New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 9 - PRECONDITION TO AWARD OF DIRECT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT TO ANOTHER STATE AGENCY OR ENTITY THAT A BUSINESS IS IN SUBSTANTIAL GOOD STANDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT; REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISION FOR DIRECT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT
Subchapter 1 - DEPARTMENT DETERMINATION; SUBSTANTIAL GOOD STANDING
Section 12:9-1.1 - Purpose and scope

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to implement P.L. 2021, c. 166 (N.J.S.A. 34:15D-33 and 34), which states that, as a precondition to the award to a person of direct business assistance from the Department, and as a precondition for the Department to report to another State agency or entity that a business is in substantial good standing, the Department shall determine whether the person has any outstanding liability to the Department, pursuant to any of the statutes or rules that the Department enforces, including, but not limited to, for unpaid contributions to the unemployment compensation fund or the State disability benefits fund; to any individual on whose behalf the Department has issued a final order for the payment of wages or benefits; or for any penalties, fees, or interest due to the Department pursuant to a final order issued pursuant to the statutes or rules that the Department enforces.

(b) This subchapter shall apply to all persons applying for direct business assistance from the Department, or regarding whom any other State agency or entity is seeking a determination from the Department that the business is in substantial good standing.