistant director, deputy director, assistant attorney general or deputy attorney general in that department and assigned to that division pursuant to P.L.1970, c.74 (C.52:17B-97 et seq.); or (4) a criminal investigator in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety who is not eligible for enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System. L.2001,c.366,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-24.28 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-24.28
Charging of employer's account for emergency unemployment benefits
Status: in_force

9. No employer's account shall be charged for emergency unemployment benefits paid to an unemployed individual pursuant to sections 7 through 11 of P.L.2002, c.13 (C.43:21-24.26 through C.43:21-24.30), except for the account of an out-of-State employer who is liable for charges under the Combined Wage Program. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve employers electing to make payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section 3 or 4 of P.L.1971, c.346 (C.43:21-7.2 or C.43:21-7.3) from reimbursing the unemployment benefits paid to an unemployed individual pursuant to sections 7 through 11 of P.L.2002, c.13 (C.43:21-24.26 through C.43:21-24.30). Emergency unemployment benefits paid to federal civilian employees shall be charged to the appropriate federal account. Emergency unemployment benefits paid to ex-service persons shall be charged to the General Fund. L.2002,c.13,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8
Examinations of employee of first-class city after retirement
Status: in_force

An employee of a city of the first class who is retired because of permanent disability received in the performance of his duty, or because of permanent injury or disease, as provided by section 43:13-7 of this title, shall submit himself twice a year, at times to be selected by the pension commission, for a physical examination by a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician designated by the commission. This surgeon or physician shall report back to the commission the physical condition of such employee and whether he continues to be permanently disabled or suffering from permanent injury or disease so as to be entitled to the benefits of this article. If the surgeon or physician reports that the employee's condition has improved so that he is no longer permanently disabled or suffering from permanent injury or disease so as to entitle him to the benefits of this article, the commission may suspend the payment of the pension paid to such employee and order his return to duty, but only after an opportunity is given such employee to be represented by counsel at a hearing on the action of the commission, which hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as where application is made by a municipal employee for retirement because of permanent injury or disease, as provided by said section 43:13-7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.15k — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.15k
Waiver; withdrawal
Status: in_force

Any person who is eligible to receive the increased pension under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the secretary of the retirement system. The application for the waiver of all or part of the increase shall be made by the retirant at least 30 days prior to the desired effective date on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective on the first day of the following month. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the increase in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month. L.1971, c. 102, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-6
Definitions.
Status: in_force

6. As used in this act: a. "Accumulated deductions" means the sum of all the amounts, deducted from the compensation of a member or contributed by or on behalf of the member, standing to the credit of the member's individual account in the annuity savings fund. b. "Annuity" means payments for life derived from the accumulated deductions of a member as provided in this act. c. "Annuity reserve" means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any annuity or benefit in lieu of an annuity, granted under the provisions of this act, computed on the basis of such mortality tables recommended by the actuary as the board of trustees adopts, with regular interest. d. "Beneficiary" means any person receiving a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided in this act. e. "Child" means a deceased member's unmarried child either (1) under the age of 18 or (2) of any age who, at the time of the member's death, is disabled because of an intellectual disability or physical incapacity, is unable to do any substantial, gainful work because of the impairment and the impairment has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as affirmed by the medical board. f. "Parent" shall mean the parent of a member who was receiving at least 1/2 of the parent's support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member's death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member's death. The dependency of such a parent will be considered terminated by marriage of the parent subsequent to the death of the member. g. (1) "Widower," for employees of the State, means the man to whom a member was married, or a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3), at least five years before the date of her death and to whom she continued to be married or a domestic partner until the date of her death and who was receiving at least 1/2 of his support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member's death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member's death. The dependency of such a widower will be considered terminated by marriage of, or establishment of a domestic partnership by, the widower subsequent to the death of the member. In the event of the payment of an accidental death benefit, the five-year qualification shall be waived. (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, "widower," for employees of public employers other than the State, means the man to whom a member was married at least five years before the date of her death and to whom she continued to be married until the date of her death and who was receiving at least 1/2 of his support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member's death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member's death. The dependency of such a widower shall be considered terminated by marriage of the widower subsequent to the death of the member. In the event of the payment of an accidental death benefit, the five-year qualification shall be waived. (3) A public employer other than the State may adopt a resolution providing that the term "widower" as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall include domestic partners as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection. h. (1) "Final compensation" means the average annual compensation for which contributions are made for the three years of creditable service in New Jersey immediately preceding the member's retirement or death, or it shall mean the average annual compensation for New Jersey service for which contributions are made during any three fiscal years of his or her membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member or the member's beneficiary. (2) In the case of a person who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, "final compensation" means the average annual compensation for which contributions are made for the five years of creditable service in New Jersey immediately preceding the member's retirement or death, or it shall mean the average annual compensation for New Jersey service for which contributions are made during any five fiscal years of his or her membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member or the member's beneficiary. i. "Fiscal year" means any year commencing with July 1 and ending with June 30 next following. j. "Medical board" shall mean the board of physicians provided for in section 17 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-17). k. "Pension" means payments for life derived from appropriations made by the employer as provided in this act. l. "Pension reserve" means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any pension or benefit in lieu of a pension granted under the provisions of this act, computed on the basis of such mortality tables recommended by the actuary as the board of trustees adopts, with regular interest. m. "Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey," hereinafter referred to as the "retirement system" or "system," is the corporate name of the arrangement for the payment of retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this act including the several funds placed under said system. By that name all of its business shall be transacted, its funds invested, warrants for money drawn, and payments made and all of its cash and securities and other property held. n. "Regular interest" shall mean interest as determined by the State Treasurer, after consultation with the Directors of the Divisions of Investment and Pensions, the board of trustees and the actuary. It shall bear a reasonable relationship to the percentage rate of earnings on investments based on the market value of the assets but shall not exceed the assumed percentage rate of increase applied to salaries plus 3%, provided however that the board of trustees shall not set the average percentage rate of increase applied to salaries below 6%. o. "Retirement allowance" means the pension plus the annuity. p. "Veteran" means any honorably discharged officer, soldier, sailor, airman, marine or nurse who served in any Army, Air Force or Navy of the Allies of the United States in World War I, between July 14, 1914, and November 11, 1918, or who served in any Army, Air Force or Navy of the Allies of the United States in World War II, between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945, and who was inducted into such service through voluntary enlistment, and was a citizen of the United States at the time of such enlistment, and who did not, during or by reason of such service, renounce or lose United States citizenship, and any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse or army field clerk, who has served in the active military or naval service of the United States and has or shall be discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, in any of the following wars, uprisings, insurrections, expeditions, or emergencies, and who has presented to the retirement system evidence of such record of service in form and content satisfactory to said retirement system: (1) The Indian wars and uprisings during any of the periods recognized by the War Department of the United States as periods of active hostility; (2) The Spanish-American War between April 20, 1898, and April 11, 1899; (3) The Philippine insurrections and expeditions during the periods recognized by the War Department of the United States as of active hostility from February 4, 1899, to the end of 1913; (4) The Peking relief expedition between June 20, 1900, and May 27, 1902; (5) The army of Cuban occupation between July 18, 1898, and May 20, 1902; (6) The army of Cuban pacification between October 6, 1906, and April 1, 1909; (7) The Mexican punitive expedition between March 14, 1916, and February 7, 1917; (8) The Mexican border patrol, having actually participated in engagements against Mexicans between April 12, 1911, and June 16, 1919; (9) World War I, between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918; (10) World War II, between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946, who shall have served at least 90 days in such active service, exclusive of any period of assignment (1) for a course of education or training under the Army Specialized Training Program or the Navy College Training Program which course was a continuation of a civilian course and was pursued to completion, or (2) as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies any part of which 90 days was served between said dates; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 90-day service as herein provided; (11) Korean conflict on or after June 23, 1950, and on or prior to January 31, 1955, who shall have served at least 90 days in such active service, exclusive of any period of assignment (1) for a course of education or training under the Army Specialized Training Program or the Navy College Training Program which course was a continuation of a civilian course and was pursued to completion, or (2) as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies, any part of which 90 days was served between said dates; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 90-day service as herein provided; and provided further, that any member classed as a veteran pursuant to this paragraph prior to August 1, 1966, shall continue to be classed as a veteran whether or not that person completed the 90-day service between said dates as herein provided; (12) Lebanon crisis, on or after July 1, 1958, who has served in Lebanon or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before November 1, 1958 or the date of termination of that conflict, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (13) Vietnam conflict on or after December 31, 1960, and on or prior to May 7, 1975, who shall have served at least 90 days in such active service, exclusive of any period of assignment (1) for a course of education or training under the Army Specialized Training Program or the Navy College Training Program which course was a continuation of a civilian course and was pursued to completion, or (2) as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies, any part of which 90 days was served between said dates; and exclusive of any service performed pursuant to the provisions of section 511(d) of Title 10, United States Code, pursuant to an enlistment in the Army National Guard or as a reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 90 days' service as herein provided; (14) Lebanon peacekeeping mission, on or after September 26, 1982, who has served in Lebanon or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before December 1, 1987 or the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (15) Grenada peacekeeping mission, on or after October 23, 1983, who has served in Grenada or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before November 21, 1983 or the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (16) Panama peacekeeping mission, on or after December 20, 1989 or the date of inception of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of inception is earliest, who has served in Panama or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before January 31, 1990 or the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (17) Operation "Desert Shield/Desert Storm" mission in the Arabian peninsula and the Persian Gulf, on or after August 2, 1990 or the date of inception of that operation, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of inception is earliest, who has served in the Arabian peninsula or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the Persian Gulf for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (18) Operation Northern Watch and Operation Southern Watch, on or after August 27, 1992, or the date of inception of that operation, as proclaimed by the President of the United States, Congress or United States Secretary of Defense, whichever date of inception is earliest, who served in the theater of operation, including in the Arabian peninsula and the Persian Gulf, and in direct support of that operation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service, commencing on or before the date of termination of that operation, as proclaimed by the President of the United States, Congress or United States Secretary of Defense, whichever date of termination is the latest; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability while engaged in such service shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (19) Operation "Restore Hope" in Somalia, on or after December 5, 1992, or the date of inception of that operation as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date is earliest, who has served in Somalia or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service commencing on or before March 31, 1994; provided that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14-day service as herein provided; (20) Operations "Joint Endeavor" and "Joint Guard" in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on or after November 20, 1995, who served in such active service in direct support of one or both of the operations for at least 14 days, continuously or in the aggregate, commencing on or before June 20, 1998 and (1) was deployed in that nation or in another area in the region, or (2) was on board a United States naval vessel operating in the Adriatic Sea, or (3) operated in airspace above the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; provided that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person completed the 14-day service requirement; (21) Operation "Enduring Freedom", on or after September 11, 2001, who served in a theater of operation and in direct support of that operation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service commencing on or before the date the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of Defense designates as the termination date of that operation; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability while engaged in such service shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; and (22) Operation "Iraqi Freedom", on or after the date the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of Defense designates as the inception date of that operation, who served in Iraq or in another area in the region in direct support of that operation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service commencing on or before the date the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of Defense designates as the termination date of that operation; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability while engaged in such service shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided. "Veteran" also means any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits. q. (1) "Widow," for employees of the State, means the woman to whom a member was married, or a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3), at least five years before the date of his death and to whom he continued to be married or a domestic partner until the date of his death and who was receiving at least 1/2 of her support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member's death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member's death. The dependency of such a widow will be considered terminated by the marriage of, or establishment of a domestic partnership by, the widow subsequent to the member's death. In the event of the payment of an accidental death benefit, the five-year qualification shall be waived. (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, "widow," for employees of public employers other than the State, means the woman to whom a member was married at least five years before the date of his death and to whom he continued to be married until the date of his death and who was receiving at least 1/2 of her support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member's death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member's death. The dependency of such a widow shall be considered terminated by the marriage of the widow subsequent to the member's death. In the event of the payment of an accidental death benefit, the five-year qualification shall be waived. (3) A public employer other than the State may adopt a resolution providing that the term "widow" as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall include domestic partners as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection. r. (1) "Compensation" means the base or contractual salary, for services as an employee, which is in accordance with established salary policies of the member's employer for all employees in the same position but shall not include individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily in anticipation of the member's retirement or additional remuneration for performing temporary or extracurricular duties beyond the regular workday or the regular work year. (2) In the case of a person who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007, "compensation" means the amount of base or contractual salary equivalent to the annual maximum wage contribution base for Social Security, pursuant to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, for services as an employee, which is in accordance with established salary policies of the member's employer for all employees in the same position but shall not include individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily in anticipation of the member's retirement or additional remuneration for performing temporary or extracurricular duties beyond the regular workday or the regular work year. This paragraph shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment in the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007 transfers service credit from another State-administered retirement system pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-14), but shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007 pursuant to section 27 of P.L.1966, c.217 (C.43:15A-57.2) after becoming employed again in a position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement system. In cases where salary includes maintenance, the retirement system shall fix the value of that part of the salary not paid in money which shall be considered under this act. For the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, "contractual salary" for State employees shall include across the board negotiated wage increases under a collective negotiations agreement that were payable to all State employees covered by that agreement notwithstanding that, by amendment to that collective negotiations agreement, the effective date of the contractual increase has been deferred. For the purpose of this paragraph, "State employee" means an employee in the Executive Branch or the Judicial Branch of State government of New Jersey or an employee of the State University authorized to participate in the system under subsection b. of section 73 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-73), but shall not include employees of agencies authorized to participate in the system under subsections a., c., d., e., f., and g. of section 73 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-73) or under P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.). For the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, "contractual salary" for county and municipal employees shall include across the board negotiated wage increases under a collective negotiations agreement that were payable to all county or all municipal employees covered by that agreement notwithstanding that, by amendment to that collective negotiations agreement which has been filed with the Division of Pensions and Benefits, the effective date of the contractual increase has been deferred. For the purpose of this paragraph, "county and municipal employees" means all persons employed by a county or municipality in this State. L.1954, c.84, s.6; amended 1966, c.217, s.1; 1970, c.57, s.1; 1971, c.119, s.3; 1971, c.213, s.1; 1972, c.166, s.3; 1991, c.389, s.29; 1991, c.390, s.4; 1992, c.41, s.12; 1992, c.125, s.7; 1995, c.406, s.3; 2001, c.127, s.3; 2001, c.128, s.2; 2003, c.197, s.3; 2003, c.246, s.42; 2005, c.64, s.3; 2007, c.103, s.10; 2009, c.85, s.1; 2009, c.338; 2010, c.1, s.21; 2010, c.50, s.71.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8A-24 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-24
Other laws inapplicable to members or beneficiaries of pension fund
Status: in_force

No other provision of law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the State of New Jersey or of any county, municipality, school district, or any other political subdivision of the State for pensions, retirement, or death benefits for State law enforcement officers, their widows, or other dependents, shall apply to members, or beneficiaries of the pension fund established by this act, their widows or other dependents. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2143, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-41 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-41
Entitlement for disability benefits.
Status: in_force

17. (a) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1975, c.355.) (b) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2001, c.17). (c) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2001, c.17). (d) (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2008, c.17). (2) With respect to periods of disability commencing on or after January 1, 2001 and before the effective date of P.L.2019, c.37 (C.43:21-45.2 et al.), no individual shall be entitled to benefits under this act unless the individual has, within the 52 calendar weeks preceding the week in which the individual's period of disability commenced, established at least 20 base weeks or earned not less than 1,000 times the minimum wage in effect pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a4) on October 1 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the disability commences, which amount shall be adjusted to the next higher multiple of $100.00, if not already a multiple thereof. (3) With respect to periods of disability commencing on or after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.37 (C.43:21-45.2 et al.), no individual shall be entitled to benefits under this act unless the individual has, within the base year preceding the week in which the individual's period of disability commenced, or within the base year preceding the week in which the individual submits a claim for benefits pursuant to subsection h. of section 10 of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1) or paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of section 25 of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-49), established at least 20 base weeks or earned not less than 1,000 times the minimum wage in effect pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a4) on October 1 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the disability commences, which amount shall be adjusted to the next higher multiple of $100.00, if not already a multiple thereof. If an individual who submits a claim for benefits pursuant to subsection h. of section 10 of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1) or paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of section 25 of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-49) did not establish enough base weeks or have enough total earnings during the base year preceding the week the individual submits the claim, the division shall notify the individual that the individual may file the claim again upon or after the commencement of the period of disability or family temporary disability leave and the division shall then reconsider the individual's eligibility for benefits based on the base year preceding the week in which the period of disability or family temporary disability leave commences. (e) With respect to a period of family temporary disability leave for an individual who has a period of family temporary disability immediately after the individual has a period of disability for the individual's own disability, the period of disability is deemed, for the purposes of specifying the time of the 52-week period or base year in which base weeks or earnings are required to be established for benefit eligibility pursuant to this subsection (e), to have commenced at the beginning of the period of disability for the individual's own disability, not the period of family temporary disability. L.1948, c.110, s.17; amended 1950, c.173, s.5; 1952, c.188, s.5; 1975, c.355; 1984, c.104, s.4; 2001, c.17, s.4; 2008, c.17, s.7; 2018, c.128, s.3; 2019, c.37, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-5
Disqualification for benefits.
Status: in_force

43:21-5. An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: (a) For the week in which the individual has left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to such work, and for each week thereafter until the individual becomes reemployed and works eight weeks in employment, which may include employment for the federal government, and has earned in employment at least ten times the individual's weekly benefit rate, as determined in each case. This subsection shall apply to any individual seeking unemployment benefits on the basis of employment in the production and harvesting of agricultural crops, including any individual who was employed in the production and harvesting of agricultural crops on a contract basis and who has refused an offer of continuing work with that employer following the completion of the minimum period of work required to fulfill the contract. This subsection shall not apply to an individual who voluntarily leaves work with one employer to accept from another employer employment which commences not more than seven days after the individual leaves employment with the first employer, if the employment with the second employer has weekly hours or pay not less than the hours or pay of the employment of the first employer, except that if the individual gives notice to the first employer that the individual will leave employment on a specified date and the first employer terminates the individual before that date, the seven-day period will commence from the specified date. (b) For the week in which the individual has been suspended or discharged for misconduct connected with the work, and for the five weeks which immediately follow that week, as determined in each case. "Misconduct" means conduct which is improper, intentional, connected with the individual's work, within the individual's control, not a good faith error of judgment or discretion, and is either a deliberate refusal, without good cause, to comply with the employer's lawful and reasonable rules made known to the employee or a deliberate disregard of standards of behavior the employer has a reasonable right to expect, including reasonable safety standards and reasonable standards for a workplace free of drug and substance use. In the event the discharge should be rescinded by the employer voluntarily or as a result of mediation or arbitration, this subsection (b) shall not apply, provided, however, an individual who is restored to employment with back pay shall return any benefits received under this chapter for any week of unemployment for which the individual is subsequently compensated by the employer. If the discharge was for gross misconduct connected with the work because of the commission of an act punishable as a crime of the first, second, third or fourth degree under the "New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice," N.J.S.2C:1-1 et seq., the individual shall be disqualified in accordance with the disqualification prescribed in subsection (a) of this section and no benefit rights shall accrue to any individual based upon wages from that employer for services rendered prior to the day upon which the individual was discharged. The director shall ensure that any appeal of a determination holding the individual disqualified for gross misconduct in connection with the work shall be expeditiously processed by the appeal tribunal. To sustain disqualification from benefits because of misconduct under this subsection (b), the burden of proof is upon the employer, who shall, prior to a determination by the department of misconduct, provide written documentation demonstrating that the employee's actions constitute misconduct or gross misconduct. Nothing within this subsection (b) shall be construed to interfere with the exercise of rights protected under the "National Labor Relations Act," (29 U.S.C. s.151 et seq.) or the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.). (c) If it is found that the individual has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed by the employment office or the director or to accept suitable work when it is offered, or to return to the individual's customary self-employment (if any) when so directed by the director. The disqualification shall continue for the week in which the failure occurred and for the three weeks which immediately follow that week, as determined: (1) In determining whether or not any work is suitable for an individual, consideration shall be given to the degree of risk involved to health, safety, and morals, the individual's physical fitness and prior training, experience and prior earnings, the individual's length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the individual's customary occupation, and the distance of the available work from the individual's residence. In the case of work in the production and harvesting of agricultural crops, the work shall be deemed to be suitable without regard to the distance of the available work from the individual's residence if all costs of transportation are provided to the individual and the terms and conditions of hire are as favorable or more favorable to the individual as the terms and conditions of the individual's base year employment. (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no work shall be deemed suitable and benefits shall not be denied under this chapter to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions: the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; the remuneration, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; or, the individual, as a condition of being employed, would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization. (d) If it is found that this unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, except as otherwise provided by this subsection (d). (1) No disqualification under this subsection (d) shall apply if it is shown that: (i) The individual is not participating in or financing or directly interested in the labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work; and (ii) The individual does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the stoppage, there were members employed at the premises at which the stoppage occurs, any of whom are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute; provided that if in any case in which subparagraphs (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (1) applies, separate branches of work which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in separate premises are conducted in separate departments of the same premises, each department shall, for the purpose of this subsection, be deemed to be a separate factory, establishment, or other premises. (2) For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on or after December 1, 2004 due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, no disqualification under this subsection (d) shall apply if it is shown that the individual has been prevented from working by the employer, even though the individual's recognized or certified majority representative has directed the employees in the individual's collective bargaining unit to work under the preexisting terms and conditions of employment, and, if the period of unemployment commenced before January 1, 2022, the employees had not engaged in a strike immediately before being prevented from working, or if the a period of unemployment commenced on or after January 1, 2022, whether or not the employees had engaged in a strike immediately before being prevented from working. (3) For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on or after July 1, 2018 due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, no disqualification under this subsection (d) shall apply if an issue in the labor dispute is a failure or refusal of the employer to comply with an agreement or contract between the employer and the claimant, including a collective bargaining agreement with a union representing the claimant, or a failure or refusal to comply with a State or federal law pertaining to hours, wages, or other conditions of work. (4) For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on or after July 1, 2018 and before January 1, 2022, if the unemployment is caused by a labor dispute, including a strike or other concerted activities of employees at the claimant's workplace, whether or not authorized or sanctioned by a union representing the claimant, but not including a dispute subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection (d), the claimant shall not be provided benefits for a period of the first 30 days following the commencement of the unemployment caused by the labor dispute, except that the period without benefits shall not apply if the employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the claimant's position. A replacement worker shall be presumed to be permanent unless the employer certifies in writing that the claimant will be permitted to return to his or her prior position upon conclusion of the dispute. If the employer does not permit the return, the claimant shall be entitled to recover any benefits lost as a result of the 30-day waiting period before receiving benefits, and the department may impose a penalty upon the employer of up to $750 per employee per week of benefits lost. The penalty collected shall be paid into the unemployment compensation auxiliary fund established pursuant to subsection (g) of R.S.43:21-14. For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on or after January 1, 2022 due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, including a strike or other concerted activities of employees at the claimant's workplace, whether or not authorized or sanctioned by a union representing the claimant, but not including a dispute subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection (d), the claimant shall not be provided benefits for a period of the first 14 days following the commencement of the unemployment caused by the labor dispute, except that the claimant shall be provided benefits during any part of that the 14-day period in which the employer engages the services of a replacement worker for the claimant's position, whether that replacement worker is engaged on a permanent or temporary basis, or is an existing worker reassigned permanently or temporarily from other duties to perform the duties of the claimant's position. For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on or after January 1, 2022 which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, if the labor dispute has not resulted in a stoppage of work, no disqualification under this subsection (d) shall apply, and the 14-day waiting period in this paragraph (4) shall not apply. (e) For any week with respect to which the individual is receiving or has received remuneration in lieu of notice. (f) For any week with respect to which or a part of which the individual has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the United States; provided that if the appropriate agency of the other state or of the United States finally determines that the individual is not entitled to unemployment benefits, this disqualification shall not apply. (g) (1) For a period of one year from the date of the discovery by the division of the illegal receipt or attempted receipt of benefits contrary to the provisions of this chapter, as the result of any false or fraudulent representation; provided that any disqualification may be appealed in the same manner as any other disqualification imposed hereunder; and provided further that a conviction in the courts of this State arising out of the illegal receipt or attempted receipt of these benefits in any proceeding instituted against the individual under the provisions of this chapter or any other law of this State shall be conclusive upon the appeals tribunal and the board of review. (2) A disqualification under this subsection shall not preclude the prosecution of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to enforce other provisions of this chapter for the assessment and collection of penalties or the refund of any amounts collected as benefits under the provisions of R.S.43:21-16, or to enforce any other law, where an individual obtains or attempts to obtain by theft or robbery or false statements or representations any money from any fund created or established under this chapter or any negotiable or nonnegotiable instrument for the payment of money from these funds, or to recover money erroneously or illegally obtained by an individual from any fund created or established under this chapter. (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because the individual is in training approved under section 236(a)(1) of the "Trade Act of 1974," Pub.L.93-618 (19 U.S.C. s.2296 (a)(1)) nor shall the individual be denied benefits by reason of leaving work to enter this training, provided the work left is not suitable employment, or because of the application to any week in training of provisions in this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), or any applicable federal unemployment compensation law, relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work. (2) For purposes of this subsection (h), the term "suitable" employment means, with respect to an individual, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual's past adversely affected employment, as defined for purposes of the "Trade Act of 1974," Pub.L.93-618 (19 U.S.C. s.2101 et seq.) and wages for this work at not less than 80 percent of the individual's average weekly wage, as determined for the purposes of the "Trade Act of 1974." (i) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2024, c.102) (j) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits because the individual left work or was discharged due to circumstances resulting from the individual being a victim of domestic violence as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-19). No employer's account shall be charged for the payment of benefits to an individual who left work due to circumstances resulting from the individual being a victim of domestic violence. For the purposes of this subsection (j), the individual shall be treated as being a victim of domestic violence if the individual provides one or more of the following: (1) A restraining order or other documentation of equitable relief issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) A police record documenting the domestic violence; (3) Documentation that the perpetrator of the domestic violence has been convicted of one or more of the offenses enumerated in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-19); (4) Medical documentation of the domestic violence; (5) Certification from a certified Domestic Violence Specialist or the director of a designated domestic violence agency that the individual is a victim of domestic violence; or (6) Other documentation or certification of the domestic violence provided by a social worker, member of the clergy, shelter worker or other professional who has assisted the individual in dealing with the domestic violence. For the purposes of this subsection (j): "Certified Domestic Violence Specialist" means a person who has fulfilled the requirements of certification as a Domestic Violence Specialist established by the New Jersey Association of Domestic Violence Professionals; and "designated domestic violence agency" means a county-wide organization with a primary purpose to provide services to victims of domestic violence, and which provides services that conform to the core domestic violence services profile as defined by the Division of Child Permanency and Protection in the Department of Children and Families and is under contract with the division for the express purpose of providing such services. (k) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week in which the individual left work voluntarily and without good cause attributable to the work, if the individual left work to accompany his or her spouse who is an active member of the United States Armed Forces, as defined in N.J.S.38A:1-1(g), to a new place of residence outside the State, due to the armed forces member's transfer to a new assignment in a different geographical location outside the State, and the individual moves to the new place of residence not more than nine months after the spouse is transferred, and upon arrival at the new place of residence the individual was in all respects available for suitable work. No employer's account shall be charged for the payment of benefits to an individual who left work under the circumstances contained in this subsection (k), except that this shall not be construed as relieving the State of New Jersey and any other governmental entity or instrumentality or nonprofit organization electing or required to make payments in lieu of contributions from its responsibility to make all benefit payments otherwise required by law and from being charged for those benefits as otherwise required by law. amended 1939, c.94, s.2; 1945, c.73, s.1; 1945, c.308, s.1; 1950, c.172, s.3; 1961, c.43, s.3; 1967, c.30, s.3 1967, c.30, title amended 1967, c.286, s.12; 1968, c.1; 1974, c.86, s.3; 1980, c.90, s.12; 1982, c.144, s.6; 1984, c.24, s.3; 1985, c.508, s.3; 1999, c.391; 2005, c.103; 2007, c.162; 2010, c.37, s.2; 2015, c.41; 2018, c.83; 2018, c.112; 2023, c.37, s.1; 2023, c.177, s.126; 2024, c.102, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.62 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.62
Pension commission
Status: in_force

A pension commission shall be created in every city of the first class, as defined in this act, which shall consist of the following members: (a) The mayor or other chief executive of such city; (b) The chief financial officer of such city; (c) Two city employees of such city who shall be nominated and elected at a meeting of the city employees of such city held on the third Wednesday of December of every second year. Their term of office shall be for 2 years commencing January 1 following their election; and (d) A citizen of such city who holds no office under such city, who shall be selected by the other 4 members of the commission and shall hold office for the term of 1 year. In case of vacancy for any cause, the commission may fill such vacancy until the next election. The commission shall hold its annual meetings on the first business day of January in each year and elect its president, and such other officers as it deems advisable. The commission shall also at such meeting elect a secretary from or outside of the city employees, whose compensation the commission shall have power to fix. As of the effective date of this act and until such time as the full membership of the pension commission shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of this act, the powers, duties and obligations of the commission, as provided in this act, shall be assumed by the pension commission of the pension fund of the city in existence on said date created under and by virtue of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43, of the Revised Statutes. L.1964, c. 275, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.74 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.74
Effective date; repeal
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately and all acts or parts of acts insofar as they conflict with this act are hereby repealed. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1255, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-20.12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-20.12
Short title.
Status: in_force

4. Sections 4 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Employee Job-Sharing Furlough Protection Act." L.2020, c.57, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6
Contracts with private sector entities.
Status: in_force

6. a. The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, shall contract with one or more private sector entities to: (1) establish a protocol for reviewing and approving the qualifications of all financial services firms that meet the requirements to participate in the marketplace; (2) design and operate an Internet website that includes information on how eligible employers can voluntarily participate in the marketplace; (3) develop marketing materials about the marketplace that can be distributed electronically or posted on both public and private sector maintained websites; (4) identify and promote existing federal and State tax credits and benefits for employers and employees that are related to encouraging retirement savings or participating in retirement plans; and (5) promote the benefits of retirement savings and other information that promotes financial literacy. b. The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, shall direct any private sector entity contracted pursuant to subsection a. of this section to assure that licensed professionals who assist their clients that are eligible employers or their employees to enroll in a plan offered through the marketplace will receive routine, market-based commissions or other compensation for their services. c. The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, shall establish rules to ensure that there are objective criteria in the protocol established pursuant to subsection a.(1) of this section and that the protocol does not provide an unfair advantage to the private sector entity that establishes the protocol. L.2015, c.298, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.33 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.33
Transfer of membership from existing funds
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of this act, the transfer of membership from any of the existing funds organized under the provisions of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; and of chapter 18, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; and of chapter 19, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes to the retirement system created hereby shall result in a contractual relationship with the city, and or the benefits provided for under the aforesaid statutes shall not be diminished or impaired; provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall affect the rates of contributions and the provisions governing refund of contribution hereinbefore set forth for members and pensioners of the retirement system created hereby, including those members of the aforesaid pension funds who are transferred to the retirement system created hereby. L.1954, c. 218, p. 829, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-20 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-20
Deposit and investment of fund
Status: in_force

Said pension commission shall deposit such fund in any of the banks or trust companies of the State, and shall invest the same in bonds secured by first mortgages on improved property worth at least twice the amount loaned, or in bonds of the United States or of this State, or any city or county in this State. All income, interest or dividend which shall be paid or agreed to be paid on account of any loan or deposit shall belong to and constitute a part of said fund. L.1941, c. 220, p. 635, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 43:1-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-2
Suspension of right, or disqualification, during confinement in penal institution
Status: in_force

No pension or subsidy shall be paid by this State or by any municipality or school district of this State to any person for the period during which he is confined in a penal institution as a result of conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, and such person shall lose all right to so much pension or subsidy as he would receive or be entitled to receive had he not been so confined; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment of the pension for the sole benefit of the mother, father, wife or minor children of the person so confined in a penal institution if the board or commission administering the pension fund shall determine that such pension is necessary for their maintenance and, thereupon, the board or commission shall provide for the payment to the aforesaid person or persons so determined to be entitled to the benefit of the pension. L.1938, c. 221, p. 516, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-11.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-11.3
Returns for domestic service filed on calendar year basis; exceptions.
Status: in_force

2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of R.S.43:21-14 and subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-7 to the contrary, except for an employer also liable for making or withholding contributions with respect to remuneration for services rendered other than for domestic service, returns reporting employer and employee contributions with respect to domestic service shall be filed on a calendar year basis. Such a return shall be filed on or before January 31 following the close of the calendar year, and the amount of contributions shall be paid over to the Director of the Division of Revenue in the Department of the Treasury at that time. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.43:21-16 or any other law to the contrary, the contributions due pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be treated as taxes due pursuant to N.J.S.54A:1-1 et seq., subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1999, c.94 (C.54A:9-17.2). c. The Commissioner of the Department of Labor, in consultation with Director of the Division of Revenue in the Department of the Treasury, shall prescribe such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purpose of allowing employers to convert from a quarterly system of payments and filing to annual filing, and to simplify employer filing by allowing the combination of unemployment compensation, disability benefits and gross income tax remittance for reporting and payment purposes for employees providing domestic services. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, an employer subject to the provisions of this section shall, within 10 days of the separation from employment of an employee in domestic service whose contributions are treated as taxes pursuant to the provisions of this section, report to the Commissioner of the Department of Labor, on a form determined by the commissioner, wage information for all completed calendar quarters of employment not previously reported and such other separation information as may be required to properly process an unemployment compensation claim. e. For the purposes of this section, "domestic service" means domestic service as an employee in a private home of the employer, such as service as a babysitter, nanny, health aide, private nurse, maid, caretaker, yard worker or similar domestic employee. L.1999,c.94,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-68.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-68.1
Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; payment
Status: in_force

The accrued liability contribution of any public employer adopting the retirement system after July 1, 1971 for the purpose of providing prior service credit for the service rendered prior to July 1, 1966, shall be payable by the employer to the contingent reserve fund over a period of not less than 25 years following the initial valuation of such liability by the actuary of the retirement system. L.1971, c. 213, s. 49, eff. June 17, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-70 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-70
Management of pension fund; investments
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of said county shall have the management and control of such fund and is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of such pensions shall be invested by said board of chosen freeholders in interest-bearing bonds of any municipality in this state or in any other interest-bearing securities in which savings banks of this state are authorized to invest their funds.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-25 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-25
Members of State Employees' Retirement System; right to accumulated deductions with interest
Status: in_force

Any employee of the State, eligible for membership in the prison officers pension fund, who, at the time of joining said prison officers pension fund, was or shall be a member of the State Employees' Retirement System, shall, upon application, of which ten days' notice shall be given, receive, upon demand, without prejudice to any benefit to which he may be entitled under any other law, his accumulated deductions in said State Employees' Retirement System, that is to say, the sum of all the amounts deducted from his compensation or contributed by him standing to the credit of his individual account in the annuity savings fund of said system together with interest at four per centum (4%) per annum compounded annually to the date of such demand. Any such employee of the State, who has joined such prison officers pension fund and has received from the State Employees' Retirement System the amount of his payments made to said system, without interest, shall be entitled to receive, in like manner and upon like notice, the difference between the amount so paid to him and his accumulated deductions, as in this section defined, as of the date of his withdrawal from said State Employees' Retirement System. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 19. Amended by L.1943, c. 186, p. 518, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:11-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Transfer to position in another branch of service of municipality
Status: in_force

Any person who, while holding any office, position or employment in any municipality of this State and while a member of and entitled to benefits in any retirement system or pension fund operated wholly in such municipality and to which system or fund the member contributes, accepts or is transferred to an office, position or employment in another branch of service of said municipality, shall remain a member of such retirement system or pension fund notwithstanding such transfer, whether voluntary or involuntary, from the branch of service in which said pension fund or retirement system is maintained and shall continue to be entitled to all the benefits of said pension fund or retirement system under the same conditions, and deductions and contributions to said pension fund or retirement system shall be made for him, as though he had not so transferred from said branch of service. L.1941, c. 335, p. 892, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:18-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-15.1
Pensions to widows in certain cases
Status: in_force

The widow of any member of any pension fund corporation existing under the provisions of the chapter to which this act is a supplement shall be entitled to receive the pension provided for by section fifteen of said chapter, notwithstanding that her marriage to said member took place after said member reached the age of fifty years; provided, such marriage took place prior to March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven; and provided, further, that such member at the time of his death, was or shall be in good standing in said corporation. L.1938, c. 327, p. 838, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-26 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-26
Implementation of program, enrollment of employees.
Status: in_force

14. The program shall be implemented, and enrollment of employees shall begin, within 24 months after the effective date of this act. The board may extend the time period within which the program is implemented and enrollment of employees begins, but not by more than 12 months. The board shall implement the program in two phases based on the size of the employers participating, as measured by the number of employees per employer, with the program implemented sooner for larger employers. The following provisions of this section shall be in force after the board opens the program for enrollment: a. Each employer shall establish a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement to allow each employee to participate in the program not more than nine months after the board opens the program for enrollment. b. Employers shall automatically enroll in the program each of their employees who has not opted out of participation in the program using the form described in subsection d. of section 13 of this act and shall provide payroll deposit retirement savings arrangements for their employees and, on behalf of the employees, deposit these funds into the program. Small employers may, but are not required to, provide payroll deposit retirement savings arrangements for each employee who elects to participate in the program. c. Enrollees shall have the ability to select a contribution level into the fund. This level may be expressed as a percentage of wages or as a dollar amount up to the deductible amount for the enrollee's taxable year under section 219(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. Enrollees may change their contribution level no more than once every calendar quarter, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the board. If an enrollee fails to select a contribution level using the form described in subsection d. of section 13 of this act, then the enrollee shall contribute three percent of the enrollee's wages to the program, so long as the contributions do not cause the enrollee's total contributions to IRAs for the year to exceed the deductible amount for the enrollee's taxable year under section 219(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. d. Enrollees may select an investment option from the permitted investment options listed in section 11 of this act. Enrollees may change their investment option in the manner specified by rules and regulations promulgated by the board, which shall include specifications regarding how frequently enrollees may change their investment options. In the event that an enrollee fails to select an investment option, that enrollee shall be placed in the investment option selected by the board as the default under subsection c. of section 11 of this act. If the board has not selected a default investment option under subsection c. of section 11 of this act, then an enrollee who fails to select an investment option shall be placed in the life-cycle fund investment option. e. Following initial implementation of the program pursuant to this section, at least once every year, participating employers shall designate an open enrollment period during which employees who previously opted out of the program may enroll in the program. f. (1) For any employee hired by an employer more than six months after the board opens the program for enrollment, the employer shall enroll the employee in the program no later than three months following the date of hire of the employee, unless the employee opts out of enrollment in the program prior to being enrolled. (2) Any newly hired employee who has previously been enrolled in the program shall have the option of making direct contributions into that employee's existing account, provided that paragraph (1) of this subsection also applies to the employer of a newly hired employee who has been previously enrolled in the program. g. An employee who opts out of the program who subsequently wants to participate through the participating employer's payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement may only enroll during the participating employer's designated open enrollment period or if permitted by the participating employer at an earlier time. h. Employers shall retain the option at all times to set up or provide coverage under any type of employer-sponsored retirement plan or to elect to offer coverage through a plan sponsored by an employee leasing company or professional employer organization with which that employer has an employee leasing agreement or professional employer agreement as such terms are defined in section 1 of P.L.2001, c.260 (C. 34:8-67), such as a defined benefit plan or a 401(k), Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan, or Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) plan, or to offer an automatic enrollment payroll deduction IRA, instead of having a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement to allow employee participation in the program. i. An employee may terminate his or her participation in the program at any time in a manner prescribed by the board. j. The board may establish and maintain an Internet website designed to assist employers in identifying private sector providers of retirement arrangements that can be set up by the employer rather than allowing employee participation in the program under this act. The board shall provide public notice of the availability of and the process for inclusion on the Internet website before it becomes publicly available. k. Each employer is responsible for the tasks described in subsections a. and b. of this section, but the employer is permitted to contract with a third party, such as a payroll service provider or a professional employer organization, to perform those tasks on behalf of the employer. L.2019, c.56, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-42.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-42.1
Disability insurance for certain PERS members; "Public Employees Group Disability Insurance Premium Fund."
Status: in_force

11. a. A person who becomes a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey, P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3 shall not be eligible for an ordinary or accidental disability retirement allowance, but shall be eligible for disability insurance coverage pursuant to this section. b. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and permitted to purchase from one or more insurance companies, as determined by him, group disability benefit coverage to provide for the disability benefit in the amounts specified herein. The group disability benefit coverage may be provided under one or more policies issued to the State Treasurer specifically for this purpose or, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, under one or more policies issued to the State Treasurer which provide group life insurance coverage for members of the retirement system designated in subsection a. of this section. Any dividend or retrospective rate credit allowed by an insurance company attributable to this program shall be credited in an equitable manner to the funds available to meet the employers' obligations under such retirement system. Premiums for such group insurance coverage shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called the "Public Employees Group Disability Insurance Premium Fund." The State Treasurer shall estimate annually the amount which shall be required for premiums for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts which shall be applied against the total employer contributions due for the members of the retirement system whose members are covered, depositing such amounts in the premium fund. During the period such group insurance policy or policies are in effect with respect to members of the retirement system, the State Treasurer shall in no way commingle moneys in this fund with any retirement system. c. A person shall not be allowed the group disability benefit coverage if on the date the person enrolls in the retirement system, the person is 60 or more years of age, unless the person furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability and, on the effective date of the person's enrollment, is actively at work and performing all the regular duties at the customary place of employment. The effective date of coverage for such a benefit shall be the first day of the month which immediately follows the date when such evidence is determined to be satisfactory. Such evidence of insurability shall not be required of any person enrolling in the retirement system upon transfer from another retirement system, if such retirement system provided a benefit of a similar nature and the transferring person was covered by such a benefit at the time of the transfer. If such transferring person was not covered by such a benefit at the time of the transfer, the person may be allowed the benefit under the group policy or policies; however, any such person shall furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability if he had been unable or failed to give such evidence as a member of the retirement system from which the person transferred. Any person who must furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability, and who ceases to be enrolled in the retirement system without such evidence having been given, shall continue to be subject to the same requirement if the person subsequently becomes a member. d. The disability benefit coverage provided under such group policy or policies shall provide a monthly income if the member becomes totally disabled from occupational or nonoccupational causes for a period of at least six consecutive months following the effective date of the coverage. The monthly disability benefit may be paid by the insurance company so long as the member remains disabled up to the seventieth birthday, provided the disability commenced prior to the sixtieth birthday. The benefit shall terminate when the member is no longer considered totally disabled or begins to receive retirement benefits. The member shall be considered totally disabled if the member is unable to perform each duty of the member's occupation and is under the regular care of a physician. After the 12 months following the commencement of such disability benefit payments, the member shall be unable to engage in any gainful occupation for which the member is reasonably fitted by education, training or experience. Total disability shall not be considered to exist if the member is gainfully employed. Following an agreement with the insurance company and the policyholder, the member may continue to receive disability benefits for a limited time while performing some type of work. During the period of rehabilitation, the monthly benefit shall be the regular payment less 80% of the member's earnings from such rehabilitative position. e. A member shall be deemed to be in service and covered by the disability benefit insurance provisions for a period of no more than six months while on official leave of absence without pay if satisfactory evidence is presented to the Division of Pensions and Benefits that such leave of absence without pay is due to illness and that the member was not actively engaged in any gainful occupation during such period of leave of absence without pay. Disability benefit insurance provisions of the group policy or policies shall not cover disability resulting from or contributed to by pregnancy, act of war, intentionally self-inflicted injury, or attempted suicide whether or not sane. For purposes of such disability benefit coverage, the member shall not be considered to be disabled while the member is imprisoned or while outside the United States, its territories or possessions, or Canada. If the member has recovered from the disability for which the member had received benefits and again becomes totally disabled while insured, the later disability shall be regarded as a continuation of the prior one unless the member has returned to full-time covered employment for at least six months. If the later absence is due to an unrelated cause and the member had returned to full-time work, it shall be considered a new disability. The disability benefit insurance cannot be converted to an individual policy. No person shall be covered by the disability benefit provision of the group policy or policies except upon the completion of one year of full-time continuous employment in a position eligible for participation in a retirement system designated in subsection a. of this section. f. The disability benefit provided under such group policy or policies shall be in an amount equal to 60% of the member's base monthly salary, reduced by periodic benefits to which the member may be entitled during the period of total disability. The minimum monthly disability benefit shall be $50. The periodic benefit by which the monthly disability benefit may be reduced shall include salary or wages, retirement benefits or benefits from any source for which the State or other public employer has paid any part of the cost or made payroll deductions, Social Security disability or other benefits, including dependents' benefits, and benefits paid by Social Security at the option of the participant before the age of 65, but not including any increase in Social Security benefits enacted after the disability benefit under such group policy or policies has commenced, and any other periodic benefits provided by law except on account of military service. When a member begins to receive a disability benefit under such group policy or policies, the insurance company shall pay an amount equal to the employee contribution which would have been required of the member and deducted from the member's base salary in order to meet the member's obligation for the purchase of the member's individual retirement annuity. Such amount shall be paid by the insurance company without reduction by any other periodic benefit which the member is eligible to receive. Such amount shall be paid by the insurance company to the insurer or insurers for the member's retirement annuity. g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an insurance company or companies issuing such policy or policies may credit the policyholder either directly or in the form of reduced premiums, with savings by the company or companies in the event that no brokerage commission or commissions are paid by the company or companies on the issuance of such policy or policies. No employer obligations shall be paid when the member is on a leave of absence without pay or when the member no longer is enrolled in the retirement system designated in subsection a. of this section. h. The group disability insurance policy or policies shall provide a member with an opportunity to purchase additional coverage. i. A member who is disabled and receiving a benefit under this section shall remain eligible for employer-provided health care benefits coverage in the same manner as such coverage is provided by the employer to retirees of the retirement system. j. The State Treasurer shall establish an appeals process to be used when an employer or employee disagrees with the insurer on the employee's ability to return to employment or on issues related to physical examinations. L.2010, c.3, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.59a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.59a
Temporary employees; previous service credit
Status: in_force

Any person required to become a member of the retirement system pursuant to section 2 of this act shall receive credit for all of his previous service in the employ of the city provided that payments are made by such person in an amount or amounts calculated in accordance with the rules of the commission as may be necessary to provide the entire actuarial cost of the previous service credit. In the event that the person retires before he completes the payment for all of his previous service credit, credit for his service shall be given in direct proportion as the amount paid bears to the total amount of the obligation. L.1984, c. 118, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-8
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this act, the words "prison officer" mean and include any prison officer, reformatory officer, farmer guard, disciplinarian, identification prison officer, center keeper, marshal, superintendent, chief deputy, head farmer, herdsman, truck farmer, commissary officer, any uniformed officer, trade instructor, and any employee who has the custody of inmates in State penal institutions. No person employed on or after January 1, 1960 shall be eligible for membership in the Prison Officers' Pension Fund. Membership in the Prison Officers' Pension Fund shall continue for any present member as long as his position, from whence he holds membership in the fund, continues to be in the State Department of Institutions and Agencies. "Average final compensation" shall mean the average annual compensation for which contributions are made by a member to the fund for the 3 years immediately preceding his retirement, or in the event that he has been contributing for less than 3 years, the average pay he received during the time he was a contributing member. L.1941, c. 220, p. 629, s. 2. Amended by L.1943, c. 193, p. 538, s. 2; L.1959, c. 170, p. 701, s. 4; L.1969, c. 56, s. 2, eff. May 21, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-20.8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-20.8
Beginning, expiration of payment of benefits.
Status: in_force

6. A shared work program and payment of short-time benefits to individuals under the program shall go into effect on the date mutually agreed upon by the employer and the division. A shared work program shall expire on the date specified in the notice of approval, which shall be either the date at the end of the 12th full calendar month after its effective date or an earlier date mutually agreed upon by the employer and the division. The program shall also expire upon the date of any revocation of approval of the program by the division. An employer of an approved program may terminate the program at any time upon written notice to the division, and the division shall notify participating employees of the affected unit of the termination. If a shared work program expires or the employer terminates the program, the employer may, at any time after the expiration or termination date, submit a new application for division approval of another shared work program. L.2011, c.154, s.6; amended 2013, c.279, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7.3
Governmental entities
Status: in_force

4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the "unemployment compensation law" for the payment of contributions, benefits paid to individuals based upon wages earned in the employ of any governmental entity or instrumentality which is an employer defined under R.S.43:21-19(h)(5) shall, to the extent that such benefits are chargeable to the account of such governmental entity or instrumentality in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:21-1 et seq., be financed by payments in lieu of contributions. (b) Any governmental entity or instrumentality may, as an alternative to financing benefits by payments in lieu of contributions, elect to pay contributions beginning with the date on which its subjectivity begins by filing written notice of its election with the department no later than 120 days after such subjectivity begins, provided that such election shall be effective for at least two full calendar years; or it may elect to pay contributions for a period of not less than two calendar years beginning January 1 of any year if written notice of such election is filed with the department not later than February 1 of such year; provided, further, that such governmental entity or instrumentality shall remain liable for payments in lieu of contributions with respect to all benefits paid based on base year wages earned in the employ of such entity or instrumentality in the period during which it financed its benefits by payments in lieu of contributions. (c) Any governmental entity or instrumentality may terminate its election to pay contributions as of January 1 of any year by filing written notice not later than February 1 of any year with respect to which termination is to become effective. It may not revert to a contributions method of financing for at least two full calendar years after such termination. (d) Any governmental entity or instrumentality electing the option for contributions financing shall report and pay contributions in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:21-7 except that, notwithstanding the provisions of that section, the contribution rate for such governmental entity or instrumentality shall be 1% for the entire calendar year 1978 and the contribution rate for any subsequent calendar years shall be the rate established for governmental entities or instrumentalities under subsection (e) of this section. (e) On or before September 1 of each year, the Commissioner of Labor shall review the composite benefit cost experience of all governmental entities and instrumentalities electing to pay contributions and, on the basis of that experience, establish the contribution rate for the next following calendar year which can be expected to yield sufficient revenue in combination with worker contributions to equal or exceed the projected costs for that calendar year. (f) Any covered governmental entity or instrumentality electing to pay contributions shall each year appropriate, out of its general funds, moneys to pay the projected costs of benefits at the rate determined under subsection (e) of this section. These funds shall be held in a trust fund maintained by the governmental entity for this purpose. Any surplus remaining in this trust fund may be retained in reserve for payment of benefit costs for subsequent years either by contributions or payments in lieu of contributions. (g) Any governmental entity or instrumentality electing to finance benefit costs with payments in lieu of contributions shall pay into the fund an amount equal to all benefit costs for which it is liable pursuant to the provisions of the "unemployment compensation law." Each subject governmental entity or instrumentality shall require payments from its workers in the same manner and amount as prescribed under R.S.43:21-7(d) for governmental entities and instrumentalities financing their benefit costs with contributions. No such payment shall be used for a purpose other than to meet the benefits liability of such governmental entity or instrumentality. In addition, each subject governmental entity or instrumentality shall appropriate out of its general funds sufficient moneys which, in addition to any worker payments it requires, are necessary to pay its annual benefit costs estimated on the basis of its past benefit cost experience; provided that for its first year of coverage, its benefit costs shall be deemed to require an appropriation equal to 1% of the projected total of its taxable wages for the year. These appropriated moneys and worker payments shall be held in a trust fund maintained by the governmental entity or instrumentality for this purpose. Any surplus remaining in this trust fund shall be retained in reserve for payment of benefit costs in subsequent years. If a governmental entity or instrumentality requires its workers to make payments as authorized herein, such workers shall not be subject to the contributions required in R.S.43:21-7(d). (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of the above subsection (g), commencing July 1, 1986 worker contributions to the unemployment trust fund with respect to wages paid by any governmental entity or instrumentality electing or required to make payments in lieu of contributions, including the State of New Jersey, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(C) or R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(D), as applicable, and, in addition, each governmental entity or instrumentality electing or required to make payments in lieu of contributions shall, except during the period starting January 1, 1993 and ending December 31, 1995 and the period starting April 1, 1996 and ending December 31, 1998, require payments from its workers at the following rates of wages paid, which amounts are to be held in the trust fund maintained by the governmental entity or instrumentality for payment of benefit costs: for the calendar year 1999, 0.05%; for each calendar year from 2000 to 2002, and the period from January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, 0.10%; and each fiscal year thereafter, 0.30%. L.1971,c.346,s.4; amended 1977, c.307, s.6; 1984, c.24, s.17; 1992, c.205; 1996, c.28, s.16; 1996, c.30, s.7; 1997, c.263, s.13; 2002, c.13, s.6; 2003, c.107, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-58 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-58
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Approved service provider" or "approved training provider" means a service provider which is on the State Eligible Training Provider List. "Commission" means the State Employment and Training Commission. "Employment and training services" means: counseling provided pursuant to section 3 of this act; occupational training; or remedial instruction. "Labor Demand Occupation" means an occupation which: a. The Center for Occupational Employment Information has, pursuant to subsection d. of section 27 of P.L.2005, c.354 (C.34:1A-86), determined is or will be, on a regional basis, subject to a significant excess of demand over supply for trained workers, based on a comparison of the total need or anticipated need for trained workers with the total number being trained; or b. The Center for Occupational Employment Information, in conjunction with a Workforce Investment Board, has, pursuant to subsection d. of section 27 of P.L.2005, c.354 (C.34:1A-86), determined is or will be, in the region for which the board is responsible, subject to a significant excess of demand over supply for adequately trained workers, based on a comparison of total need or anticipated need for trained workers with the total number being trained. "Qualified job counselor" means a job counselor whose qualifications meet standards established by the commissioner. "Remedial education" or "remedial instruction" means any literacy or other basic skills training or instruction which may not be directly related to a particular occupation but is needed to facilitate success in occupational training or work performance. "Service provider," "training provider" or "provider" means a provider of employment and training services including but not limited to a private or public school or institution of higher education, a business, a labor organization or a community-based organization. "Vocational training" or "occupational training" means training or instruction which is related to an occupation and is designed to enhance the marketable skills and earning power of a worker or job seeker. L.1992,c.47,s.2; amended 2005, c.354, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.19a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.19a
Pensions for members voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service
Status: in_force

(a) Should an employee member, after having completed at least 25 years of service for credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after reaching age 55, he may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 17 (C. 43:13-22.19), if he so qualifies under said section, or the benefit provided by subsection (b) of this section, or a pension beginning at the time he would otherwise be normally entitled to receive it but for his separation from service, in the amount of one-half of the salary he was receiving at the time of separation, provided however that such pension shall be reduced in accordance with a table of proportionate actuarial equivalents recommended by the actuary and adopted by the commission reflecting all months that a member lacks of having 30 years' service. (b) Should an employee member, after having completed at least 15 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, before reaching age 60, such person may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 17 (C. 43:13-22.19), if he so qualifies under said section, or a deferred pension beginning at age 60 or thereafter, in the amount that his years of service as credited in the fund bear to the total number of years of service that he could have achieved had he continued to age 60 or such necessary age that would have permitted him to qualify for the pension of one-half of the salary he was receiving at the time he elected the deferred pension. (c) Upon and after the death of such pensioner, the benefits provided by section 18 (C. 43:13-22.20) shall be payable to his eligible survivors if they qualify under said section. L.1972, c. 122, s. 6. Amended by L.1979, c. 281, s. 7, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 43:4-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1.2
Withdrawal from public employees' retirement system
Status: in_force

Any such war veteran who enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom upon the filing of a proper application for the return of his contributions if he makes such application within 90 days of the effective date of this act. Such withdrawal shall constitute a waiver of his rights to all benefits in the State system. L.1967, c. 295, s. 2, eff. Feb. 15, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-48 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-48
Pension commission in villages in counties of the first class
Status: in_force

In every village in counties of the first class, there shall be a pension commission of five members consisting of the mayor or other chief executive, the treasurer, and the clerk of such village and two citizens of the village who are not holding an office under the village. The two citizens shall be appointed by the governing body of the village and shall hold office for the term of two years. In case of vacancy for any cause the governing body may fill it. The commission shall hold its annual meetings on the day of January each year and elect its president, and such other officers as it shall deem advisable. The commission shall also at such meeting elect a secretary from or outside of the village employees, whose compensation the commission shall have power to fix. The pension commission shall be known as the "municipal employees pension commission of the village of " All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed under this article by this commission. Amended by L.1945, c. 213, p. 714, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-7.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-7.5
Reenrollment in PERS for certain persons holding elective public office.
Status: in_force

5. a. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall reenroll in the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), any person holding elective public office on the effective date of this act, P.L.2017, c.344, who was a member of the retirement system as of the effective date of sections 1 through 19 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 through C.43:15C-15, C.43:3C-9, C.43:15A-7, C.43:15A-75 and C.43:15A-135) on the basis of holding an elective public office and who was elected to another elective public office after that effective date, provided the person has at least 15 years of continuous service in elective public offices of this State. The person shall be eligible for membership in the retirement system based on service in another elective office pursuant to sections 7 and 75 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-7 and C.43:15A-75), or section 1 of P.L.1972, c.167 (C.43:15A-135), as amended by P.L.2017, c.344. This reenrollment provision shall include any person holding elective public office on the effective date of this act, P.L.2017, c.344, who is receiving a retirement allowance from the retirement system on that effective date. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to have met the requirement for holding elective public office on the effective date of this act, P.L.2017, c.344, if the person's term of office expired within 30 days before that effective date. As of the date of enrollment in the system, the elected official's participation, if any, in another State-administered retirement program on the basis of that elective public office shall be suspended. The elected public official may elect to waive enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System by signing a form prepared by the division. b. An elected public official eligible for enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System pursuant to subsection a. of this section may request, in writing, within 180 days of the effective date of this act, P.L.2017, c.344, that the official's enrollment in the system be made retroactive to the date of his or her assumption of another elective office without a break in service as required by sections 7 and 75 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-7 and 43:15A-75), or section 1 of P.L.1972, c. 167 (C.43:15A-135), as amended by P.L.2017, c.344. The division shall grant the request only if the elected official complies with such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the division to ensure compliance with federal law, to ensure that the elected official will not be eligible to receive a benefit from both the Public Employee's Retirement System and another State-administered retirement program for the same period of service in the elective public office, and to ensure that the employer is reimbursed for any contributions made to the other program by either the program or the elected official unless those contributions may be rolled over into the PERS. Before fulfilling the request, the division shall inform the elected official, in writing, of the terms and conditions for granting the request, and shall include an estimate of any resulting loss of contributions and earnings, penalties that may be imposed by federal or State law, and contributions to be paid to the system by the employee and employer or former employer for the period of retroactive enrollment. L.2017, c.344, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-130 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-130
Retirement of member holding multiple positions in public employment
Status: in_force

Any member who held multiple positions in public employment covered by the retirement system, and who retired from one of these positions prior to the enactment of chapter 229, P.L.1964, shall (a) not be required to enroll from any position covered by the retirement system, or (b) if enrolled, be permitted to withdraw from the retirement system upon waiver of his rights as an active member in the system. L.1966, c. 217, s. 29, eff. Aug. 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-21 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-21
Physical examination of employee of city of the first class
Status: in_force

Any municipal employee applying for membership after July first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, in the pension fund created in such city under this article shall pass a physical examination satisfactory to and conducted by a physician designated by the pension commission. At the time of his application for membership and the benefits of this article and before being admitted to membership and the benefits of this article, the applicant shall produce a certificate of good health signed by this physician.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.11 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.11
Power of subpoena, witness fees, administering oaths, contempt
Status: in_force

9. The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon any matter concerning the retirement system and allow fees not in excess of $3.00 to any such witness for such attendance upon any one day; provided, however, that any city employee called as a witness shall not be paid any witness fee but shall not suffer the loss of any salary. The chairman and other members of said commission are empowered to administer oaths to such witnesses. Contempt of the commission may be punished by summary proceedings before a judge of the Superior Court. All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the commission. L.1954,c.218,s.9; amended 1991,c.91,s.420.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.29 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.29
Creation and maintenance of fund
Status: in_force

A fund to pay pensions under this act shall be created and maintained as follows: (A) The financial officer of the city shall deduct from every payment of salary (a) to any person who becomes a city employee after the enactment of this act and who becomes a member of the retirement system created hereby, and pay into the retirement system not less than 5% or more than 7%, as determined from time to time by the commission, of the amount of said salary, provided such employee was under 35 years of age at the time of his permanent appointment; provided, however, that any person entering the service of the municipality and becoming a member of said retirement system after reaching the age of 35 years and any present city employee not now a member of any of the 3 funds which are being merged into the retirement system created hereby, and who qualifies for membership under the provisions of this act and who was over 35 years of age at the time he received his permanent appointment, shall contribute to and there shall be deducted from his annual salary the following percentages, depending upon the age of said employee at the time of his permanent employment, as shall be determined from time to time by the commission: AGE PERCENTAGE OF DEDUCTIONS Over 35 years and under 36 years ..... not less than 5 1/4% or more than 7 1/4% Over 36 years and under 37 years ..... not less than 5 1/2% or more than 7 1/2% Over 37 years and under 38 years ..... not less than 5 3/4% or more than 7 3/4% Over 38 years and under 39 years ..... not less than 6% or more than 8% Over 39 years and under 40 years ..... not less than 6 1/4% or more than 8 1/4% Over 40 years and under 41 years ..... not less than 6 1/2% or more than 8 1/2% Over 41 years and under 42 years ..... not less than 6 3/4% or more than 8 3/4% Over 42 years and under 43 years ..... not less than 7% or more than 9% Over 43 years and under 44 years ..... not less than 7 1/4% or more than 9 1/4% Over 44 years and under 45 years ..... not less than 7 1/2% or more than 9 1/2% (b) to any employee who is, at the time of the enactment of this act a member of any of the 3 aforesaid pension funds that are being merged into the retirement system created hereby and who is now contributing less than 5% of his annual salary, the sum of not less than 5% or more than 7%, as shall be determined by the commission, of the amount of his annual salary shall be deducted; (c) to any member of any of the 3 pension funds being merged into the retirement system created hereby who is now contributing more than 5% of his annual salary not less than 1% or more than 3%, as shall be determined by the commission, of his annual salary in addition to the amount now being deducted from said annual salary. Such deductions shall continue to be made during the entire period of employment of the member and until the death or retirement of said member; provided, however, that such deductions shall be continued for a total period of at least 25 years, and in the event that death or retirement occurs before the completion of the 25-year period, the aforesaid deductions shall thereafter be continued to be made from the pension payments made pursuant to this act for the said period of time. The period during which any employee contributed to the retirement system created hereby, and any prior service credits granted such employee and standing to his credit under the various statutes referred to previously, shall be considered as part of the 25-year period herein referred to; provided, however, where an employee is promoted to a higher position in a temporary capacity, he shall continue to have deducted from his salary the amount of deductions due the pension fund on his permanent salary basis. (B) To further provide for the solvency of the retirement system created hereby the commission shall, (1) whenever the assets of the fund reach a minimum of $150,000.00 and (2) once prior to the end of the year 1956 and once during every third year thereafter, cause the actuary appointed by the commission to make an investigation into the conduct and operation of the retirement system and into the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and to make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system. The actuary shall report thereon to the commission. Based upon said report the commission shall (a) establish for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary and (b) adjust and certify the rates of contribution to be paid by members of the retirement system and the city, within the minimum and maximum schedules set forth in this act, on the basis of the said investigation, valuation and report of the actuary, to the ends that, so far as possible, (1) the assets of the fund shall not decline below a minimum of $150,000.00 and (2) the value of future contributions of members and the city, when taken with present assets, shall not be less than the value of prospective benefit payments based upon membership service to be rendered after the effective date of this act. (C) The governing body of the city shall annually appropriate in the city budget, raise by taxation, and contribute to the retirement system an amount equal to the percentage of salary contributed by the members and the pensioners of the said system. Such payment shall continue to be made during the entire period of employment of each member and until the death or retirement of each member; provided, however, that such payment shall be continued in each case for a total period of at least 25 years, and in the event that a member dies or retires before the completion of the 25-year period, the said percentage shall thereafter continue to be made upon the amount of pension payments resulting from such death or retirement until the end of such 25-year period has been reached, provided, further, however, the contribution of the city shall not continue beyond the time that the particular pension is paid or is being paid. (D) All moneys given to or donated to the retirement system and all earnings of this retirement system shall be deposited to the credit of the system. (E) All moneys required to meet the city contributions provided for under this and all other sections of this act shall be appropriated annually in the city budget by the governing body. If at any time there is not sufficient money to meet the requirements of this system and pay the pensions or other benefits provided for herein, the governing body shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the said requirements and payments of the retirement system, provided, however, that no insufficiency of funds shall be made up by the city unless and until the commission shall have required deductions from employees at the maximum rates set forth in subsection (A) of this section. L.1954, c. 218, p. 824, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-3.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-3.6
County sheriff; ineligibility for benefits of L.1983, c. 439, if 37 or older
Status: in_force

No county sheriff shall qualify for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act if he has reached the age of 37 years on the date of his application for membership. In calculating his age for purposes of eligibility for membership, a person may subtract the time spent in active service in any branch of the United States military service. L.1983, c. 439, s. 2, eff. Jan. 9, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-34.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-34.4
Repayment of loans after retirement of members of JRS.
Status: in_force

2. In the case of any member who retires without repaying the full amount so borrowed, the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall deduct from the retirement benefit payments the same monthly amount which was deducted from the compensation of the member immediately preceding retirement until the balance of the amount borrowed together with the interest is repaid. In the case of a pensioner who dies before the outstanding balance of the loan and interest thereon has been recovered, the remaining balance shall be repaid from the proceeds of any other benefits payable on the account of the pensioner either in the form of monthly payments due to the pensioner's beneficiaries or in the form of lump sum payments payable for pension or group life insurance. L.1997, c.25, s.2; amended 1999, c.132, s.4; 2007, c.92, s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-47 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-47
Annual certificate, filing; share in relief fund
Status: in_force

43:17-47. On or before June 1st in each year, the field examiner of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association shall file in the Office of the Secretary of State a sworn certificate, countersigned by the president of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association, stating the name and address of the treasurer of each local firemen's relief association which has complied with the requirements of this chapter. No firemen's relief association or any of the officers thereof, shall share in the distribution of or be entitled to have or receive any part of any fund for the relief of needy or disabled firefighters, unless the association and officers shall have complied with R.S.43:17-31, and shall be so certified to the Secretary of State. Amended 1996, c.151, s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-96 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-96
Reduced premiums in lieu of brokerage commissions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any insurance company or companies issuing such policy or policies may credit the policyholder, in the form of reduced premiums, with savings by said company or companies in the event that no brokerage commission or commissions are paid by said company or companies on the issuance of such policy or policies. L.1955, c. 214, p. 834, s. 9. Amended by L.1960, c. 79, p. 557, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-4.3
Pre-notification of exhaustion of UI benefits.
Status: in_force

1. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall give written notification to any individual receiving unemployment compensation pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq., including any State or federal extension of the unemployment compensation, of the date of the final exhaustion of all unemployment compensation for the individual, not less than four weeks prior to that date. The written notification shall include a referral for services from the Department of Human Services and any other appropriate State agency to counsel and assist the individual to obtain any resources which may be available for the individual and dependents of the individual, including assistance regarding housing, child care, food, mental health, addiction services, and health care coverage. The notification shall be distributed in a manner deemed by the commissioner to be the most practicable and cost effective, but that will ensure timely personal notification of each person. L.2010, c.118, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-11.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-11.5
Information regarding New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Department of Labor and Workforce Development communication.
Status: in_force

1. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall make available on its website and emails concerning unemployment benefits a link to the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.). L.2021, c.244.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-59.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-59.2
Effect of resolution
Status: in_force

The adoption of a resolution pursuant to this act shall not impair the pension rights of any probation officer theretofore employed, nor shall it relieve the county of its obligation to maintain a pension fund under this article for such previously appointed probation officers. L.1947, c. 170, p. 786, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:12-28.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-28.1
Pension for survivors of certain emergency services workers; terms defined.
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of any municipality served by a volunteer fire company or first aid or rescue squad shall, by resolution, determine the eligibility for a survivor's pension of the widow or children or parent of any volunteer firefighter, first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician who has died as the result of injuries sustained in the course of performance of duty as a member of the volunteer fire company or first aid or rescue squad on or after January 1, 2000. A governing body may determine that the widow or children or parent of a volunteer is eligible for a survivor's pension whenever a volunteer dies while responding to, preparing for or returning from an emergency while under orders from a competent authority. When the municipal governing body determines that a widow or children or parent are eligible for a survivor's pension, a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed by the municipal clerk with the State Treasurer within 10 days of adoption, and the State shall provide for payment of the survivor's pension, starting in the first calendar year next following the year of death of the volunteer or the year next following the year in which P.L.2002, c.134 is enacted, whichever is later. For the purposes of this section, "first aid or rescue squad" shall mean any duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association providing volunteer public first aid, ambulance or rescue services within the municipality; "widow" shall also include "widower"; "child" shall mean a deceased firefighter's, emergency medical technician's, or first aid or rescue squad worker's unmarried child (a) under the age of 18, or (b) 18 years of age or older and enrolled in a secondary school, or (c) under the age of 24 and enrolled in a degree program in an institution of higher education for at least 12 credit hours in each semester, or (d) of any age who, at the time of the firefighter's, technician's or worker's death, is disabled because of an intellectual disability or physical incapacity, is unable to do any substantial, gainful work because of the impairment and the impairment has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as affirmed by the medical professional; and "parent" shall mean the parent of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker who was receiving at least one-half of his or her support from the firefighter, technician or worker in the 12-month period immediately preceding the firefighter's, technician's or worker's death. The dependency of such a parent will be considered terminated by marriage of the parent subsequent to the death of the member. L.1957, c.168, s.1; amended 1960, c.121, s.2; 1968, c.331, s.2; 2002, c.134, s.1. 2010; c.50, s.70.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-17.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-17.1
Additional death benefit for members of Judicial Retirement System.
Status: in_force

1. a. Each member of the retirement system on the effective date of any insurance contract or program approved by the State House Commission will be eligible to purchase the additional death benefit coverage hereinafter described, provided the member selects such coverage within 90 days after that effective date. b. A person becoming a member of the retirement system after the effective date of any insurance contract or program approved by the State House Commission who on the date of becoming a member is less than 60 years of age shall automatically be covered for such additional death benefit coverage from the first day of membership on which the person is actively at work and performing all regular duties at the customary place of employment. Such automatic coverage shall continue during the member's first year of membership, and during that year the member shall make contributions as fixed by the retirement system. Additional death benefit coverage for the member shall continue in effect after the first year of membership on the continuance of payment of the required contributions therefor. c. A person becoming a member of the retirement system after the effective date of any insurance contract or program approved by the State House Commission who on the date of becoming a member is 60 or more years of age may, within one year from the date of membership, elect to purchase such additional death benefit coverage, provided that the member furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability and on the date of such election is actively at work and performing all regular duties at the customary place of employment. d. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section relating to the amount of death benefit applicable to a member who has acquired or shall acquire additional death benefit coverage, the death benefit payable in the event of death occurring on or after the effective date of any insurance contract or program approved by the State House Commission and during the first year of membership shall be based upon the member's annual base salary. The effective date of coverage of any person electing to purchase additional death benefit coverage pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. or c. of this section shall be the first day of the month immediately following the date of such election unless evidence of insurability is required as a condition of such election in which event the effective date of coverage shall be the first day of the month which immediately follows the later of (1) the date of such election, or (2) the date such evidence is determined to be satisfactory. e. The State House Commission shall establish schedules of contributions to be made by the members who elect to purchase the additional death benefit coverage. Such contributions shall be so computed that the contributions made by or on behalf of all covered members in the aggregate shall be sufficient to provide for the cost of the benefits provided under this section. Such schedules of contributions shall be subject to adjustment from time to time by the commission, as the need may appear. f. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death in service of any such member while covered for the additional death benefit coverage there shall be paid to such person, if living, as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement system, otherwise to the executor or administrator of the member's estate, an amount equal to one and one-half times the compensation received by the member in the last year of creditable service or some lesser or greater amount as may be provided by the insurance contract or program. g. The contributions of a member for the additional death benefit coverage shall be deducted from the member's compensation, but if there is no compensation from which such contributions may be deducted it shall be the obligation of the member to make such contributions directly to the retirement system or as directed by the State House Commission. h. Any other provision of P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-1 et seq.) notwithstanding, the contributions of a member for the additional death benefit coverage under this section shall not be returnable to the member or the member's beneficiary in any manner, or for any reason whatsoever, nor shall any contributions made for the additional death benefit coverage be included in any annuity payable to any such member or beneficiary. i. A member who has elected to purchase the additional death benefit coverage provided by this section may file with the retirement system, and alter from time to time during the member's lifetime as desired, a duly attested nomination of the payee of the death benefit provided under this section. Such member may also file with the retirement system, and alter from time to time during the member's lifetime as desired, a request directing payment of said benefit in one sum or in equal annual installments over a period of years or as a life annuity. Any such nomination or request shall be made in writing on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective upon receipt by the retirement system. Upon the death of such member, a beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable in one sum may elect to receive the amount payable in equal annual installments over a period of years or as a life annuity. If more than one beneficiary is nominated and the member has not specified their respective interests, the beneficiaries shall share equally. If any beneficiary predeceases the member, the interest of that beneficiary shall terminate and shall be shared equally by such of the beneficiaries as survive the member unless the member has made written request to the contrary in the beneficiary nomination. Any amounts due for which there is no beneficiary at the death of the member or beneficiary shall be payable to the estate of the member or beneficiary. j. All other provisions of this section notwithstanding, this section and the benefits provided under this section shall not come into effect until a required percentage of the members shall have applied for the additional death benefit coverage under this section. This required percentage shall be fixed by the State House Commission. Applications for such additional death benefit coverage shall be submitted to the secretary of the commission, or such other person as the commission may designate, in such manner and upon such forms as the commission shall provide. The benefits, rights and options of members and their beneficiaries shall be limited to and governed by the provisions of any insurance contract or program approved by the commission, subject to the provisions of this section. L.1997,c.205,s.1; amended 2001, c.74.
N.J. Stat. § 43:11A-3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-3
Contributions by employee to cease on termination of municipal employment; refunds on termination of employment before retirement
Status: in_force

Any contribution required to be made by an employee under an applicable New Jersey pension act shall cease upon the termination of his municipal employment. If a former municipal employee terminates his employment with the Port Authority prior to retirement as herein provided, he shall be entitled to receive any refunds to which he would, under such applicable pension act, have been entitled upon the termination of his municipal employment. L.1948, c. 250, p. 1108, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15
Death of member after five years' service; payments
Status: in_force

In case any such member dies from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties and he shall have paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and served in the employ of the city for five years, then twenty-five per cent of the pension which would have been paid if the deceased member had served in the employ of the city for twenty years, shall be paid to the surviving spouse or minor children, as the case may be. For each additional year of service thereafter, the proportionate amount of the pension to be paid to the surviving spouse or minor children as the case may be, shall be increased to the extent of five per cent over and above such twenty-five per cent for each additional year of service up to and including twenty years.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6
Claims for benefits.
Status: in_force

43:21-6. (a) Filing. (1) Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Director of the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the State of New Jersey may approve. Each employer shall post and maintain on his premises printed notices of his subject status, of such design, in such numbers and at such places as the director of the division may determine to be necessary to give notice thereof to persons in the employer's service. Each employer shall give to each individual at the time he becomes unemployed, for any reason, whether the unemployment is permanent or temporary, a printed copy of benefit instructions. The benefit instructions given to the individual shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (A) the date upon which the individual becomes unemployed, and, in the case that the unemployment is temporary, to the extent possible, the date upon which the individual is expected to be recalled to work; and (B) that the individual may lose some or all of the benefits to which he is entitled if he fails to file a claim in a timely manner. Both the aforesaid notices and instructions, including information detailing the time sensitivity of filing a claim, and directions provided in advance to all employers regarding what information the division requires employers to provide to the division by electronic means immediately upon a separation from employment sufficient to enable the division to make a benefit determination, including any information relevant to whether the individual may be disqualified pursuant to subsections (a),(b),(d), or (e) of R.S.43:21-5, shall be supplied by the division to employers without cost to them. The directions provided to all employers in advance shall include that each employer provide the division with an email address for communications to and from the division. When an employer provides benefit instructions to the individual which disclose the date on which unemployment will commence, the employer shall immediately and simultaneously provide by electronic means that disclosure to the division together with the information required by the division pursuant to the directions provided in advance by the division. An employer who fails to make the immediate and simultaneous disclosure to the department as required by this paragraph shall be liable for the penalties imposed by subsection (b) of R.S.43:21-16 on employers for willful failure to furnish reports. The division shall notify the employer by electronic means not more than seven calendar days after the department receives the disclosure of any failure of the employer to provide all of the information needed by the division to make a benefit determination. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require an employer to re-hire an individual formerly in the employer's service. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the division to issue a benefit determination solely based on the information supplied by the employer. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section which require employers to provide information to the division by electronic means, and the division to provide notifications to an employer by electronic means, the commissioner shall have the discretion to establish by rule an alternate method or methods for employers to provide the required information to the division and for the division to provide the required notifications to an employer in circumstances where it is established, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that the employer is unable to provide the information to the division or is unable to receive notifications from the division by electronic means. (2) Any claimant may choose to certify, cancel or close his claim for unemployment insurance benefits at any time, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, via the Internet on a website developed by the division; however, any claim that is certified, cancelled or closed after 7:00 PM will not be processed by the division until the next scheduled posting date. (3) The division may request that claimants obtain digital identity credentials, but only if the division provides opportunities for claimants to verify their identities even if they do not have the knowledge or access to the equipment needed to obtain the digital identity credentials. Any request by the division for a claimant to obtain digital identity credentials shall include a statement that the claimant may use alternative procedures to verify identification, and fully describe the alternative procedures, which shall include personal assistance in person or by phone which shall be made available by representatives of the division as needed to prevent any delay in processing claims. If the division requests that a claimant obtain digital identity credentials, and the claimant chooses to request a digital identity credential rather than utilize an alternative procedure, but is denied the digital identity credential, the division shall issue the claimant a written appealable determination. (4) Any system that the division establishes for claimants or recipients of benefits to verify identity, to apply for, or to make appeals regarding, benefits either by phone or on-line, shall provide a clearly and prominently expressed option for the claimant or recipient, if not immediately provided personal assistance, to select from available appointment times an appointment time to speak with a representative to obtain assistance in verifying identity, filing a claim or appeal, or obtaining information regarding the status of a claim or appeal. (b) (1) Procedure for making initial determinations with respect to benefit years commencing on or after January 1, 1953. A representative or representatives designated by the director of the division and hereafter referred to as a "deputy" shall promptly examine any disclosure of information to the division by an employer required by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section upon a separation from work and any claim for benefits, and shall, by electronic means, notify the most recent employing unit and, successively as necessary, each employer in inverse chronological order during the base year. The notification shall be made not later than seven calendar days after the employer provides to the department the disclosure required by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or seven calendar days after the filing of the claim, whichever occurs first, and require said employing unit and employer to furnish, by electronic means, not more than seven calendar days after the notification is made, any information to the deputy which the employer failed to provide as required by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section as may be necessary to determine the claimant's eligibility and his benefit rights with respect to the employer in question. The claimant shall, at the time the claim is filed, be provided any information the division has received from the employer upon the separation from work and an opportunity to respond to that information. If a claim is filed and the employer has provided the information required upon separation from work, the employer shall immediately be notified by electronic means of the opportunity to provide, by electronic means and in not more than seven calendar days, additional information in response to the claim for benefits. If a claim is filed and the employer has failed to provide the information required upon the separation from work, the division shall immediately, by electronic means, request the required information and the employer shall provide the information, by electronic means and in not more than seven calendar days. The division shall provide the claimant any additional information it receives and an opportunity to respond. If any employer or employing unit fails to respond to the notification or request within seven calendar days after a communication by electronic means of the notification or request, the deputy shall rely entirely on information from other sources, including an affidavit to the best of the knowledge and belief of the claimant with respect to his wages and time worked. Except in the event of a knowing, fraudulent nondisclosure or misrepresentation by the claimant or his agent, if it is determined that any information in such affidavit is erroneous, no penalty shall be imposed on the claimant. The deputy shall make an initial determination contingent upon the receipt of all necessary information and notify the claimant no later than three weeks from the date on which the division received the claim for benefits. The initial determination shall show the weekly benefit amount payable, the maximum duration of benefits with respect to the employer to whom the determination relates, and the ratio of benefits chargeable to the employer's account for benefit years commencing on or after July 1, 1986, and also shall show whether the claimant is ineligible or disqualified for benefits under the initial determination. The employer whose account may be charged for benefits payable pursuant to said determination shall be promptly notified thereof. Whenever an initial determination is based upon information other than that supplied by an employer because such employer failed to provide information as required at the time of separation from employment, and failed to respond to the deputy's request for additional information, benefit payments based on the determination shall commence immediately, and such initial determination and any subsequent determination thereunder shall be incontestable by the noncomplying employer, as to any charges to his employer's account because of benefits paid prior to the close of the calendar week following the receipt of his reply. Such initial determination shall be altered if necessary upon receipt of information from the employer, and any benefits paid or payable with respect to weeks occurring subsequent to the close of the calendar week following the receipt of the employer's reply and the determination of the division to alter the initial determination after providing the claimant the information and an opportunity to respond shall be paid in accordance with such altered initial determination. The deputy shall issue a separate initial benefit determination with respect to each of the claimant's base year employers, starting with the most recent employer and continuing as necessary in the inverse chronological order of the claimant's last date of employment with each such employer. If an appeal is taken from an initial determination, as hereinafter provided, by any employer other than the first chargeable base year employer or for benefit years commencing on or after July 1, 1986, that employer from whom the individual was most recently separated, then such appeal shall be limited in scope to include only one or more of the following matters: (A) The correctness of the benefit payments authorized to be made under the determination; (B) Fraud in connection with the claim pursuant to which the initial determination is issued; (C) The refusal of suitable work offered by the chargeable employer filing the appeal; (D) Gross misconduct as provided in subsection (b) of R.S.43:21-5. In his discretion, the director may appoint special deputies to make initial or subsequent determinations under subsection (f) of R.S.43:21-4 and subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-5. The amount of benefits payable under an initial determination may be reduced or canceled if necessary to avoid payment of benefits for a number of weeks in excess of the maximum specified in subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-3. Unless the employer, within seven calendar days after a confirmed receipt of notification of an initial determination, including by electronic means, or the claimant, within 21 calendar days after the notification was mailed to the claimant's last-known address and addresses, or after the notification was delivered to the claimant by electronic means, provided the departmental functionality exists to deliver the notifications by electronic means and provided, further, that the claimant has communicated to the division the choice to receive the notifications by electronic means, files an appeal of the decision, the decision shall be final and benefits shall immediately be paid or denied in accordance therewith, except for such determinations as may be altered in benefit amounts or duration as provided in this paragraph. An appeal concerning an initial determination shall not be filed after whichever is applicable of the seven-day or 21-day period. Benefits payable for periods pending an appeal of the initial determination to the appeal tribunal shall be paid according to the initial determination, and benefits payable for periods pending appeal of the determination of the appeal tribunal to the board of review shall be paid according to the appeal tribunal determination, but shall be, to the extent that the amount paid exceeds the amount determined in the appeal, regarded as an overpayment subject to the provisions of R.S.43:21-16 regarding overpayments, including the requirement of that section that a claimant who makes knowing, fraudulent nondisclosure or misrepresentation is liable to repay the full amount of the overpayment; provided that if the appeal is an appeal of a determination that the claimant is disqualified under the provisions of R.S.43:21-5, benefits pending determination of the appeal shall be withheld only for the period of disqualification as provided for in that section, and while the appeal is pending, the benefits otherwise provided by this act shall be paid for the period subsequent to such period of disqualification; provided further that if it is determined in the appeal that the claimant was not disqualified, the claimant shall be paid the benefits due for the period of the disqualification, except that no such benefits shall be paid to the claimant for any week during which the claimant has failed to provide to the division a weekly certification evidencing the claimant's eligibility for benefits; and provided, also, that if there are two determinations of entitlement, benefits for the period covered by such determinations shall be paid regardless of any appeal which may thereafter be taken, but no employer's account shall be charged with benefits so paid, if the decision is finally reversed. If an employer appeals the charging of benefits to the employer's account after the seven-day period to appeal the initial benefit determination, and, as a result of the appeal on the charging to the employer's account, the division, after the claimant is notified and given the opportunity to respond, reduces the amount charged to the employer's account, any resulting reduction in the amount of benefits shall take effect only after the resolution of the appeal of the charging, and any amount of benefits paid before the resolution of the appeal of the charging which exceeds the amount determined in that appeal shall be regarded as an overpayment caused by employer error, the repayment of which shall be governed by subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-16. (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2022, c.120) (3) Procedure for making subsequent determinations with respect to benefit years commencing on or after January 1, 1953. The deputy shall make determinations with respect to claims for benefits thereafter in the course of the benefit year, in accordance with any initial determination allowing benefits, and under which benefits have not been exhausted, and each notification of a benefit payment shall be a notification of an affirmative subsequent determination. Any change in the allowance, amount, or other characteristic of benefits by the deputy in any such determination, or the denial of benefits by the deputy in any such determination, shall be appealable in the same manner and under the same limitations as is provided in the case of initial determinations, except that, after an initial determination, the resolution of any appeal of the initial determination, and the payment of one or more weeks of benefits pursuant to the initial determination, if a subsequent determination will result in any termination or reduction of those benefits from the amount or duration of benefits specified in the initial determination, the claimant shall be provided notification with a full written explanation of why the reduction or termination of benefits will occur, and provided, during the seven calendar days following the notification, an opportunity to file an appeal. If the claimant files an appeal during the seven-day period, benefits shall continue to be paid at the rate, and for the duration, stipulated in the initial determination until the appeal is resolved. If the claimant does not file an appeal, or the claimant files an appeal and it is found in the resolution of the appeal that the amount in benefits paid during the processing of the appeal exceeded the amount determined in the appeal to be correct, or the claimant is found in the appeal to be ineligible for benefits, any resulting excess payment of benefits shall be regarded as an overpayment subject to the provisions of R.S.43:21-16 regarding overpayments, including the requirement of that section that a claimant who makes knowing, fraudulent nondisclosure or misrepresentation is liable to repay the full amount of the overpayment. (c) Appeals. Unless such appeal is withdrawn, an appeal tribunal, after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall affirm or modify the findings of fact and the determination. The parties shall be duly notified of such tribunal's decision, together with its reasons therefor, which shall be deemed to be the final decision of the board of review, unless further appeal is initiated pursuant to subsection (e) of this section within 20 days after the date of notification or mailing of such decision for any decision made after December 1, 2010. (d) Appeal tribunals. To hear and decide disputed benefit claims, including appeals from determinations with respect to demands for refunds of benefits under subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-16, the director with the approval of the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall establish impartial appeal tribunals consisting of a salaried body of examiners under the supervision of a Chief Appeals Examiner, all of whom shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, Civil Service and other applicable statutes. (e) Board of review. The board of review may on its own motion affirm, modify, or set aside any decision of an appeal tribunal on the basis of the evidence previously submitted in such case, or direct the taking of additional evidence, or may permit any of the parties to such decision to initiate further appeals before it. The board of review shall permit such further appeal by any of the parties interested in a decision of an appeal tribunal which is not unanimous and from any determination which has been overruled or modified by any appeal tribunal. The board of review may remove to itself or transfer to another appeal tribunal the proceedings on any claim pending before an appeal tribunal. Any proceedings so removed to the board of review shall be heard by a quorum thereof in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section. The board of review shall promptly notify the interested parties of its findings and decision. (f) Procedure. The manner in which disputed benefit claims, and appeals from determinations with respect to (1) claims for benefits and (2) demands for refunds of benefits under subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-16 shall be presented, the reports thereon required from the claimant and from employers, and the conduct of hearings and appeals shall be in accordance with rules prescribed by the board of review for determining the rights of the parties, whether or not such rules conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim. All testimony at any hearing upon a disputed claim shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is further appealed. (g) Witness fees. Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this section shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the director. Such fees and all expenses of proceedings involving disputed claims shall be deemed a part of the expense of administering this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.). (h) Court review. Any decision of the board of review shall become final as to any party upon the mailing of a copy thereof to such party and to the party's attorney, or upon the mailing of a copy thereof to such party at his last-known address and to the party's attorney. The Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance and any party to a proceeding before the board of review may secure judicial review of the final decision of the board of review. Any party not joining in the appeal shall be made a defendant; the board of review shall be deemed to be a party to any judicial action involving the review of, or appeal from, any of its decisions, and may be represented in any such judicial action by any qualified attorney, who may be a regular salaried employee of the board of review or has been designated by it for that purpose, or, at the board of review's request, by the Attorney General. (i) Failure to give notice. The failure of any public officer or employee at any time heretofore or hereafter to give notice of determination or decision required in subsections (b), (c) and (e) of this section, as originally passed or amended, shall not relieve any employer's account of any charge by reason of any benefits paid, unless and until that employer can show to the satisfaction of the director of the division that the said benefits, in whole or in part, would not have been charged or chargeable to his account had such notice been given. Any determination hereunder by the director shall be subject to court review. (j) With respect to benefit payments made on or after October 22, 2013, an employer's account shall not be relieved of charges related to a benefit payment that was made erroneously from the division if it is determined that: (1) The erroneous benefit payment was made because the employer, or an agent of the employer, failed to respond in a timely or adequate manner to a request from the division for information related to the claim for benefits, including failing to provide the information required by subsection (a) of this section upon a separation from employment; and (2) The employer, or an agent of the employer, has established a pattern of failing to respond in a timely or adequate manner to requests from the division for information related to claims for benefits, including failing to provide the information required by subsection (a) of this section upon a separation from employment. Determinations of the division prohibiting the relief of charges pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to appeal in the same manner as other determinations of the division related to the charging of employer accounts. For purposes of subsection (j) of this section: "Erroneous benefit payment" means a benefit payment that, except for the failure by the employer, or an agent of the employer, to respond in a timely or adequate manner to a request from the division for information with respect to the claim for benefits, would not have been made; and "Pattern of failing" means repeated documented failure on the part of the employer, or an agent of the employer, to respond to requests from the division to the employer or employer's agent for information related to a claim for benefits, including failing to provide the information required by subsection (a) of this section upon a separation from employment, except that an employer, or an agent of an employer, shall not be determined to have engaged in a "pattern of failing" if the number of failures to provide the required information or respond to requests from the division for information related to claims for benefits during the previous 365 calendar days is less than three, or if the number of failures is less than two percent of the number of requests from the division, whichever is greater. (k) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall establish and maintain a procedure by which personnel access rights to the department's primary system for unemployment claims receipt and processing are comprehensively reviewed every calendar quarter. The procedure shall include an evaluation of access needs to the primary unemployment claims receipt and processing system for all department personnel and the adjustment, addition, or deletion of access rights for department personnel based on the quarterly review. (l) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall develop within the department's primary system for unemployment claims receipt and processing a mechanism for claimants to electronically access their own benefit payment status and history. amended 1945, c.308, s.2; 1950, c.167, s.1; 1951, c.338, s.1; 1952, c.187, s.3; 1955, c.203, s.2; 1961, c.43, s.4; 1974, c.86, s.4; 1975, c.385; 1977, c.307, s.3; 1984, c.24, s.4; 2010, c.82, s.1; 2011, c.32, s.1; 2011, c.87, s.1; 2013, c.148; 2015, c.42; 2016, c.62; 2017, c.163; 2022, c.120, s.1; 2024, c.102, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-109 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-109
Pension to widow or children or sole dependent parent
Status: in_force

The widow or children or sole dependent parent of any superintendent or assistant superintendent of the county department of weights and measures, having paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessment or contributions, who shall have lost his life in the performance of his duty, or who shall die from causes other than injuries received in the performance of duty, shall receive a pension equal to one-half of the salary of such member at the time of his death; provided, however, that in case of a widow and children such pension shall be paid to the widow for the use of herself and the children, if any, and in case of children and no widow, then such pension shall be paid to such of the children who have not attained the age of sixteen years, in equal shares; provided, there are three or more children; if there are two children, they shall be paid thirty dollars ($30.00) each monthly; if one child, thirty-five dollars ($35.00) monthly; and in case there is no widow and no children under the age of sixteen years, then such pension shall be paid to the sole dependent parent of such deceased member; provided, further, no widow shall be entitled to a pension who shall have married any such member after he shall have attained the age of fifty years, after the passage of this act; provided, further, that if any widow entitled to a pension as aforesaid remarry, then such pension shall cease and shall not be paid to such widow or her children. L.1938, c. 397, p. 986, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6-6.30 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-6.30
Retirement of certain justices or judges under different laws; same pension payments
Status: in_force

Any Chief Justice or associate justice of the new Supreme Court or judge of the Superior Court, who hereafter retires under the provisions of P.L.1963, chapter 183, as amended by P.L.1964, chapter 216, or of P.L.1964, chapter 135, shall receive the same pension payments as if his retirement were made pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1948, chapter 391, as amended by this act. L.1965, c. 74, s. 9, eff. July 1, 1965.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-14.2
Termination of lien for contributions for certain years
Status: in_force

The lien provided for by paragraph (b) of section 43:21-14 of the Revised Statutes as originally enacted, upon the property of any subject employer for contributions, penalties and interest due from such employer during the period from December twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, to June eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty, shall terminate one year from the effective date of this act and any property affected thereby shall thereupon be discharged of said lien unless prior to such termination date a judgment or a certificate of indebtedness, each including therein the amount of such contributions, penalties and interest, shall have been entered or docketed against such employer in the office of the Superior Court clerk pursuant to the provisions of the chapter to which this act is a supplement. L.1950, c. 170, p. 367, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-12.8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-12.8
Reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen; arrangements with federal officials
Status: in_force

The Unemployment Compensation Commission is authorized to enter into arrangements or agreements with the Federal Security Administrator or with any administrator, agent, agency, board or body designated and established in and by Section 306 of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code, and for other purposes," being designated as Public Law 719, 79th Congress, approved August 10, 1946, providing for the payment of reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen, whereby the personnel, records and facilities of the commission shall be employed, under the direction and control of the commission, for implementing and carrying into effect said Section 306 of such Federal law, and whereby the New Jersey wage credits of any claimant during his base year may be supplemented by the wage credits accruing during the same base year to such claimant under the said Federal Act for the purpose of making a single payment of benefits to such claimant with respect to any compensable week upon the basis of the wage credits so combined; provided, however, that all costs and expenses incurred, as well as all funds to make payments of such reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen, shall be provided by Federal grant and not devolve upon the State of New Jersey; and further provided, that any arrangement or agreement so entered into shall provide that where New Jersey wage credits are insufficient in themselves to support benefit payments to any claimant under the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Law, and are taped out with Federal credits, no benefits paid against the New Jersey wage credits so used will be paid out of the New Jersey benefit fund or be charged against the account of any New Jersey employer; and further provided, that subsection (f) of section 43:21-5 of the Revised Statutes shall be inapplicable with respect to such benefits so paid. All acts and action heretofore taken by the Unemployment Compensation Commission or any of its representatives in cooperating with the Federal authorities in the payment of such benefits are approved, ratified and confirmed. L.1948, c. 182, p. 926, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-3.15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-3.15
Certain firemen eligible for enrollment in PFRS; credit for PERS service, certain.
Status: in_force

1. a. Upon the approval by the municipal governing body, any fireman employed by a municipality on the effective date of this act who (1) was not eligible for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS), established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), at the time of appointment to a paid position pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-42 through 40A:14-44, (2) meets the requirements for membership in the retirement system as set forth in the definition of "fireman" in section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1) and (3) is enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey (PERS), established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), on the effective date of this act, is eligible to become a member of PFRS, regardless of age, and may transfer membership from PERS to PFRS in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations governing the retirement system relative to interfund transfers by waiving, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, all rights and benefits which would otherwise be provided by PERS. If an eligible person does not file a timely waiver of PERS benefits, the person's pension status shall remain unchanged and the person's membership shall not be transferred to PFRS. Transfers under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first full calendar month following the effective date of this act by at least 180 days. PERS shall transmit to PFRS an amount equal to the present value of the benefit under PERS accrued to the date of transfer by each person transferring to PFRS. The service credit accrued in PERS to the date of transfer shall be transferred to PFRS and may be used to meet any service credit requirement for benefits under PFRS. Any benefit of a member who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS under this act based upon service credit shall be the amount of benefit determined as provided under PFRS based upon the total amount of service credit multiplied by the ratio of the service credit under PFRS from the date of transfer to the total amount of service credit, plus a benefit comparable to a PERS deferred, early or regular service retirement benefit, as appropriate, based upon the age of the member at the time of retirement and the amount of PERS service credit transferred to PFRS, determined as provided under the law and regulations governing PERS for the benefit. The total amount of service credit in PFRS, including the transferred PERS service credit, may be used to meet the service credit requirement for the benefit comparable to a PERS deferred or early retirement benefit, but the benefit shall be calculated only on the transferred PERS service credit. Active and retired death benefits, accidental death benefits, and ordinary and accidental disability retirement benefits for members transferring to PFRS under this act shall be the benefits provided under PFRS. For members transferring to PFRS under this act, the widows' or widowers' pensions provided under section 26 of P.L.1967, c.250 (C.43:16A-12.1) shall be the amount of the benefit determined as provided in section 26 multiplied by the ratio of the service credit under PFRS from the date of transfer to the total amount of service credit. Transferring members shall be entitled to elect optional retirement allowances for the portions of their retirement benefits based upon their PERS service credit as provided under the laws and regulations governing selection of optional retirement allowances under PERS. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, a fireman who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under section 3 of P.L.1991, c.153 (C.43:16A-11.11). c. The State shall not be liable for additional costs incurred by a local employer as a result of the transfers permitted by this section. L.2005,c.326,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.80 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.80
Adoption of chapter 310 of laws 1948 by county with 400,000 to 425,000 inhabitants; membership as condition of employment
Status: in_force

Any person employed by or elected or re-elected as a public official of a county having a population of 400,000 to 425,000 inhabitants which heretofore adopted the provisions of chapter 310 of the laws of 1948 (C. 43:10-18.50, etc.), after the effective date of this act, shall become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey as a condition of employment and shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits and subject to all obligations of other members of said system, provided that the board of chosen freeholders of such county has adopted and submitted to the Public Employees' Retirement System a resolution providing for such membership and agreeing that said county shall be subject to the same liabilities with respect to such members as all other counties participating in the Public Employees' Retirement System. Such employees shall not be eligible to be members of any pension fund maintained by said county for persons employed by the county prior to the effective date of the resolution adopted by said county. L.1966, c. 210, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.38 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.38
Affiliation with similar organizations
Status: in_force

The commission shall be empowered to affiliate with similar State and national organizations. L.1954, c. 218, p. 831, s. 36.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.59c — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.59c
Additional payment to retirement system.
Status: in_force

11. At the time it makes its annual normal contribution to the retirement system, the employer shall pay to the retirement system an additional amount equivalent to the cost of the adjustment in retirement allowances or pensions and in survivorship benefits payable to retirants and beneficiaries in the prior year pursuant to sections 7 through 13 of P.L.1990, c.20 (C.43:13-22.69 et seq.), except the initial payment shall be equivalent to the cost of the adjustment beginning on the effective date of P.L.2013, c.282. L.2013, c.282, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-12.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-12.5
Civil service employees of Employment Service Division remitted to state service; survey of personnel, duties and compensation
Status: in_force

The permanent civil service employees of the Employment Service Division whose services were made available to the Federal Government under the act to which this act is supplementary, who have been remitted to State service, shall be the subject of a survey by the Civil Service Commission which shall make a study of such personnel, their present duties and compensation for the purpose of arriving at such adjustments of salary, civil service and other classifications and duties as may be requisite in order to effectuate as nearly as may be an equalization of compensation for the performance of similar duties and the payment of salaries commensurate with the work performed. L.1948, c. 68, p. 416, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-89 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-89
Pension to widow
Status: in_force

If any county clerk's employee, after having been retired on half pay, shall die leaving him surviving a widow who was his wife at the time of his retirement, such widow, so long as she shall remain unmarried, shall receive a pension equal to one-half of the amount of the annual salary of such county clerk's employee at the time of his retirement.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3C-9.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3C / Section 3C-9.3
TPAF, JRS, PERS, PFRS, SPRS compensation limitation not to be exceeded
Status: in_force

3. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, for members of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, the Judicial Retirement System, the Public Employees' Retirement System, the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System, the amount of compensation which may be used for member contributions and benefits under the retirement systems after June 30, 1996 shall not exceed the compensation limitation of section 401 (a) (17) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, (26 U.S.C. s.401 (a) (17) ), as amended pursuant to section 13212 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L.103-66, 107 Stat. 312 or as hereafter amended or supplemented, to the extent applicable to governmental plans. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to members enrolled prior to July 1, 1996 if the employer of the members certifies to the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits, in the form and manner prescribed by the director, prior to July 1, 1997, that the employer will pay the additional cost for not applying the limit to the members. L.1997,c.113,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.9
Control and management of funds; rules and regulations; information
Status: in_force

The commission shall have control and management of the funds and of the retirement of employees who are members of the fund. The commission shall, from time to time, subject to the limitations of this act, establish rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and the administration of the retirement system under this act. Under the direction of the commission, the head of each city department shall furnish such information and shall keep such records as the commission may require for the discharge of its duties. L.1954, c. 218, p. 812, s. 7.