New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 15 - SCOPE
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12:15-1.8 - Training of employees who will have direct, in-person, contact with victims of domestic violence in the context of processing of unemployment compensation claims
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) All Department employees who process unemployment compensation claims and who the Department anticipates will have direct, in-person, contact with claimants 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 Certified Domestic Violence Specialist is not available to conduct the training, by another person approved by the Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, who possesses the following qualifications and expertise in the area of domestic violence:
(c) With regard to the qualifications listed in (b)1 and 2 above, at the discretion of the Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, direct service experience with domestic violence clients may be substituted for up to 140 hours of domestic violence education at a rate of 28 hours of direct service experience with domestic violence clients for every one hour of domestic violence education required.
