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NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-48 - Assessment of costs of administration

43:21-48. Assessment of costs of administration  (a) If officers or employees of the Division of Employment Security perform duties in part related to the administration of this act and of the unemployment compensation law, or if there be expenses otherwise incurred jointly in connection with administration of such acts, the division shall make an equitable apportionment to determine the portion of total expense to be charged to administration of this act including R.S. 43:21-4(f). So far as possible such apportionment shall be based upon records to be maintained with the respect to activities undertaken in administering this act. (b) The Division of Employment Security shall, at the end of each fiscal year, determine the total amount expended by it for administrative cost directly attributable to the supervision and operation of approved private plans, together with a proportionate part of the administrative cost of R.S. 43:21-4(f), and such total amount shall be prorated among the approved private plans in effect during that year on the basis of the total amount of taxable wages that were paid to all employees covered under such private plans. The prorated amounts shall be assessed against the respective employers but shall not exceed 1/20 of 1% of such wages, and such amounts shall be collectible by the division in the same manner as provided for the collection of employer contributions under the chapter to which this act is a supplement. In making this assessment, the division shall furnish to each affected employer a brief summary of the apportionment of expense to be charged to administration of this act, and of the facts upon which the calculation of the assessment is based. The amounts of such assessments shall be credited to the administration account. (c) The division shall, at the end of each fiscal year, determine the total amount expended by it for administrative cost directly attributable to maintaining separate disability benefits accounts for employers required to contribute to the State disability benefits fund and assigning modified rates of contribution to such employers in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 43:21-7(e)(3). Such total amount of administrative costs shall be prorated among such employer accounts on the basis of the total amount of taxable wages paid to all employees during the preceding calendar year with respect to which contributions were payable to the State disability benefits fund. The prorated amounts shall be assessed against the respective employers, and such amounts shall be collectible by the division in the same manner as provided for the collection of employer contributions in R.S. 43:21-14. The amounts of such assessments shall be credited to the administration account. L.1948, c. 110, p. 605, s. 24. Amended by L.1950, c. 173, p. 397, s. 6; L.1951, c. 282, p. 976, s. 1; L.1970, c. 324, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-50 - Review

43:21-50. Review  (a) If a person claiming benefits under an approved private plan shall be unable to agree with the employer or insurer as to benefits thereunder, such claimant may, within one year after the beginning of the period for which benefits are claimed, file a complaint with the division, which shall conduct such investigation, including informal hearings, as it deems proper. Such complaint shall be filed in writing in a form satisfactory to the division. The division shall have the authority to make procedural rules and regulations providing for a fair and impartial hearing, and shall designate one or more hearing officers. If the issues raised by the complaint are not settled, the hearing officer shall conduct a hearing upon due notice to the claimant, the employer and the insurer, if any, at which any party in interest shall have the right to appear. At such hearing evidence, exclusive of ex parte affidavits, may be produced by any party, but the hearing officer, in conducting the hearing, shall not be bound by the rules of evidence. All proceedings at such hearing shall be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless the order on the disputed claim is to be reviewed. The hearing officer shall make a determination of facts, and an order disposing of the issues presented, which shall be final and binding on the claimant, the employer and the insurer. A copy of such order shall be served upon each of the interested parties by registered mail addressed to their respective last-known addresses. Any party in interest feeling aggrieved by action of the hearing officer may secure judicial review through a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. The cost of recording and transcribing the proceedings, and of the preparation of the entire record required on the review, shall constitute a cost of administering this act. (b) Individuals claiming benefits under the State plan shall be entitled to review hearing and determination as provided in unemployment compensation cases. L.1948, c. 110, p. 607, s. 26. Amended by L.1953, c. 41, p. 772, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-51 - Fees of attorney and medical witnesses

43:21-51. Fees of attorney and medical witnesses  In any proceeding had as the result of a complaint filed with the commission as provided in this article, the hearing officer may (i) if an award of benefits is made to an employee, allow a reasonable fee, not exceeding twenty per centum (20%) of the amount of the award, to the attorney, if any, representing the employee, payable by the employer or insurer, and (ii) allow reasonable appearance fees to medical witnesses, the payment of which may be assessed wholly or in part against the employee, the employer or the insurer as the hearing officer shall determine. Except for amounts thus allowed, it shall be unlawful for an attorney or any other person to ask for, contract for, or receive, directly or indirectly, any charge for services in securing or attempting to secure any benefits hereunder, or for a medical witness to make any charge for an appearance at a hearing held pursuant to this act. L.1948, c. 110, p. 608, s. 27.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-52 - Records and reports

43:21-52. Records and reports  (a) Each employer shall keep true and accurate employment records, containing such information as may reasonably be prescribed by the commission. Such records shall be open to inspection by the commission or its authorized representative at any time during ordinary business hours for the purpose of ascertaining whether such employer is a covered employer and, if so, whether such employer is complying with the provisions of this act. Information thus obtained shall not be published or open to public inspection (other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties) in any manner revealing an employee's or employer's identity, but any claimant at a hearing before the commission or a hearing officer shall be supplied with information from such records to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of his claim. (b) Covered employers whose employees are participating in an approved private plan and any insurer of an approved private plan shall furnish such reports and information and make available to the commission such records as the commission may by regulation require for the proper administration of this act. (c) The commission is hereby authorized and directed to make available to any insurer or self-insurer, on request, any information from its records that is necessary for the determination of liability under an approved private plan. L.1948, c. 110, p. 608, s. 28.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-53 - Rights in payments

43:21-53. Rights in payments  Benefits payable under an approved private plan by an employer as a self-insurer shall have the same preference against the assets of the employer as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law for a claim for unpaid wages for labor, and benefits under the State plan and for any disability during unemployment as provided by section 43:21-4(f) or under an approved private plan shall not be assignable or subject to levy, execution, attachment or other process for satisfaction of debts. L.1948, c. 110, p. 609, s. 29. Amended by L.1950, c. 173, p. 399, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-54 - Financial responsibility under private plans

43:21-54. Financial responsibility under private plans  If a private plan does not provide for the assumption by an insurer, duly authorized and admitted to do business in this State, of the liability to pay the benefits afforded by such plan, the commission shall not approve it unless the employer files with the commission the bond of an admitted surety insurer conditioned on the payment of obligations under the plan, or deposits with the commission securities approved by the commission to secure the payment of such obligations. The penal sum of the bond or the amount of the deposit shall be determined by the commission and shall be not less than one-half of the contributions which would have been paid by the employees to be covered by the plan during the previous year, or one-half of the estimated contributions of such employees for the ensuing year, whichever is greater; provided, however, that any employer who is a self-insurer and is exempt from insuring his workmen's compensation liability, as provided by law, shall so long as such exemption remains in effect be exempt from the surety bond and security deposit requirements of this section; and any other employer who shall satisfy the commission as to the permanence of his business and his financial ability to pay the benefits provided by a private plan submitted for approval may, upon application, be exempted from such requirements by written order of the commission, which order shall be revocable at any time. L.1948, c. 110, p. 609, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-55.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-55.1 - Liability for repayment of disability benefits overpayments.

43:21-55.1 Liability for repayment of disability benefits overpayments.  2. (a) If it is determined by the division that an individual for any reason has received, under the State plan, an approved private plan or for a disability during unemployment, any sum of disability benefits, including benefits during a period of family temporary disability leave, to which the individual was not entitled, the individual shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, be liable to repay the sum in full. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the sum that the individual is liable to repay shall be deducted from future benefits payable to the individual under P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.) or subsection (f) of R.S.43:21-4, or shall be repaid by the individual to the division, the employer or the insurer, and that sum shall be collectible in the manner provided for by law, including, but not limited to, the filing of a certificate of debt with the Clerk of the Superior Court of New Jersey; except that no individual who does not knowingly misrepresent or withhold any material fact to obtain benefits shall be liable for any repayments or deductions against future benefits unless notified before four years have elapsed from the time the benefits in question were paid. The division shall promptly notify the individual by mail of the determination and the reasons for the determination. Unless the individual files an appeal of the determination within 20 calendar days following the receipt of the notice, or, within 24 days after the notice was mailed to the individual's last known address, the determination shall be final. (b) If the individual received the overpayment of benefits because of an error made by the division, the employer or the physician, and if the individual did not knowingly misrepresent or withhold any material fact to obtain the benefits, the following limits shall apply: (1) The amount withheld from any subsequent benefit check shall be an amount not greater than 50% of the amount of the check; and (2) Any repayments of the overpayments by the individual or the estate of the individual may be waived, but all repayments of overpayments shall be waived in cases in which the individual is deceased or permanently disabled. Any demand for repayment from an individual pursuant to this subsection shall include an explanation of the provisions of this subsection. L.1997, c.318, s.2; amended 2008, c.17, s.9; 2019, c.37, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-55.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-55.2 - Retaliation against employee for request, use of disability benefits prohibited; violations, penalties.

43:21-55.2 Retaliation against employee for request, use of disability benefits prohibited; violations, penalties.  24. a. An employer shall not discharge, harass, threaten, or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against an employee with respect to the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis that the employee requested or took any temporary disability benefits pursuant to P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.), or family temporary disability leave benefits pursuant to P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.), including retaliation by refusing to restore the employee following a period of leave, except that, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-26), nothing in this section or any other section of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.) or P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) shall be construed as increasing, reducing or otherwise modifying any entitlement provided to a worker by the provisions of the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) to be restored to employment by the employer after a period of family temporary disability leave. b. Upon a violation of subsection a. of this section, an employee or former employee may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for relief. All remedies available in common law tort actions shall be available to a prevailing plaintiff. The court may also order any or all of the following relief: (1) an assessment of a civil fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000 for the first violation of any of the provisions of this section and not more than $5,000 for each subsequent violation; (2) an injunction to restrain the continued violation of any of the provisions of this section; (3) reinstatement of the employee to the same position or to a position equivalent to that which the employee held prior to unlawful discharge or retaliatory action; (4) reinstatement of full fringe benefits and seniority rights; (5) compensation for any lost wages, benefits and other remuneration; and (6) payment of reasonable costs and attorney's fees. L.2019, c.37, s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-56 - Severability

43:21-56. Severability  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. To the extent that any provision of this act shall not have been adjudged unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, such provision shall be enforced and effectuated. L.1948, c. 110, p. 612, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-57 - Findings, declarations

43:21-57. Findings, declarations  1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. During the 1980s, New Jersey employers reported serious difficulties in finding skilled workers for a wide range of jobs in key sectors of the State's economy, and, notwithstanding the current economic slowdown, a longterm shortage of skilled labor will continue in many parts of the State's economy during the 1990s and beyond;  b. In addition, many New Jersey businesses are also hindered by low levels of literacy and other basic skills among a significant minority of the workforce;  c. Basic workplace literacy and vocational skill levels must be raised if the industries and enterprises of this State are to be successful in an increasingly competitive global economy;  d. Because of a slowing rate of population growth, the retraining of the existing workforce will play a critical role in meeting the growing need for skilled labor;  e. The effectiveness of current programs to retrain displaced workers during the time that they receive unemployment benefits is hindered by the limited duration of those benefits, which often drives displaced workers into short-term retraining programs with limited skill enhancement or results in the programs' avoiding the selection of trainees who need more extensive training to succeed;  f. It would increase the effectiveness of programs which provide retraining to displaced workers if the unemployment benefit period could be extended in cases where the longer benefit period is necessary to provide needed in-depth education and training;  g. Such extended unemployment benefits in connection with job training and education would encourage displaced workers to make greater use of retraining opportunities, thus making productive use of periods of economic slowdown and helping to close the skilled labor shortage during the growth periods that follow;  h. New Jersey's Unemployment Compensation Fund, with its current balance of more than two billion dollars, is among the most solvent in the nation;  i. It is therefore an appropriate public purpose, beneficial to workers and employers and the longterm economic development of New Jersey, to use a limited amount of unemployment compensation funds to provide extended unemployment benefits as needed to enable displaced workers to obtain the high quality training and education required for success in occupations where there are demonstrated longterm shortages of skilled labor.  L.1992,c.47,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-58 - Definitions.

43:21-58 Definitions.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:21-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:21-61 - Additional benefits provided during completion of remedial education, vocational training.

43:21-61 Additional benefits provided during completion of remedial education, vocational training.  5. Except as provided in section 8 of this act, each individual who meets the requirements of section 4 of this act, but has not completed the remedial education and vocational training at the end of the period during which he is entitled to receive unemployment benefits pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11 et seq.) and any federally-financed supplemental benefits program shall be entitled to receive a weekly benefit equal to his previous weekly unemployment compensation benefit for each additional week certified by the division as needed to complete the remedial education or vocational training up to a total of 26 additional weeks. No additional benefits shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of this section for any week during which the individual receives training allowances or stipends pursuant to the provisions of this section for any week during which the individual receives training allowances or stipends pursuant to the provisions of any federal law or any other State law. As used in this section, "training allowances or stipends" means discretionary use, cash-in-hand payments available to the individual to be used as the individual sees fit, but does not mean direct or indirect compensation for training costs, such as the costs of tuition, books and supplies. No employer's account shall be charged for the payment of additional benefits pursuant to the provisions of this section. L.1992, c.47, s.5.