N.J. Admin. Code § 12:17-20.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 12:17-20.4 - Statistical modeling process

(a) Claimants who are not excluded by the factors specified in 12:17-20.3 shall be passed through a statistical modeling process developed by the Division of Program Planning, Analysis and Evaluation within the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, to determine their probability of exhausting benefits based on coefficients assigned to nondiscriminatory variables, which shall include industry and/or occupation and may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Education;

2. Job tenure; and

3. Local area unemployment rate.

(b) Identified individuals shall be assigned a profiling score and ranked in order of probability of benefit exhaustion on a daily basis.

(c) The following characteristics shall not be used in the profiling system:

1. Age;

2. Race or ethnic group;

3. Gender;

4. Color;

5. National origin;

6. Disability;

7. Religion;

8. Political affiliation; and

9. Citizenship.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:17-20.4

Amended by R.2005 d.385, effective 11/7/2005.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 1123(a), 37 New Jersey Register 4274(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), added "and Workforce Development."