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NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-7.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-7.9 - Unemployment compensation benefits for 2020 not considered in employer's reserve ratio.

43:21-7.9 Unemployment compensation benefits for 2020 not considered in employer's reserve ratio.  1. a. The costs of any unemployment compensation benefits paid to employees of an employer during the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor on March 9, 2020, and any subsequent extensions of that public health emergency and state of emergency, shall not be considered when calculating that employer's reserve ratio for the purposes of determining the rate of the employer's contributions to the State unemployment compensation fund pursuant to R.S.43:21-7. b. Any employer that is a nonprofit organization which elects to make payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.346 (C.43:21-7.2) or is a governmental entity or instrumentality which elects to make payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.346 (C.43:21-7.3), shall not be liable for payments in lieu of contributions with respect to the payments of unemployment compensation benefits made pursuant to either of those two sections during the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor on March 9, 2020, and any subsequent extensions of that public health emergency and state of emergency, except that the employer shall be required to make payments in lieu of contributions from any available funds held in trust for that purpose from contributions made by its employees. Any portion of the payments of unemployment benefits which are not paid from the employee contributions held in trust or from funds provided by the federal government pursuant to the federal CARES Act, public law 116-136, pursuant to section 9012 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or pursuant to any other applicable federal law, shall not result in a liability for the employer but shall be regarded as State liability relief to the employer and shall be paid from the unemployment compensation fund. Any reimbursing employer who, prior to the effective date of this act, made payments in lieu of contributions during the public health emergency shall be entitled to a reimbursement from the unemployment compensation fund of all of those payments in lieu of contributions made during this period, except that the employer shall not be reimbursed for payments made in lieu of contributions from funds held in trust for that purpose from contributions made by its employees. 2020, c.150, s.1; amended 2021, c.143.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-9.1 - Cancellation of record of checks not presented for payment within 6 years

43:21-9.1. Cancellation of record of checks not presented for payment within 6 years  The State Treasurer, as treasurer and custodian of the unemployment compensation and State disability benefits funds, is hereby authorized and directed to cancel of record and to refuse to honor checks issued against any of the accounts established within the unemployment compensation and State disability benefits funds which have not been presented for payment within 6 years from the date of issuance. Upon such cancellation, moneys held on deposit for the payment of the checks shall be credited to the accounts against which said checks were drawn. L.1966, c. 24, s. 1, eff. April 21, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-11.1 - Administration; agricultural workers

43:21-11.1. Administration; agricultural workers  The Department of Labor shall take any actions as the commissioner deems necessary to improve the administration of the unemployment compensation program as it concerns agricultural workers. The actions shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  a. Strengthening the enforcement of the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of R.S. 43:21-5 concerning the disqualification of applicants for benefits as the provisions apply to agricultural workers;  b. Making bilingual forms available for all Spanish speaking agricultural workers applying for or receiving benefits; and  c. Implementing procedures to accelerate the processing of the unemployment compensation claims of agricultural workers, including workers who live outside of the State.  L. 1985, c. 508, s. 9, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-11.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-11.2 - Notice posting; penalties for violation

43:21-11.2. Notice posting; penalties for violation  a. An employer or contracting agent of an employer who employs any employee covered by subparagraph (I) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of R.S.43:21-19 shall post, in a conspicuous location or locations accessible to all employees, a notice which shall contain in English and Spanish the following or a substantially similar statement prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor: "Attention Farm Laborer: Any individual seeking unemployment benefits on the basis of the production and harvesting of agricultural crops is required under law to accept an offer of continuing suitable work with his current employer following the completion of the contract of hire if no other suitable work is offered. Failure to accept work under these conditions may result in a denial of benefits until the worker is employed for four weeks and earns six times his weekly benefit rate. If you have any questions about eligibility under the New Jersey 'unemployment compensation law,' you may contact the New Jersey Department of Labor."  b. An employer who fails to post a notice as required under subsection a. of this act shall be issued by the Department of Labor a written warning for the first violation of subsection a. of this section, and shall be fined up to $25.00 for the second violation and up to $100.00 for the third violation and each subsequent violation of subsection a. of this section. A penalty imposed by the commissioner pursuant to this act shall be final, unless within 15 days after receipt of notice thereof by certified mail, the person charged with the violation takes exception to the determination that the violation for which the penalty is imposed occurred, in which event final determination of the penalty shall be made as a declaratory ruling under section 8 of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-8) and subject to review in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey.  c. The Department of Labor shall provide to each employer covered by this section a copy or copies of the notice prescribed by subsection a. of this section.  L. 1989, c. 29, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-11.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-11.3 - Returns for domestic service filed on calendar year basis; exceptions.

43:21-11.3 Returns for domestic service filed on calendar year basis; exceptions.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-11.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-11.4 - Establishment of system of annual filings.

43:21-11.4 Establishment of system of annual filings.  3. a. The Commissioner of Labor shall establish a system of annual filings to meet the alternative system requirements of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of 42 U.S.C. s.1320b-7 on or before the 30th day after enactment of P.L.1999, c.94 (C.54A:9-17.2 et al.), and shall seek waiver from the United States Secretary of Labor in conformance with paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of 42 U.S.C. s.1320b-7. b. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act to the contrary, the powers of the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of subsection (g) of R.S.43:21-11 to require quarterly reports of wages paid are reserved to the commissioner, to be exercised after compliance with subsection a. of this section if necessary to maintain a State income and eligibility verification system in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of 42 U.S.C. s.1320b-7. L.1999,c.94,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-11.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-11.5 - Information regarding New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Department of Labor and Workforce Development communication.

43:21-11.5 Information regarding New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Department of Labor and Workforce Development communication.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.3 - Civil service, pension and other rights of employees not affected during period of service to Federal government

43:21-12.3. Civil service, pension and other rights of employees not affected during period of service to Federal government  No civil service, pension or other rights, including rights to promotion and to increase in remuneration, of any individual whose services were made available to the Federal government under the act to which this act is supplementary, shall be impaired or prejudiced during the period in which any such individual shall have rendered services to the Federal government thereunder, but shall be preserved and shall remain intact as of the date of induction into and transfer to said Federal service; and in the event any such individual shall have been promoted, or shall have received any increase in remuneration, while in such Federal service, such individual, when remitted to State service, shall retain and enjoy such rights so accruing to him while in the Federal service; provided, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission shall find, upon an examination and survey of the law and procedures applied and used in determined and setting up such advance in position and remuneration, that the individual would have been entitled under State law and procedures to acquire, hold and enjoy such advance in position and remuneration against all other individuals interested or concerned. L.1943, c. 171, p. 491, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.4 - Commission may arrange with federal agencies for jobs for veterans; expenses

43:21-12.4. Commission may arrange with federal agencies for jobs for veterans; expenses  The Unemployment Compensation Commission is authorized to enter into arrangements or agreements with any administrator, agent, agency, board or body designated and established under any law or laws of the United States providing for the placement in jobs of honorably discharged veterans of World War II and for the payment to such veterans of benefits or readjustment allowances covering periods of unemployment, 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 such Federal law, or laws; provided, however, that all costs and expenses incurred as well as all funds to make payments of such benefits and readjustment allowances shall be provided by Federal grant, and not devolve upon the State of New Jersey. L.1944, c. 232, p. 788, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.4a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.4a - Agreement with United States Secretary of Labor regarding payment of unemployment compensation to veterans

43:21-12.4a. Agreement with United States Secretary of Labor regarding payment of unemployment compensation to veterans  The Division of Employment Security is authorized to enter into an agreement with the United States Secretary of Labor under Title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two (Public Law 550, 82nd Congress, 66 Stat. 663), entitled "Unemployment Compensation for Veterans of Service On and After June 27, 1950," whereby the division, as agent of the United States, will, in accordance with the provisions of said Title, make payments of unemployment compensation to veterans as therein defined, and will otherwise co-operate with the Secretary of Labor and with other State agencies in making such payments; provided, however, that all costs and expenses incurred, as well as all funds to make payments of such unemployment compensation shall be provided by Federal funds and shall not devolve upon the State of New Jersey; 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. L.1953, c. 217, p. 1640, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.4b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.4b - Actions taken by Division of Employment Security ratified

43:21-12.4b. Actions taken by Division of Employment Security ratified  All acts and actions heretofore taken by the Division of Employment Security or any of its representatives in co-operating with the Federal authorities in the payment of such benefits are approved, ratified and confirmed. L.1953, c. 217, p. 1640, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.5 - Civil service employees of Employment Service Division remitted to state service; survey of personnel, duties and compensation

43:21-12.5. Civil service employees of Employment Service Division remitted to state service; survey of personnel, duties and compensation  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.6 - Adjustments of compensation

43:21-12.6. Adjustments of compensation  Adjustments of compensation after the allocation of positions under the new compensation plan resulting from the above classification survey shall be made as follows: The compensation of each employee then receiving a rate per year within the range prescribed for the class in which his position falls shall be increased to the next higher increment rate as funds shall be available; the compensation of each employee then receiving less than the minimum rate per year for the class in which his position falls shall be increased in rate per year to the minimum for the class as funds shall be available. Any employee found to be then receiving more than the maximum rate per year for the class in which his position falls shall be reduced to the maximum rate of such class. L.1948, c. 68, p. 416, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.7 - Administration by Civil Service Commission

43:21-12.7. Administration by Civil Service Commission  This act shall be administered by the Civil Service Commission in accordance with the provisions of section 11:5-1 of the Revised Statutes. L.1948, c. 68, p. 417, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-12.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-12.8 - Reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen; arrangements with federal officials

43:21-12.8. Reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen; arrangements with federal officials  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-14a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-14a - ZIP Code reporting

43:21-14a. ZIP Code reporting  In addition to the information required to be reported pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2)(A) of R.S. 43:21-14, every employer shall, in accordance with regulations established by the Commissioner of Labor, report, on an annual basis, the ZIP Code of the residence of each full-time employee and regularly employed part-time employee of the employer, and the ZIP Code of the location where the employee regularly works.  L. 1987, c. 450, s. 1; per s.4, expired April 19, 1993.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-14b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-14b - Information to Transportation commissioner

43:21-14b. Information to Transportation commissioner  The Commissioner of Labor shall transmit the information received from employers as provided in section 1 of this act to the Commissioner of Transportation, who shall utilize the information in developing plans and programs for traffic control, highway maintenance and construction, and mass transit.  L. 1987, c. 450, s. 2; per s.4, expired April 19, 1993.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-14.1 - Refund of contributions; claim

43:21-14.1. Refund of contributions; claim  1. Any employee who is paid wages by two or more employers aggregating more than the amount of "wages" determined in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:21-7(b)(3) shall be entitled to a refund of the amount of contributions deducted from such wages and paid to the Division of Employment Security in excess of the contribution which is determined pursuant to R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(D) required on the amount of "wages" determined in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:21-7(b)(3) except that no such refund shall be made unless the employee makes a claim, establishing his right thereto, within two years after the calendar year in which the wages are paid with respect to which refund of contribution is claimed. No interest shall be allowed or paid with respect to any such refund. L.1944,c.81,s.1; amended 1947,c.35,s.3; 1967,c.30,s.6; 1971,c.346,s.9; 1974,c.86,s.6; 1996,c.28,s.17; 1996,c.30,s.8.