New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Subchapter 10 - CLAIMS ADJUDICATION-MISCONDUCT CONNECTED WITH THE WORK
Section 12:17-10.2 - Discharge or suspension for unauthorized absence
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for misconduct connected with the work, if he or she did not have good cause for being absent from work or failed without justification to take steps necessary to notify the employer of the absence and the reason therefor.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "good cause" means any compelling personal circumstance, including illness, which would normally prevent a reasonable person under the same conditions from reporting to work.
(c) An unauthorized absence for five or more consecutive work days may constitute job abandonment and subject an individual to disqualification for benefits for voluntarily leaving work without good cause under 12:17-9.1 1.
