New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Subchapter 5 - MONETARY REQUIREMENTS FOR BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY
Section 12:17-5.4 - Use of wages to qualify for benefits

(a) If wages from a base year or an alternative base year are required to establish a valid claim, those wages cannot be used again to establish any future claim(s).

(b) If wages are required from the most recent completed calendar quarter, all the wages paid in that quarter shall be used.

(c) If wages are required from the quarter in which the claim was filed, only those wages paid prior to the date of the claim shall be used; any subsequent wages earned from the date of the claim in that quarter may be used to establish eligibility for future claims.