New Jersey § 43:21-69

§ 43:21-69.

As used in P.L.1995, c. 394 ( C.43:21-67 et al.): “ Division ” means the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department

of Labor. “Full-time basis” with respect to the amount of time spent participating in self-employment

assistance activities shall have the meaning contained in regulations adopted by the

Commissioner of Labor. “ Peer group ” means a group of not more than twenty participating individuals who provide mutual

assistance and support for each other's efforts to establish businesses and become

self-employed entrepreneurs. “ Reemployment services ” means job search assistance and job placement services, including counseling, testing,

assessment, job search workshops, job clubs, referrals to employers and providing

occupational and labor market information. “ Regular benefits ” means benefits payable to an individual under the “unemployment compensation law”

( R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. ), including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-service members

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. chapter 85 , but not including additional benefits provided pursuant to P.L.1992, c. 47 ( C. 43:21-57 et seq. ) or extended benefits. “ Self-employment assistance activities ” means activities, approved by the division, in which an individual participates

for the purpose of establishing a business and becoming self-employed, including:

activities in which the individual participates in connection with self-employment

assistance services; and other activities in which the individual engages to establish

the business, which may, at the discretion of the division, include participation

in a peer group. “ Self-employment assistance allowance ” means an allowance, payable in lieu of regular benefits and from the unemployment

compensation fund, to an individual participating in self-employment assistance activities

who meets the requirements of P.L.1995, c. 394 ( C. 43:21-67 et al.). “ Self-employment assistance services ” means services provided to an individual, including entrepreneurial training, business

counseling, and technical assistance, to help the individual to develop a business

plan, establish a business and become self-employed, including entrepreneurial training

and technical assistance supported by training grants provided pursuant to subsection

b. of section 6 of P.L.1992, c. 43 ( C. 34:15D-6 ). “ Worker profiling system ” means the worker profiling system established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1992, c. 46 ( C. 43:21-4.1 ). “ Workforce Development Partnership Program ” means the program created pursuant to P.L.1992, c. 43 ( C. 34:15D-1 et seq. ).