New Jersey § 43:21-21

§ 43:21-21.

(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate

agencies of other states or the Federal Government whereby potential rights to benefits

accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of several states or under such

a law of the Federal Government, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment

of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms which the commissioner

finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result

in any loss to the fund. (b) The commissioner is authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate

agencies of other states or of the Federal Government, or both, (1) whereby remuneration,

upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under the Unemployment

Compensation Law of another state or of the Federal Government, shall be deemed to

be wages for the purposes of this chapter ( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ), and (2) whereby wages, on the basis of which an individual may become entitled

to benefits under this chapter ( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ) shall be deemed to be remuneration on the basis of which benefits are payable under

the Unemployment Compensation Law of another state or of the Federal Government. No such arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains provision for reimbursement

to the fund for such portion of benefits paid under this chapter ( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ) on the basis of such remuneration, and provision for reimbursement from the fund

for that portion of benefits paid under such other law on the basis of such wages,

as the commissioner finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests. Subsection (f) of 43:21-5 of this chapter ( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ) shall be inapplicable to an individual who files a claim for benefits under any

such arrangement. The commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of benefits

on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under the Unemployment

Compensation Law of New Jersey 1 with his wages in employment covered under the Unemployment Compensation Laws of

other states which are approved by the United States Secretary of Labor in consultation

with the State unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure

the prompt and full payment of benefits in such situations and which include provisions

for (1) applying the base period of a single State law to a claim involving the combining

of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more State Unemployment

Compensation Laws, and (2) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason

of such combining. Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to such arrangements shall be deemed

to be benefits for the purposes of this chapter ( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ). The commissioner is hereby authorized to make to other state or Federal agencies,

and to receive from such other state or Federal agencies, reimbursements from or to

the fund in accordance with arrangements pursuant to this section. (c) The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate

agencies of other states covering services on vessels engaged in interstate or foreign

commerce whereby such services performed for a single employer, under any contract

of hire, partly within and partly without this State, shall be deemed to be performed

in their entirety either within or without this State. (d) The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the

appropriate and duly authorized agency of any other state or of the United States

whereby (i) moneys due the commissioner for contributions, interest and penalties

and paid to such agency shall be deemed to have been paid into the unemployment compensation

fund of this State as of the date of payment to such agency and (ii) vice versa;

provided, that such arrangements contain provisions for the reciprocal transfers of

such moneys. (e) The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate

and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the Federal Government, or both,

whereby services performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which

services are customarily performed by such individual in more than one state shall

be deemed to be services performed entirely within any one of the states (i) in which

any part of such individual's services is performed or (ii) in which such individual

has his residence or (iii) in which the employing unit maintains a place of business;

provided, there is in effect, as to such services, an election, approved by the agency

charged with the administration of such state's Unemployment Compensation Law, pursuant

to which all the services performed by such individual for such employing unit are

deemed to be performed entirely within such state. (f) To the extent permissible under the laws, treaties and Constitution of the United

States, the commissioner is authorized to enter into or cooperate in arrangements

whereby facilities and services provided under this chapter ( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ), and facilities and services provided under the Employment Security Law of any foreign

government may be utilized for the taking of claims and payment of benefits under

the Employment Security Law of this State or under a similar law of such foreign government. 1

N.J.S.A. § 43:21-1 et seq.