New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Subchapter 4 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO CLAIM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND TO REGISTER FOR WORK SEARCH ACTIVITIES
Section 12:17-4.2 - Reporting to file an initial or reopened claim

(a) An individual shall telephone a Reemployment Call Center or contact the Division via an Internet application to file an initial claim for benefits, unless another method of filing is prescribed by the Division. The effective date of an initial claim for benefits is the Sunday of the week in which the claimant first reports to claim benefits. The effective date of the initial claim establishes the period of time during which wages may be used to determine the monetary eligibility.

(b) Each claimant may reopen his or her claim any time during the 52-week period after first filing a claim, by reporting by telephone or via an Internet application to a Reemployment Call Center or as the Division may otherwise prescribe. The effective date of a reopened claim for benefits is the Sunday of the week in which the claimant first reports to the Reemployment Call Center to claim benefits.

(c) A claimant who returns to full-time work for more than one calendar week and then becomes unemployed shall report by telephone or via an Internet application to the Reemployment Call Center, or as the Division may otherwise prescribe, to reopen the claim. The claim shall be reopened as of the week in which the claimant first reports to claim benefits.