N.J. Admin. Code § 12:17-4.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024

Section 12:17-4.3 - Reporting requirements for claiming completed weeks of unemployment benefits, employment services appointments, and other appointments

(a) A claimant shall be assigned a reporting method, in person, by mail, telephone, via an Internet application or as the Division may otherwise prescribe, and shall be required to report as directed to claim completed weeks of unemployment benefits.

(b) A claimant shall be issued written instructions, which shall indicate when and how the individual is to claim benefits, including when and how the individual is to claim continued benefits.

(c) Reporting by telephone to claim continued benefits requires the claimant to telephone the "State of New Jersey Unemployment Certification System" to claim a completed, designated, benefit period as indicated on the written instructions referred to in (b) above. Reporting via an Internet application means on the web form prescribed by the Division. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits unless the claimant completes a certification telephone call or an Internet application during the assigned week as directed by the Division, or within 21 calendar days of the last day of the designated benefit period. For the purposes of this section, a "designated benefit period" is the two consecutive calendar weeks that can be claimed for payment and which ends on the Saturday of the second week.

(d) When a claimant who reports by telephone, or by Internet application, and who, at the completion of the call, is directed to report to the Division in person, he or she shall be ineligible for benefits unless he or she reports in person or otherwise contacts the office within the 21 calendar days following the attempt to claim benefits by telephone or shows good cause as defined in 12:17-4.1for failing to do so.

(e) An individual must be in continuous reporting status to be eligible for unemployment benefits. Once an individual is ineligible for benefits because of his or her failure to comply with reporting requirements for a designated benefit period, he or she may reassert his or her claim for later weeks of unemployment only if the individual contacts the Division within 14 days of the subsequent two-week designated benefit period. An individual who is ineligible for the second designated benefit period for failure to comply shall continue to be ineligible for benefits until such calendar week in which he or she reports or otherwise contacts the Division to claim benefits.

(f) In addition to reporting to the Division by telephone, by Internet application, or mail, an individual may be required to report in person to the One-Stop Career Center to register for work and for other work search related activities. A claimant who fails to report to an in-person appointment at a One-Stop Career Center shall be ineligible for the week in which he or she failed to report, unless good cause is shown. Additionally, the claimant shall comply with assigned telephone reporting instructions.

1. A claimant who, without "good cause," as defined in 12:17-4.1, refuses to report for the purpose of participating in, or to complete a scheduled activity (for example, claims interview, work search activity, etc.) at the One-Stop Career Center shall be held unavailable for work and ineligible for benefits for the week in which the refusal occurred. Additionally, he or she will continue to be ineligible indefinitely until the week he or she contacts the Division and agrees to be rescheduled to participate.

(g) A claimant may be assigned a date and time to be available for a telephone fact-finding interview to determine his or her eligibility for benefits. If the claims examiner is scheduled to contact the claimant by telephone at a designated time, and the claimant fails, without good cause, as defined in 12:17-4.1, to make himself or herself available at the designated time, the claimant shall be ineligible for benefits for the week in which he or she failed to participate in the fact-finding interview.

(h) A claimant who fails to comply with reporting requirements by any method directed by the Division shall report to the Division to claim benefits. Unless the claimant has "good cause," as defined in 12:17-4.1, for failing to report timely by the method directed by the Division, the claimant shall be ineligible for benefits for the designated benefit period.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:17-4.3

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 651(a), effective 3/16/2015.