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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-5.2 - Agreement with United States Secretary of Labor authorized

43:21-5.2. Agreement with United States Secretary of Labor authorized
The Division of Employment Security is authorized to enter into an agreement with the United States Secretary of Labor under Title XV of the Social Security Act-- "Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees" (Public Law 767-83d Congress), whereby the division, as agent of the United States, will in accordance with the provisions of said Title, make payments of compensation to Federal employees 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 moneys required to make payments of such 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 to any week with respect to which or a part of which a claimant has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under Title XV of the Social Security Act, except that no claimant shall be eligible during any week for benefits in an amount in excess of the amount allowable under R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. plus any additional amount permitted under the agreement with the Secretary of Labor, or shall be eligible for weeks of benefits in a benefit year, based on employment under R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. plus Federal employment, in excess of the number of weeks allowable under R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.
L.1954, c. 259, p. 934, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-6.2 - Registration of authorized agent.

43:21-6.2 Registration of authorized agent.
3. a. An authorized agent who represents parties for a fee shall not represent any party after December 1, 2010 in any procedure with the division regarding claims for unemployment benefits or any obligations of employers regarding charges or taxes for unemployment compensation, including any filing of information, or any appeal, hearing, or other proceeding regarding unemployment benefit claims, charges or taxes before any representative of the division, unless the authorized agent is registered with the division pursuant to this section.
b. Each authorized agent shall register with the division using forms provided by the division. An applying authorized agent who is an individual shall provide the individual's name, permanent address and telephone number. An authorized agent which is an organization or business shall provide the name, local address and telephone numbers, and address and telephone number of the principal place of business, if different, and the names of principals or others authorized to act on behalf of the organization and to receive notice. Any changes in identifying information shall be promptly reported to the division. The division may elect to set by regulation a schedule of fees for the registration of agents required by this section, except that if the division elects to set a schedule of fees pursuant to this subsection, the amount collected in fees shall not exceed the amount determined by the director of the division to be necessary for the implementation of the provisions of sections 3 through 9 of this act.
c. Upon registration, an authorized agent shall be assigned a registration number that shall be used in all communications with, or appearances before, any representative of the division. An individual communicating or appearing on behalf of an organization or business providing representation for a fee to parties before any representative of the division shall indicate the registration number of the individual, unless that individual is an attorney, and the registration number of the organization or business, and the division shall not accept any representation of the party in a communication with, or proceeding of, the division by an individual, organization or business if the number or numbers are not provided. If an attorney is employed by, or otherwise provides service to, an organization or business which is an authorized agent, the registration number of the organization or business shall be provided.
d. Each registrant shall file notice with the division within thirty days after the agent ceases activity as an authorized agent.
L.2010, c.82, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-6.3 - Responsibilities of authorized agent to client.

43:21-6.3 Responsibilities of authorized agent to client.
4. a. An authorized agent shall keep any party that is a client of the agent reasonably informed about the status of any matter before the division and verify with the client the accuracy of any information it provides to the division.
b. An authorized agent shall promptly notify the client of any scheduled proceedings before any representative of the division to allow time for case preparation and the scheduling of witnesses. Clients shall be apprised of the consequences of not appearing and the importance of participation at all stages of the proceedings and of producing first-hand testimony.
c. If a client determines that it does not wish to pursue an appeal, a request for withdrawal of the appeal shall be made in writing, or communicated orally and followed by a written request, in a timely fashion. If the client and the authorized agent determine that there is no basis for an appeal, that the appeal is frivolous, or that the client is not interested in pursuing the appeal, the appeal shall be withdrawn, as soon as possible, and prior to the scheduling of a hearing if possible.
L.2010, c.82, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-6.4 - Postponement request.

43:21-6.4 Postponement request.
5. a. If an authorized agent believes that a critical witness will not be available for a scheduled hearing and requests a postponement in order to produce the witness, the authorized agent shall, after consulting with the client, provide the division with the name, address, and title of the witness, the reason the witness is unable to attend, the general nature and importance of the witness's testimony, and an explanation of why there is no other witness able to provide the essential testimony that the critical witness would provide. Upon request, the authorized agent shall submit a written statement of its request and supporting documentation or sworn affidavit to the division.
b. If a postponement request is denied, the authorized agent shall notify the client that the hearing will go forward as scheduled and advise the client to appear. In the event that a postponement request made pursuant to subsection a. of this section is denied, the client shall be advised to appear with or without the critical witness or another witness, and that it may renew the postponement request at the hearing by requesting a continuance of the hearing.
c. In the event that the client or agent does not appear at a scheduled hearing without requesting a postponement, or that a postponement request is made but properly denied and the agent or the client does not appear, no further hearings will be scheduled at the request of the client or agent, unless the client or agent can demonstrate to the satisfaction of a representative of the division that the failure to appear was due to circumstances beyond the control of the client or agent.
L.2010, c.82, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-6.5 - Representation provided by authorized agent.

43:21-6.5 Representation provided by authorized agent.
6. a. An authorized agent shall provide competent representation to each party that is a client of the agent. The authorized agent shall explain the proceedings and prepare the case with the client and any witnesses before any division hearing is called, shall be acquainted with the facts and legal issues involved, and shall arrange for producing witnesses and documentary evidence at the hearing.
b. An authorized agent shall make a reasonable effort to have testimony given by first-hand witnesses in the case.
c. An authorized agent seeking to inspect or review a case file may do so prior to the date of the hearing. If it is necessary for the authorized agent to review the file on the day of the hearing, the authorized agent shall make arrangements with the division in advance of the scheduled hearing time.
d. An authorized agent shall not delay the hearing or disturb the progress of other cases or the functioning of the division in an effort to view a case file or consult with its client or witnesses.
L.2010, c.82, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-6.6 - Production of evidence, witnesses at hearing.

43:21-6.6 Production of evidence, witnesses at hearing.
7. An authorized agent shall be prepared to produce all necessary evidence and witnesses at the time the hearing is scheduled to commence and provide, prior to the date of the hearing, to all parties copies of any documentary evidence to be admitted into the record. An authorized agent shall not:
a. Engage in, or counsel or assist any party that is a client to engage in, conduct which the authorized agent knows or should know to be criminal, in violation of the provisions of sections 3 through 9 of this act or other provisions of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), or is prejudicial to, or unnecessarily delays, the efficient administration of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), including any failure to be, without good cause, available and properly prepared to participate in appeals, hearings and other procedures at the scheduled times;
b. Engage in, or counsel or assist any party that is a client to engage in, conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or the withholding of material facts;
c. Unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence or destroy or conceal evidence; assert personal knowledge of the facts unless testifying as a witness;
d. Refer at a hearing to a matter which the authorized agent does not reasonably believe is relevant or is not supported by evidence;
e. Seek to improperly influence any representative of the division; or
f. Engage in any ex parte communication with any representative of the division concerning the merits of any pending appeal unless all other parties have waived their right to participate.
L.2010, c.82, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-6.8 - Definitions relative to C.43:21-6.2 et seq.

43:21-6.8 Definitions relative to C.43:21-6.2 et seq.
9. For the purposes of sections 3 through 9 of this act:
"Authorized agent" means an individual, organization or business that, for a fee, provides representation to parties in communications with, or hearings or other proceedings before, representatives of the division in connection with claims for unemployment benefits, charges or tax assessments. In the case of an individual authorized agent representing an organization or business that provides representation to parties for a fee, both the individual and the organization or business shall register with the division and both will be held responsible as the authorized agents. An attorney is not an authorized agent for purposes of this section and is not required to register. If an attorney is employed by, or otherwise provides service to, an organization or business which is an authorized agent, the organization or business shall register with the division and will be considered the authorized agent for purposes of this section. An authorized agent representing an employer shall be regarded as an agent of an employing unit for the purposes of R.S.43:21-16 and be subject to all requirements and penalties imposed by that section for an agent of an employing unit.
"Party" means any of the following parties to an appeal, hearing or other procedure of the division: the division; a claimant for unemployment compensation; or any employer against whom charges may be made or tax liability may be assessed due to the claim for unemployment compensation.
"Representative of the division" means any individual or entity, including any deputy, appeal tribunal, the board of review or any other individual or entity which represents the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in connection with claims, benefits, charges or taxes for unemployment compensation.
L.2010, c.82, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7a - Definitions

43:21-7a. Definitions
28. As used in sections 28 through 34 of this act:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor or his designee.
"Department" means the Department of Labor.
"Employee" means a person who performs services for remuneration for an employer.
"Employer" means an employer as defined in subsection (h) of R.S.43:21-19.
"Fund" means the "Health Care Subsidy Fund" established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.58).
"Taxable wages" means wages as determined in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of R.S.43:21-7.
"Total wages" means wages as defined in subsection (o) of R.S.43:21-19.
L.1992,c.160,s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7c - Employer obligations

43:21-7c. Employer obligations
30. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, each employer shall: withhold in trust the amount of all workers' contributions from their wages at the time wages are paid, show the deduction on the payroll records, furnish the evidence thereof and permit any inspection of the records as prescribed by the commissioner, and transmit all workers' contributions and other contributions due from the employer pursuant to this act to the fund in a manner and at the times that the commissioner, in consultation with the Essential Health Services Commission established pursuant to P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.), prescribes. Interest and any expense to the department of recovery may be assessed by the commissioner on payments not made within the prescribed due dates at the same rate as provided for pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of R.S.43:21-14. If any employer fails to deduct the contributions of any workers at the time their wages are paid, or fails to make a deduction therefor at the time wages are paid for the next succeeding payroll period, the employer shall be solely liable for those contributions.
L.1992,c.160,s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7d - Failure to make report

43:21-7d. Failure to make report
31. If an employer fails to make any report or permit any inspection required by the commissioner to implement the provisions of this act, an estimate shall be made regarding the liability of the employer from information available and the employer shall be assessed for any amount due, including the amount that was withheld or that should have been withheld from its employees for deposit into the fund. Also, if, after an examination of any report filed, a deficiency is discovered with respect to the taxable wages reported, the employer shall be assessed the amount of any determined deficiency. Additional remedies through the court may be established by the commissioner, including the charging of any expenses incurred by the department in recovering the assessment.
L.1992,c.160,s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7f - Schedule of fines

43:21-7f. Schedule of fines
33. A schedule of fines, with no fine exceeding $1,000 for a single offense, shall be established by the commissioner for any of the following actions or omissions with respect to the collection of contributions or the use of moneys disbursed from the fund:
a. A false statement or misrepresentation made knowingly;
b. Failure to disclose a material fact;
c. Attempt to defraud;
d. Willful failure or refusal to: withhold or transfer any contribution or other payment; furnish any report or information; or produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required pursuant to this act; and
e. Willful violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this act.
The fines shall be recoverable in a civil action by the commissioner in the name of the State of New Jersey. In addition to penalties established for any person, employing unit, employer or entity, each shall be liable for each offense upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction at the discretion of the court. All fines shall be payable to the commissioner for deposit in the fund.
L.1992,c.160,s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7g - Rules, regulations

43:21-7g. Rules, regulations
34. The commissioner shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act, including any requirements regarding the keeping and reporting of records and any sanctions against false statement, misrepresentation, willful violations or fraud.
L.1992,c.160,s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7.4 - Application of exemptions from taxation to contributions

43:21-7.4. Application of exemptions from taxation to contributions
No exemption from taxation granted under any other law of the State shall be construed to apply to the payment of contributions under the Unemployment Compensation Law and Temporary Disability Benefits Law.
L.1971, c. 346, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7.5 - Contribution rate calculated upon benefit experience; increase if low balance in unemployment trust fund

43:21-7.5. Contribution rate calculated upon benefit experience; increase if low balance in unemployment trust fund
Notwithstanding any provisions of R.S. 43:21-7(c)(5)(A) to the contrary, if the balance in the unemployment trust fund on March 31, 1972 is less than 7% of the total taxable wages reported to the division in respect to employment during the calendar year 1971, the contribution rate to become effective on July 1, 1972 for each employer eligible for a contribution rate calculated upon benefit experience, shall be increased 3/10 of 1% over the contribution rate otherwise established under paragraphs (3) or (4) of R.S. 43:21-7(c); provided, however, that if the balance in the unemployment trust fund on December 1, 1972 is less than 2 1/2 % of the total taxable wages reported to the division in respect to employment during calendar year 1971, the contribution rates, which would take effect on July 1, 1973 if the balance in the fund on March 31, 1973 were less than 2 1/2 % of the total taxable wages reported during calendar year 1972, pursuant to R.S. 43:21-7(c)(5)(A), shall take effect January 1, 1973.
L.1971, c. 346, s. 6. Amended by L.1972, c. 172, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-7.6 - Inapplicability of expenditure limitations of Public School Education Act of 1975

43:21-7.6. Inapplicability of expenditure limitations of Public School Education Act of 1975
Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1975, c. 212 (C. 18A:7A-3 and 18A:7A-25) or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any increase in expenditure required as a result of this act shall not be subject to the expenditure limitations imposed pursuant to P.L.1975, c. 212 (C. 18A:7A-3 and 18A:7A-25).
L.1977, c. 307, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-14.2 - Termination of lien for contributions for certain years

43:21-14.2. Termination of lien for contributions for certain years
The lien provided for by paragraph (b) of section 43:21-14 of the Revised Statutes as originally enacted, upon the property of any subject employer for contributions, penalties and interest due from such employer during the period from December twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, to June eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty, shall terminate one year from the effective date of this act and any property affected thereby shall thereupon be discharged of said lien unless prior to such termination date a judgment or a certificate of indebtedness, each including therein the amount of such contributions, penalties and interest, shall have been entered or docketed against such employer in the office of the Superior Court clerk pursuant to the provisions of the chapter to which this act is a supplement.
L.1950, c. 170, p. 367, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-17 - Representation in court or administrative proceeding

43:21-17. Representation in court or administrative proceeding
(a) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Labor and the State may be represented by any qualified attorney, who is a regular salaried employee of the Department of Labor or is designated by it for this purpose, or, at the commissioner's request, by the Attorney General.
(b) In any administrative proceeding before the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor, the board of review or the appeal tribunal, the claimant or the employer may appear pro se or employ an attorney or a nonattorney to represent him.
Amended by L.1984, c. 24, s. 11, eff. Oct. 1, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-18 - Nonliability of state

43:21-18. Nonliability of state
Benefits shall be deemed to be due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that moneys are available therefor to the credit of the unemployment compensation fund, and neither the state, the commission nor any representative thereof shall be liable for any amount in excess of such sums.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-19.2 - Effective date and application of Act

43:21-19.2. Effective date and application of Act
This act shall take effect and become operative immediately, and shall apply to all benefits payable with respect to benefit years beginning on or after said date, and any benefits accruing to any individual on or after said date with respect to benefit years beginning before said date, shall not be recomputed under this act as to the total amount or weekly rate thereof, and shall be paid for either total or partial unemployment, in accordance with subsection (b) of section 43:21-3 of this chapter, without the necessity of serving any additional waiting period.
L.1940, c. 247, p. 951, s. 4. Amended by L.1941, c. 114, p. 258, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-19.3 - Provisions dealing with exclusion of certain agents retroactive

43:21-19.3. Provisions dealing with exclusion of certain agents retroactive
Notwithstanding the provisions of this act as to its effective date in other respects, subsection (i)(7)(J) of section 43:21-19, dealing with exclusion of certain insurance agents and agents of investment companies, is to be retroactively applicable from and after, and effective as of, December twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one.
L.1950, c. 304, p. 1039, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:21-19.4 - Gratuities or tips; remuneration in lieu of

43:21-19.4. Gratuities or tips; remuneration in lieu of
Whenever payments are made to workers pursuant to an agreement entered into by their employer providing for a service charge measured by
(a) a percentage of the amount received by the employer for the furnishing of hotel, restaurant or catering facilities or services,
(b) the number of persons receiving such facilities or services, or
(c) the number of workers providing such services or facilities
for the distribution among the workers in lieu of customary gratuities or tips from the persons who are to use or to receive the said facilities or services, the said payments to workers, when made, shall be deemed to be remuneration paid by the employer to the workers for all the purposes of the unemployment compensation law (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented.
L.1966, c. 116, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.