N.J. Admin. Code § 12:15-1.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 12:15-1.9 - Employee responsibilities - self-screening

(a) Each Department employee who processes unemployment compensation claims and who has direct, in-person, contact with claimants within the context of processing unemployment claims shall make available to the claimant a document, which contains the following information:

1. A self-screening questionnaire, which asks a series of yes/no questions of the claimant designed to ascertain whether the claimant is a victim of domestic violence;

2. An instruction, that if the claimant has answered yes to any of the questions listed in the self-screening questionnaire, he or she may contact the office's designated domestic violence liaison;

3. A statement that any of the information that the claimant shares with the domestic violence liaison about his or her fears, dangers or abuse will be kept confidential within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and at any support service programs to which the claimant is referred, with the exception that if the claimant informs the Department employee that any child or children are being abused, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development must, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.1 0, report that information to the Division of Youth and Family Services; and

4. A listing of New Jersey Statewide domestic violence hotlines.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:15-1.9

New Rule, R.2008 d.280, effective 9/15/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1750(a), 40 N.J.R. 5241(a).