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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-19.6 - South Jersey Port Commission considered employer

43:21-19.6. South Jersey Port Commission considered employer
With respect to service performed in the employ of the South Jersey Port Commission which is not excluded from the definition of "employment" by the provisions of Revised Statutes 43:21-19(i)(7)(D), as amended, the employing authority, the South Jersey Port Commission or its successors, shall be considered as an employer, as defined by Revised Statutes 43:21-19(h), and shall make all payments and perform all acts, with regard to employees performing such service, as may be required by the provisions of Title 43 of any other employer.
L.1968, c. 360, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.1 - Individuals employed part time; eligibility for benefits

43:21-20.1. Individuals employed part time; eligibility for benefits
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of R.S.43:21-1 et seq. to the contrary, no individual, who is otherwise eligible, shall be deemed unavailable for work or ineligible for benefits solely for the reason that the individual is available for, seeks, applies for, or accepts only part-time work, instead of full-time work, if the claim is based on part-time employment and the individual is actively seeking and is willing to accept work under essentially the same conditions as existed in connection with the employment from which the individual became eligible for benefits.
L.1952,c.282,s.1; amended 2003,c.107,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.3 - Definitions relative to unemployment insurance benefits.

43:21-20.3 Definitions relative to unemployment insurance benefits.
1. For the purposes of this act:
"Affected unit" means a specified plant or other facility, department, shift or other definable unit which includes two or more employees to which an approved short-time benefits program applies.
"Division" means the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, or any representative of the division responsible for approval or other division responsibilities regarding a shared work program.
"Health insurance and pension coverage" means employer-provided health benefits, and retirement benefits under a defined benefit plan, as defined in section 414(j) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 414(j)), or employer contributions under a defined contribution plan, as defined in section 414(i) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 414(i)), which are incidents of employment in addition to the cash remuneration earned.
"Shared work employer" means an employer who is providing a shared work program approved by the division pursuant to section 2 of this act.
"Shared work program" means a program submitted by an employer for approval by the division pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.4) and approved by the division, under which the employer requests short-time benefits to employees in an affected unit of the employer to avert layoffs.
"Short-time benefits" means unemployment benefits payable to employees of an affected unit under an approved shared work program that are intended to be in lieu of layoffs and provided pursuant to sections 1 through 9 of this act, as distinguished from unemployment benefits otherwise payable under the New Jersey "unemployment compensation law," R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.
"Usual weekly hours of work" means the usual hours of work for an employee in the affected unit when that unit is operating on its regular basis, not to exceed forty hours and not including hours of overtime work.
L.2011, c.154, s.1; amended 2013, c.279, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.5 - Revocation of approval.

43:21-20.5 Revocation of approval.
3. a. The division, on its own initiative or upon request of the affected unit's employees, may revoke approval of an employer's application previously granted for any failure to comply with any agreement or certification required pursuant to section 2 of this act, or any other conduct or occurrences which the division determines to defeat the purpose, intent and effective operation of a shared work program. The notice of revocation shall be in writing and shall specify the reasons for the revocation and the date on which the revocation is effective.
b. An employer may request modifications of an approved shared work program by filing with the division a written request identifying the specific proposed modifications and explaining the need for the modifications. The division shall approve or disapprove the modifications within 30 days and promptly communicate to the employer the division's decision and the date on which the modification will take effect. The employer is not required to obtain division approval to make a plan modification which is not substantial, but is required to provide prompt, written notice of the modification to the division, which shall require the employer to request division approval of the modification if the division finds the modification to be substantial. The division may terminate the program if the employer fails to provide the notice required by this subsection.
L.2011, c.154, s.3; amended 2013, c.279, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.6 - Eligibility for short-time benefits.

43:21-20.6 Eligibility for short-time benefits.
4. An individual who is employed by an employer with a shared work program approved by the division shall be eligible for short-time benefits during a week if:
a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.279)
b. The individual works for the employer at an affected unit less than the individual's usual weekly hours of work, and the employer has reduced the individual's weekly hours of work pursuant to a shared work program in effect during that week and approved by the division pursuant to section 2 of this act;
c. The percentage of the reduction of the individual's work hours below the individual's usual weekly hours of work is not less than 10% and not more than 60%, with a corresponding reduction of wages;
d. The individual would be eligible for unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits during the week, if the individual was entirely unemployed during that week and applied for unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits; and
e. During the week, the individual is able to work and is available for the individual's usual weekly hours of work with the shared work employer or is participating in a training program approved by the division, including division-approved employer-sponsored training, division-approved training funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub.L.105-220 (29 U.S.C. s.2801 et seq.) or the Workforce Development Partnership program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-4), or any other training approved by the division pursuant to subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-4.
If the individual complies with the requirements of subsection e. of this section, the individual shall not be subject to any other requirement of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., to be available for work and actively seeking work.
L.2011, c.154, s.4; amended 2013, c.279, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.8 - Beginning, expiration of payment of benefits.

43:21-20.8 Beginning, expiration of payment of benefits.
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.9 - Manner of charging short-time benefits.

43:21-20.9 Manner of charging short-time benefits.
7. Any short-time benefits paid to an individual shall be charged in the same manner as other unemployment benefits pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq.
L.2011, c.154, s.7; amended 2013, c.279, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.10 - Report to Legislature.

43:21-20.10 Report to Legislature.
8. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, three years after the effective date of this act, shall submit a report to the Legislature assessing the implementation of this act and its impact on the State Unemployment Compensation Fund, evaluating the effectiveness of shared work programs approved by the division pursuant to this act, and making any recommendations for appropriate legislative or administrative action necessary to further the purposes of this act.
L.2011, c.154, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.11 - Provisions in violation of federal law inoperative.

43:21-20.11 Provisions in violation of federal law inoperative.
9. If the United States Department of Labor finds any provision of this act to be in violation of federal law, that provision of this act shall be inoperative.
L.2011, c.154, s.9; amended 2013, c.279, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.12 - Short title.

43:21-20.12 Short title.
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.13 - Actions of division.

43:21-20.13 Actions of division.
5. To facilitate the providing of the maximum possible benefits for employees and savings for employers in the State from the federal financing of unemployment benefits provided in connection with short-time compensation programs pursuant to section 2108 of the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act," Pub. Law 116-136 and from federal financing of emergency increases in unemployment benefits under section 2104 of that act, the division shall, during the period from the effective date of this act until December 31, 2020, undertake the following actions:
a. Make available to all employers who may be eligible to participate in a shared work program pursuant to P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.) for which full federal funding of short-time unemployment benefits is available pursuant to section 2108 of the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act," Pub. Law 116-136, a guidance document which explains:
(1) what the employer is required to do to establish, pursuant to P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.), shared work programs eligible for the federal funding, including providing certification to the division that any union representing employees in collective bargaining has entered into a written agreement regarding the terms of the program and certification that the employer will continue providing any current health insurance and pension coverage, paid time off and other benefits in the manner required by P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.);
(2) procedures for an employer to make an application for approval of a shared work program, including an explanation of how the employer may make preliminary calculations of benefits to be paid to participating employees to expedite the commencement of the payment of the benefits in the shortest possible time;
b. Provide any eligible employer with guidance in making an application;
c. Permit an application for approval of a shared work program to be submitted to, and approved by, the division in advance of the date on which reduced hours of employment are to commence to permit payment of benefits under the program immediately upon that commencement;
d. Permit employers who have fully laid off employees to resume employing those employees on a partial basis in a manner consistent with the requirements of P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.), and establish a shared work program to make short-time benefits available to those employees; and
e. Permit, upon the approval of a shared work program, of the payment of benefits retroactively back to the time that the shared work application was submitted and commenced in a manner consistent with the requirements of P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.).
L.2020, c.57, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.14 - Contributions to system, fund.

43:21-20.14 Contributions to system, fund.
6. A public employee enrolled in a State-administered retirement system or fund, and the employer of that employee, shall be required to make contributions to the system or fund during the period that the employee is participating in a shared work program pursuant to P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.). The contributions shall be based on the base salary or compensation, as defined by the retirement system or fund, that would have been paid to the employee if the employee had not been participating in a shared work program. No deduction for the payment of such contributions shall be made from the unemployment compensation or short-time compensation benefits of the employee. The employee's service credit as a member of the system or fund shall include the period during which the employee participated in a shared work program. For all purposes under the retirement system or fund, the period during which the employee participated in a shared work program and the base salary or compensation upon which contributions were made during such period shall be recognized by the retirement system or fund. The seniority rights and health benefits coverage of an employee who participates in a shared work program shall continue and shall not be adversely affected by participation. The employer shall enter into a written agreement with any collective bargaining agent representing the employees regarding the terms of the program, including terms regarding attendance in training programs while receiving short-time benefits, and provide certification, and the copy, of the agreement to the division as required by P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.). This section shall not be construed to conflict with any applicable provisions of federal law.
L.2020, c.57, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-20.15 - Report on all shared work programs on website.

43:21-20.15 Report on all shared work programs on website.
7. a. The division shall, not later than March 31, 2021, issue, make public on the website of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and submit to the Governor and Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a report on all shared work programs approved during calendar year 2020 pursuant to P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.) and the impact of federal financing of those programs pursuant to section 2108 of the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act," Pub. Law 116-136 and of federal financing pursuant to section 2104 of that act of emergency increases in unemployment benefits for participants in approved shared work programs.
b. The report shall provide separately for governmental employers, for-profit private employers, and nonprofit employers, during calendar year 2020:
(1) The total number of participating employers and employees, the total amount of unemployment benefits paid to participants, the portion of those benefits that was pandemic unemployment compensation, the total wage compensation that was paid to participants during participation in the program, and the share, if any, of the benefit costs not paid or reimbursed by the federal government;
(2) The minimum, maximum, and average duration of programs, the average weekly benefit, and the average weekly wage paid during participation in the program;
(3) The number of participating employers who entered into agreements with collective bargaining agents regarding the terms of the program, and the total number of employees covered by those agreements; and
(4) The total reduction in payroll costs due to reduced hours of paid employment by participants.
c. The report shall provide, for each calendar year from 2012 through 2019, the total number of employers and employees participating in approved shared work programs and the total amount of unemployment benefits paid to participating employees.
L.2020, c.57, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-22 - Saving clause

43:21-22. Saving clause
The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.1 - Sale of surplus, obsolete or unsuitable property; disposition of proceeds

43:21-24.1. Sale of surplus, obsolete or unsuitable property; disposition of proceeds
At the request of the Director of the Division of Employment Security, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may sell, either at public or private sale, or otherwise dispose of, property purchased or acquired with funds or grants of the United States of America or any agency or department thereof which have been or shall be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund, if the Director of the Division of Employment Security deems such property surplus, obsolete or no longer suitable for the purposes for which it was intended. The proceeds of any sale of surplus, obsolete or unsuitable property heretofore or hereafter made shall be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund.
L.1955, c. 56, p. 195, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.2 - Contracts for payments under federal Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958

43:21-24.2. Contracts for payments under federal Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958
The Commissioner of Labor and Industry is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor of the United States on behalf of the United States, pursuant to the Act of Congress of June 4, 1958, being the "Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958," under and by which the Division of Employment Security in the Department of Labor and Industry will make, as agent of the United States, payments of temporary unemployment compensation to individuals who have, after October 1, 1957, exhausted all rights under any unemployment compensation law of this State and who have no rights to unemployment compensation, with respect to any week of unemployment which begins after the date on which such agreement is entered into, on the basis provided in said Act of Congress, and otherwise to co-operate with the Secretary of Labor of the United States and with other State agencies in making payments of temporary unemployment compensation under said Act of Congress aforesaid; provided, however, that no provision for repayment or restoration to the Treasury of the United States of any amounts required to be so repaid or restored pursuant to said Act of Congress or any agreement entered into pursuant thereto and pursuant to this act, shall be, constitute or create any debt, obligation or liability of the State of New Jersey, or constitute the lending of its credit, to insure or otherwise secure any such repayment or restoration.
L.1958, c. 72, p. 508, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.3 - Benefit payments not chargeable to employers' accounts

43:21-24.3. Benefit payments not chargeable to employers' accounts
Temporary unemployment compensation benefit payments pursuant to an agreement entered into hereunder shall not be charged to any employer's account.
L.1958, c. 72, p. 509, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.4 - Agreements with United States

43:21-24.4. Agreements with United States
The Director of the Division of Employment Security on behalf of the division is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Labor of the United States on behalf of the United States under which the division
(a) will make, as agent of the United States, payments of unemployment compensation to individuals who may be eligible therefor under any law of the United States, and will otherwise cooperate with the Secretary of Labor of the United States and with agencies of other states in making payments of unemployment compensation under any such laws; provided, however, that all costs incurred, all expenses paid and all such compensation benefits paid shall be paid or reimbursed by the United States and shall not devolve upon the State of New Jersey; or
(b) will receive reimbursement from the United States for unemployment compensation paid pursuant to any law of this State or of the United States;
and the division shall perform such agreements.
L.1961, c. 6, p. 20, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.12 - Effect of State law provisions relating to regular benefits on claims for, and the payment and charging of, extended benefits

43:21-24.12. Effect of State law provisions relating to regular benefits on claims for, and the payment and charging of, extended benefits
6. Except when the result would be inconsistent with other provisions of the "Extended Benefits Law," as provided in the regulations of the division, the provisions of the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) which apply to claims for, and the payment and charging of, regular benefits shall apply to claims for, and the payment and charging of, extended benefits, provided, however, that no employer's account shall be charged for the payment of any extended benefits with respect to any weeks commencing prior to July 1, 1971; and provided further, that 50% of any extended benefits paid with respect to weeks commencing on or after July 1, 1971 shall be charged to the appropriate employers' accounts.
L.1970,c.324,s.6; amended 1994,c.59,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.13 - Eligibility requirements for extended benefits.

43:21-24.13 Eligibility requirements for extended benefits.
7. An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period only if the division finds, that with respect to that week, the individual:
a. is an "exhaustee" as defined in paragraph j. of section 5 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11); and
b. has satisfied the requirements of this act for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits; and
c. for any initial claim for extended benefits effective after September 25, 1982 and before June 28, 2020, has established entitlement for the individual's applicable benefit year based on the alternative earnings requirement specified in subsection (e) of R.S. 43:21-4, and was paid wages during the base year of the individual's applicable benefit year which equaled or exceeded 40 times the individual's weekly benefit rate; and
d. for any initial claim for extended benefits effective after June 27, 2020, has established entitlement for the individual's applicable benefit year based on the alternative earnings requirement specified in subsection (e) of R.S. 43:21-4 or was paid wages during the base year of the individual's applicable benefit year which equaled or exceeded 40 times the individual's weekly benefit rate.
L.1970, c.324, s.7; amended 1982, c.144, s.2; 2020, c.131.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.14 - Weekly extended benefit rate

43:21-24.14. Weekly extended benefit rate
The weekly extended benefit rate payable to an individual for a week of total unemployment in his eligibility period shall be an amount equal to the weekly benefit rate payable to him during his applicable benefit year.
L.1970, c. 324, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.15 - Total extended benefit amount.

43:21-24.15 Total extended benefit amount.
9. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the lesser of the following amounts:
(1) 50% of the total of regular benefits which were payable to him under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) in his applicable benefit year; or
(2) Thirteen times his weekly benefit amount which was payable to him under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.
b. With respect to weeks beginning during a high unemployment period, the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the lesser of the following amounts:
(1) 80% of the total of regular benefits which were payable to the individual under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) during the applicable benefit year; or
(2) Twenty times the weekly benefit amount which was payable to the individual under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) for a week of total unemployment during the applicable benefit year.
c. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), if the benefit year of an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subchapter A, chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, P.L.93-618, 19 U.S.C. s.2271 et seq. as amended, ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits that the individual would, but for this section, be entitled to receive in that extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year, shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received any amounts as trade readjustment allowances within that benefit year, multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit amount for extended benefits.
L.1970,c.324,s.9; amended 1982, c.144, s.3; 2005, c.123, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.16 - Beginning and termination of extended benefit period

43:21-24.16. Beginning and termination of extended benefit period
a. Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this State as a result of a state "on" indicator, or an extended benefit period is to be terminated in this State as a result of a state "off" indicator, the division shall make an appropriate public announcement.
b. Computations required by the provisions of paragraph f. of section five shall be made by the division, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Labor.
L.1970, c. 324, s. 10. Amended by L.1982, c. 144, s. 4, eff. Sept. 24, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.18 - Cessation of extended benefits when paid under an interstate claim in a state where an extended benefit period is not in effect

43:21-24.18. Cessation of extended benefits when paid under an interstate claim in a state where an extended benefit period is not in effect
a. Except as provided in paragraph b. of this section, an individual shall not be eligible for extended benefits for any week if:
(1) Extended benefits are payable for such week pursuant to an interstate claim filed in any state under the interstate benefit payment plan, and
(2) No extended benefit period is in effect for such week in such state.
b. Paragraph a. shall not apply with respect to the first 2 weeks for which extended benefits are payable (determined without regard to this section) pursuant to an interstate claim filed under the interstate benefit payment plan to the individual from the extended benefit account established for the individual with respect to the benefit year.
L.1981, c. 90, s. 1, eff. March 30, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.20 - Inapplicability of C.43:21-24.19

43:21-24.20. Inapplicability of C.43:21-24.19
2. The provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.90 (C.43:21-24.19) shall not apply to weeks of unemployment beginning after March 6, 1993 and before January 1, 1995.
L.1994,c.59,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.21 - Definitions for purposes of Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program

43:21-24.21. Definitions for purposes of Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program
1. For the purposes of the Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program and as used in this act:
"Emergency unemployment benefits" means benefits financed entirely by the State and paid to exhaustees pursuant to this act.
"Emergency unemployment benefit period" means a period not within an extended benefit period which:
a. Begins on June 2, 1996, and
b. Ends upon the conclusion of the second week after the first week for which there is a State "on" indicator as defined in section 5 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11) or other federally-financed supplemental benefits program, or
c. If there is no such "on" indicator, ends with the occurrence of either of the following:
(1) The third week after the first week for which there is a State emergency unemployment benefits "off" indicator; or
(2) The calendar week after the calendar week in which total expenditures of emergency unemployment compensation fund Statewide first exceed $350 million.
There is a State emergency unemployment benefits "off" indicator for any week in which it is determined by the division based on data reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that, for the prior four calendar months, the average total unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) in this State is less than 6.0 percent.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection c., no emergency unemployment benefits shall be paid after December 1, 1996, except that emergency benefits shall be paid to individuals who established emergency unemployment claims prior to that date. No emergency unemployment benefits shall be paid to any individual after March 1, 1997.
"Eligibility period" of an exhaustee means the period consisting of the weeks in the exhaustee's benefit year which begin in an emergency unemployment benefit period and, if that benefit year ends in the emergency unemployment benefit period, any weeks thereafter which begin in the period.
"Exhaustee" means an individual who exhausted all of the regular benefits that were available to the individual pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., (including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex-service persons or payable under the combined wage program), after December 2, 1995 and before June 2, 1996, or during any calendar week of the emergency unemployment benefit period. No individual who exhausted all of the available regular benefits prior to December 3, 1995 shall be eligible for emergency unemployment benefits. An individual whose benefit year has expired prior to the beginning of the emergency unemployment benefit period shall not be eligible for such benefits.
L.1996,c.30,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.22 - Provision of weekly emergency unemployment benefits

43:21-24.22 Provision of weekly emergency unemployment benefits
2. During an emergency unemployment benefit period exhaustees, who otherwise continue to meet the eligibility requirements for regular benefits pursuant to the provisions of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., and who are not eligible for any other unemployment benefits, including benefits provided for by any federal law extending benefits beyond those provided for as regular benefits or extended benefits, may receive weekly emergency unemployment benefits for weeks subsequent to June 2, 1996 in an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount of the individual's most recent regular unemployment benefit claim subject to the provisions of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq. The maximum emergency unemployment benefits an individual may receive pursuant to this act is 50 percent of the regular unemployment benefits which were payable to the individual pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., (including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex-service persons or payable under the combined wage program) in the individual's applicable benefit year.
L.1996,c.30,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.23 - Employer's account not charged; exceptions

43:21-24.23. Employer's account not charged; exceptions
3. No employer's account shall be charged for emergency unemployment benefits paid to an unemployed individual pursuant to this act, 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 this act.
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 unemployment compensation fund.
L.1996,c.30,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.24 - Conditions for payment

43:21-24.24. Conditions for payment
4. Emergency unemployment benefits may be paid pursuant to the provisions of this act only with respect to weeks not within an extended benefit period, and not within a period covered by any federal law allowing the filing of new claims extending benefits beyond those provided for as regular or extended benefits. If a federal extended benefits period triggers "on," maximum benefits payable to an individual under the federal extended benefits program or any federal supplemental benefits program shall be reduced by an amount equal to that received by the individual under the emergency unemployment benefits program.
L.1996,c.30,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.25 - Administrative actions to ensure proper payment of emergency unemployment benefits

43:21-24.25. Administrative actions to ensure proper payment of emergency unemployment benefits
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the division shall use appropriate administrative means to insure that emergency unemployment benefits are paid only to individuals who meet the requirements of this act. These administrative actions may include, but shall not be limited to, the following procedure: the division shall match the claimant's social security number against available wage records to insure that no earnings were reported for that claimant by employers under R.S.43:21-14 for periods in which emergency unemployment benefits were paid. All necessary administrative costs related to implementation of this act shall be paid from contributions made pursuant to section 29 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.43:21-7b).
L.1996,c.30,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.26 - Definitions relative to Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program

43:21-24.26. Definitions relative to Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program
7. For the purposes of the Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program and as used in sections 7 through 11 of P.L.2002, c.13 (C.43:21-24.26 through C.43:21-24.30):
"Emergency unemployment benefits" means benefits financed entirely by the State and paid to exhaustees 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 benefit period" means a period not within an extended benefit period, which:
a. Begins on December 30, 2001, and
b. Ends on March 9, 2002 or at the conclusion of the calendar week in which total expenditures of emergency unemployment benefits chargeable to the unemployment compensation fund Statewide first exceed $100 million, if the conclusion of that week occurs before March 9, 2002.
No emergency unemployment benefits shall be paid to any individual with respect to periods of unemployment after March 9, 2002.
"Eligibility period" of an exhaustee means the period consisting of the weeks in the exhaustee's benefit year which begin in an emergency unemployment benefit period and, if that benefit year ends in the emergency unemployment benefit period, any weeks thereafter which begin in the period.
"Exhaustee" means an individual who exhausted all of the regular benefits that were available to the individual pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., (including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex-service persons or payable under the combined wage program) after November 24, 2001 and before December 30, 2001, or during any calendar week of the emergency unemployment benefit period. No individual who exhausted all of the available regular benefits prior to November 25, 2001 shall be eligible for emergency unemployment benefits.
L.2002,c.13,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.27 - Emergency unemployment benefits

43:21-24.27. Emergency unemployment benefits
8. During an emergency unemployment benefit period, an exhaustee who otherwise continues to meet the eligibility requirements for regular benefits pursuant to the provisions of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., and who is not eligible for any other unemployment benefits, including benefits provided for by any federal law extending benefits beyond those provided for as regular benefits or extended benefits, may receive weekly emergency unemployment benefits for weeks subsequent to December 29, 2001 in an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount of the exhaustee's most recent regular unemployment benefit claim subject to the provisions of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq. The maximum emergency unemployment benefits an individual may receive pursuant to sections 7 through 11 of P.L.2002, c.13 (C.43:21-24.26 through C.43:21-24.30) is 10 times the weekly benefit amount that was payable to the individual pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., (including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex-service persons or payable under the combined wage program) in the individual's applicable benefit year.
L.2002,c.13,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.28 - Charging of employer's account for emergency unemployment benefits

43:21-24.28. Charging of employer's account for emergency unemployment benefits
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.29 - Payment of emergency unemployment benefits

43:21-24.29 Payment of emergency unemployment benefits
10. Emergency unemployment benefits may be paid pursuant to the provisions of sections 7 through 11 of P.L.2002, c.13 (C.43:21-24.26 through C.43:21-24.30) only with respect to weeks not within an extended benefit period, and not within a period covered by any federal law allowing the filing of new claims extending benefits beyond those provided for as regular or extended benefits.
L.2002,c.13,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-24.30 - Administrative actions to ensure payment to eligible individuals

43:21-24.30. Administrative actions to ensure payment to eligible individuals
11. The division shall use appropriate administrative means to insure that emergency unemployment benefits are paid only to individuals who meet the requirements of sections 7 through 11 of P.L.2002, c.13 (C.43:21-24.26 through C.43:21-24.30). These administrative actions may include, but shall not be limited to, matching the claimant's social security number against available wage records to insure that no earnings were reported for that claimant by employers under R.S.43:21-14 for periods in which emergency unemployment benefits were paid.
L.2002,c.13,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-28 - Coverage

43:21-28. Coverage
All covered individuals shall be entitled on and after January first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, to the benefits provided under either a private plan or the State plan of disability benefits, as hereinafter provided.
L.1948, c. 110, p. 588, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-29 - Compensable disability.

43:21-29 Compensable disability.
5. Compensable disability.
(a) In the case of the disability of a covered individual, disability shall be compensable subject to the limitations of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.) if: the disability is the result of the covered individual suffering an accident or sickness not arising out of and in the course of the individual's employment or if so arising not compensable under the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., including if the disability is the result of the donation of any organ or bone marrow by the covered individual, and the disability results in the individual's total inability to perform the duties of employment, except that an individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits but only able to return to work on a reduced basis while recovering from the disability may receive benefits pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 16 of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-40).
(b) In the case of an individual taking family temporary disability leave, the leave shall be compensable subject to the limitations of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.).
(c) During a state of emergency declared by the Governor, or when indicated to be needed by the Commissioner of Health or other public health authority, family temporary disability leave also includes leave taken for an illness caused by an epidemic of a communicable disease, a known or suspected exposure to a communicable disease, or efforts to prevent spread of a communicable disease, which requires in-home care or treatment of the family member of the employee due to:
(1) the issuance by a healthcare provider or the commissioner or other public health authority of a determination that the presence in the community of the family member may jeopardize the health of others; and
(2) the recommendation, direction, or order of the provider or authority that the family member be isolated or quarantined as a result of suspected exposure to a communicable disease.
(d) During a state of emergency declared by the Governor, or when indicated to be needed by the Commissioner of Health or other public health authority, disability also includes illness caused by an epidemic of a communicable disease, a known or suspected exposure to a communicable disease, or efforts to prevent spread of a communicable disease, which requires in-home care or treatment of the employee due to:
(1) the issuance by a healthcare provider or the commissioner or other public health authority of a determination that the presence in the community of the employee may jeopardize the health of others; and
(2) the recommendation, direction, or order of the provider or authority that the employee be isolated or quarantined as a result of suspected exposure to a communicable disease.
L.1948, c.110, s.5; amended 1961, c.43, s.10; 1980, c.90, s.13; 2008, c.17, s.3; 2019, c.126, s.1; 2019, c.464, s.1; 2020, c.17, s.5; 2020, c.23, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-29.2 - Rights of employees who are organ, bone marrow donors.

43:21-29.2 Rights of employees who are organ, bone marrow donors.
3. For a period of disability which is the result of donating any organ or bone marrow under section 5 of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-29), a covered individual shall, after the period of disability ends, be entitled to be restored by the individual's employer to the position of employment held by the individual when the period of disability commenced or to an equivalent position of like seniority, status, employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment. If during the period of disability which is the result of donating any organ or bone marrow, the employer experiences a reduction in force or layoff and the covered individual would have lost the position of employment had the individual not experienced the period of disability, as a result of the reduction in force or pursuant to the good faith operation of a bona fide layoff and recall system, including a system under a collective bargaining agreement where applicable, the individual shall not be entitled to reinstatement to the former or an equivalent position. The covered individual shall retain all rights under any applicable layoff and recall system, including a system under a collective bargaining agreement, as if the individual had not experienced the period of disability.
L.2019, c.464, s.3.