New Jersey Administrative Code

(a) Each private plan, in order to secure Division approval, shall provide to the employees covered thereby, rights equal at least to those set forth in N.J.S.A. 43:21-37 to N.J.S.A. 43:21-42 inclusive, by assuring that: 1. The private plan shall cover all employees, except as pr…

(a) A claimant shall not be entitled to any benefits from the Fund with respect to any period of family leave commencing while he or she is covered under a private plan. (b) A claimant shall not be paid any benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:21-3 and 4 for any period of family leave comm…

(a) A covered individual shall be eligible for family leave insurance benefits where the covered individual seeks to take intermittent family leave for the purpose of bonding with a newborn or newly adopted child, including a child who becomes the child of a parent pursuant to a …

(a) Between academic years or terms or during a school-wide recess, for an individual who is an employee of an educational institution and who has a reasonable assurance of returning to work in the same or similar capacity during the succeeding academic year or term or following …

(a) An employee who is on a voluntary and mutually agreed upon leave of absence, whether that leave of absence is paid or unpaid, including a leave of absence covered under the Federal Medical and Family Leave Act or the New Jersey Family Leave Act, shall be considered a covered …

Unless the claimant or the employer, within seven calendar days after the delivery of a determination or notification thereof, or within 10 calendar days after such notification was mailed to his or her last-known address, files an appeal from such determination, it shall be fina…

The rules of the Board of Review shall govern appeals in family leave insurance benefit cases under the State plan. See the appeal rules at N.J.A.C. 12:20. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 12:21-3.14

For the purpose of calculating the amount of family leave insurance benefits to which a covered individual is entitled with regard to a claim filed between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, all wages earned during the 52 weeks immediately preceding the filing of the claim shall…

(a) Within 30 days after the commencement of a period of family leave, a written notice of family leave, on which a claim for State plan benefits is based, shall be furnished to the Division by the claimant. The notice need not be on any prescribed form but shall state the claima…

(a) All claims and other required documents relating thereto may be filed by mail or by such other means as prescribed by the Division (including by electronic means), except in those cases where the claimant is notified by the Division that a personal appearance will be required…

(a) For a reestablished claim either where the care recipient is not the same as for the most recent previous claim or where the reestablished claim is filed during or following employment with a different employer than for the most recent previous claim, the claimant shall be re…

(a) The amount of benefits otherwise payable to a claimant under the State plan for any week of family leave, or part thereof, shall be reduced by the amount paid concurrently under any governmental or private retirement, pension or permanent disability benefit or allowance progr…

(a) A covered individual is in "concurrent employment" if he or she is in employment with two or more employers during the last calendar day of employment immediately preceding the period of family leave. The term "concurrent employers" means the covered employers with whom an em…

(a) With regard to a claim for family leave insurance benefits to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child, the covered individual shall provide the employer with notice of the period of family leave upon which the covered individual's claim for family leave benefits is based n…

(a) A claimant shall be given written notice of any decision on his or her claim and of the reason for any denial of his or her claim. (b) If the "Employer's Statement" on the application for benefits has not been completed by an employer or his or her representative, a request f…

(a) Within 10 days after the mailing of a request for information with respect to a period of family leave, an employer shall furnish the Division with any information requested or known to him or her, which may bear upon the eligibility of the claimant. (b) If any employer or em…

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a registration system which requires apparel industry manufacturers and contractors to register with the Department as a condition of doing business in the State. (b) This subchapter is applicable to all apparel industry manufact…

(a) The Department's Division of Workplace Standards shall make public a list of all manufacturers and contractors who have been found to have violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any other act for which the manufacturer or contractor may be subject to revocation of …

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Apparel industry" means the making, cutting, sewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing of apparel, designed or inte…

(a) Prior to engaging in the apparel industry business in this State, a manufacturer or contractor shall register with the Department by completing a form prescribed by the Commissioner. (b) The registration form shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information for…

(a) There is established an Apparel Industry unit, comprised of Departmental personnel, to enforce all State labor laws which affect the apparel industry. (b) The Apparel Industry Unit has the power to: 1. Inspect manufacturers and contractors, with respect to their production em…

(a) The following acts constitute violations of this subchapter: 1. Failure to comply with the registration requirements pursuant to N.J.A.C. 12:210-1.3; 2. Performing services or representing oneself as being registered to perform apparel industry services without holding a vali…

(a) Each manufacturer and contractor shall keep accurate records regarding all of its production employees during the preceding three years and make those records available to the apparel industry unit upon request. The records shall include: 1. The name and address of each produ…

(a) The Commissioner or his or her duly authorized designee may, after a hearing thereon, and after due consideration of the size and past experience of the manufacturer or contractor and the seriousness of the violation, require as a condition of continued registration the payme…

(a) When the Commissioner assesses an administrative or civil penalty under N.J.A.C. 12:210-1.5 the employer shall have the right to a hearing under (b) below. (b) No administrative or civil penalty shall be levied pursuant to this subchapter unless the Commissioner provides the …

(a) In addition to any penalty which may be assessed against an individual who is in violation of this chapter, the Commissioner may order the apparel industry unit to confiscate any partially or completely assembled articles of apparel and any equipment used in the assembly of a…

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings: "Act" means the 1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act, P.L. 1992, c.43 (N.J.S.A. 34:15D-1 et seq.) "Administrative cost" means any costs incurred by the Department to a…

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to set forth rules for collection of information on student enrollment, outcome, licensing, and credentialing that includes the use of the individual Social Security number. This information will be used for: 1. Developing the labor demand li…

This subchapter shall apply to approved training or service providers and qualified agencies which oversee education and training at an approved training provider or issue an occupational license or credential. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 12:23-10.2

(a) Each provider shall maintain appropriate records and reports and make any records available upon request for monitoring or inspection by the Commissioner including: 1. A record for each student enrolled, including the student's name, Social Security number, address upon enrol…

(a) Information collected by the NJOICC from qualifying agencies or from approved training or service providers will only be utilized for authorized governmental purposes. The NJOICC will only use aggregate statistical summaries of individual data in assessing or evaluating any p…

(a) Performance standards shall be established for all training programs including basic skills training programs. Performance standards shall be established in accordance with the Strategic Five-Year Unified State Plan for New Jersey's Workforce Investment System. (b) The State …

To establish a standard with regard to what constitutes "satisfactory progress," as that term is used within P.L. 2005, c. 66, and to establish a system for monitoring "satisfactory progress," for the purpose of certifying to the Department of Community Affairs whether recipients…

This subchapter shall apply to each individual who is under the age of 65, who is not disabled, who is receiving a rental assistance grant under N.J.S.A. 52:27D-287.1, who has applied with the Department through a One-Stop Career Center for employment and training services and wh…

(a) Once the rental assistance grant recipient has applied with the Department through a One-Stop Career Center for employment and training services and has sought the counseling required to obtain employment and training services, the qualified job counselor at a One-Stop Career…

(a) When used in this subchapter, the term "satisfactory progress" shall mean: 1. Regular attendance at scheduled appointments with a qualified job counselor and at activities required under the Employability Development Plan.i. A pattern of missed appointments or activities or t…

(a) Good cause may exist for the qualified job counselor to forgive a rental assistance grant recipient's failure to satisfy one or more of the requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 12:23-12.4, Satisfactory progress, or for the qualified job counselor to redesign the Employability D…

(a) A qualified job counselor shall regularly engage in the following activities relative to the monitoring of a rental assistance grant recipient's satisfactory progress: 1. Keep an accurate record of the rental assistance grant recipient's attendance at scheduled appointments w…

With regard to each rental assistance grant recipient who has applied to the Department through a One-Stop Career Center for employment and training services, who is seeking the counseling required to obtain the employment and training services, who has been assigned to a qualifi…

Where a report to the Department of Community Affairs by the qualified job counselor under N.J.A.C. 12:23-12.7 results in a determination by the Department of Community Affairs under N.J.A.C. 5:42 to deny admission to the State rental assistance program or to terminate State rent…

(a) Each qualified job counselor who is hired to work in a One-Stop Career Center shall receive Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative Act training. (b) Training provided under (a) above shall be conducted by a Certified Domestic Violence Specialist or, if a Certi…

(a) Each qualified job counselor who has direct, in-person, contact with an individual who is either utilizing counseling or employment services under N.J.S.A. 34:15B-38 in connection with the receipt of employment and training services paid for with Federal job training funds, u…

(a) Where, as a result of the self-screening described under N.J.A.C. 12:23-13.2, an individual discloses to a Department employee other than the office's designated domestic violence liaison that he or she is a victim of domestic violence, the Department employee shall direct th…

Pursuant to P.L. 2015, c. 235, the purpose of this subchapter is to establish the New Jersey Innovation and Research Fellowship Program (IRFP), including defining the scope of the IRFP and establishing criteria and procedures for submission of applications to receive grant monies…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. "Department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Notes N.J. Admin. Code…

(a) The Department will award IRFP grants to certain employers in the field of technology research in order to fund fellowships, with each fellowship lasting no fewer than two and no more than three years. (b) In order to be eligible for a grant under the IRFP, both the applicant…

(a) The application for an IRFP grant shall be completed jointly by the applicant employer and the applicant fellow. (b) Each applicant employer shall submit the application for an IRFP grant to the Commissioner in a format approved by the Commissioner. The completed application …