2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 43 - PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Section 43:21-20.6 - Eligibility for short-time benefits.

43:21-20.6 Eligibility for short-time benefits.

4.An individual who is employed by an employer with a shared work program approved by the division shall be eligible for short-time benefits during a week if:

a.The individual was employed by the employer for not less than 1,500 hours during the individual's base year;

b.The individual works for the employer less than the individual's normal full-time hours during the week, and the employer has reduced the individual's weekly hours of work pursuant to a shared work program approved by the division pursuant to section 2 of this act;

c.The percentage of the reduction of the individual's work hours below the individual's normal full-time hours during a week is not less than 10%, with a corresponding reduction of wages;

d.The individual would be eligible for unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits during the week, if the individual was entirely unemployed during that week and applied for unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits; and

e.During the week, the individual is able to work and is available to work the individual's normal full-time hours for the shared work employer or is attending a training program which is in compliance with the provisions of paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-4 and the agreements and certifications required pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of this act.

L.2011, c.154, s.4.