New Jersey § 43:21-20

§ 43:21-20.

To facilitate the providing of the maximum possible benefits for employees and savings

for employers in the State from the federal financing of unemployment benefits provided

in connection with short-time compensation programs pursuant to section 2108 of the

“Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,” Pub. Law 116-136 and from federal financing of emergency increases in unemployment benefits under

section 2104 of that act, the division shall, during the period from the effective

date of this act 1 until December 31, 2020, undertake the following actions: a. Make available to all employers who may be eligible to participate in a shared

work program pursuant to P.L.2011, c. 154 ( C.43:21-20.3 et seq. ) for which full federal funding of short-time unemployment benefits is available

pursuant to section 2108 of the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,” Pub. Law 116-136 , a guidance document which explains: (1) what the employer is required to do to establish, pursuant to P.L.2011, c. 154 ( C.43:21-20.3 et seq. ), shared work programs eligible for the federal funding, including providing certification

to the division that any union representing employees in collective bargaining has

entered into a written agreement regarding the terms of the program and certification

that the employer will continue providing any current health insurance and pension

coverage, paid time off and other benefits in the manner required by P.L.2011, c. 154 ( C.43:21-20.3 et seq. ); (2) procedures for an employer to make an application for approval of a shared work

program, including an explanation of how the employer may make preliminary calculations

of benefits to be paid to participating employees to expedite the commencement of

the payment of the benefits in the shortest possible time; b. Provide any eligible employer with guidance in making an application; c. Permit an application for approval of a shared work program to be submitted to,

and approved by, the division in advance of the date on which reduced hours of employment

are to commence to permit payment of benefits under the program immediately upon that

commencement; d. Permit employers who have fully laid off employees to resume employing those employees

on a partial basis in a manner consistent with the requirements of P.L.2011, c. 154 ( C.43:21-20.3 et seq. ), and establish a shared work program to make short-time benefits available to those

employees; and e. Permit, upon the approval of a shared work program, of the payment of benefits

retroactively back to the time that the shared work application was submitted and

commenced in a manner consistent with the requirements of P.L.2011, c. 154 ( C.43:21-20.3 et seq. ). 1

L.2020, c. 57, eff. June 29, 2020.