New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 23 - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Subchapter 5 - ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DURING TRAINING
Section 12:23-5.1 - Eligibility requirements

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 12:23-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) An individual will be eligible for additional unemployment benefits during training only if the individual:

1. Has exhausted all entitlement to unemployment insurance compensation and any State or Federally funded extension;

2. Is permanently separated from employment and is unlikely to return to such employment due to a substantial reduction in work opportunities in the individual's job classification at his or her former worksite;

3. Meets the criteria listed in 43:21-4(c)(4)(A) and (B) and complies with the requirements set forth in this chapter at 12:23-5.5 for approved training;

4. Is in a full-time training program which has been approved through an Employability Development Plan; and

5. Enrolls in the approved training program within one year of the date of his or her most recent unemployment claim.

(b) No additional benefits shall be payable to an individual who self-enrolls in a training program without the prior approval of a qualified counselor unless the individual was previously enrolled in such training prior to lay-off and, upon becoming unemployed, obtains counseling from a qualified job counselor.

(c) No additional benefits shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter for any week during which the individual receives training allowances or stipends pursuant to the provisions of any Federal law or any other state law. As used in this subchapter, "training allowances or stipends" means discretionary, cash-in-hand payments available to the individual to be used as the individual sees fit, but does not mean direct or indirect compensation for training costs, such as the costs of tuition, books and supplies.

(d) No additional benefits shall be paid to an individual during a break between training sessions of more than four weeks.

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