New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Subchapter 12 - CLAIMS ADJUDICATION-OTHER BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY ISSUES
Section 12:17-12.3 - Employees on leave of absence
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A voluntary and mutually agreed upon leave of absence between an employer and employee connotes a continuity of employment. An individual on an approved leave of absence is not considered unemployed under the Unemployment Compensation Law and any claim for benefits filed during this period shall be invalid except, if the leave of absence is granted in part due to disability or a projected disability of the individual, the validity of any claim filed under 43:21-4(f) shall not be effected by the leave of absence while the claimant is disabled from work.
(b) The failure of an employer to grant or extend a personal leave of absence for other than the individual's personal health reasons does not establish good cause attributable to such work for the individual to leave such employment provided the denial was not in violation of Federal or State Laws including the Federal Family Medical Leave Act, P.L. 103-3 and the New Jersey Family Leave Act, 34:11a-1 et seq. which would provide for such leave.
(c) Any request for a leave of absence for personal health reasons of an individual must be supported by competent medical certification.
(d) However, if an individual's request for a leave of absence is denied, and he or she takes the leave, any termination of employment shall be reviewed as a voluntary leaving of work issue unless the reason for the leave is related to the individual's personal health, or if the leave is covered by any Federal or State law, including the Federal Family Medical Leave Act, P.L. 103-3 and the New Jersey Family Leave Act, 34:11a-1 et seq. regulation or other policy, bargaining contract or contract of hire.
