New Jersey Statutes 43:21-6.8. Definitions relative to C.43:21-6.2 et seq
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:21-6.8
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter (R. See New Jersey Statutes 43:21-19
- Division: means the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and any transaction or exercise of authority by the director of the division thereunder, or under this chapter (R. See New Jersey Statutes 43:21-19
- Employer: means : (1) Any employing unit which in either the current or the preceding calendar year paid remuneration for employment in the amount of $1,000. See New Jersey Statutes 43:21-19
- Employing unit: means the State or any of its instrumentalities or any political subdivision thereof or any of its instrumentalities or any instrumentality of more than one of the foregoing or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing and one or more other states or political subdivisions or any individual or type of organization, any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has or subsequent to January 1, 1936, had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 43:21-19
“Authorized agent” means an individual, organization or business that, for a fee, provides representation to parties in communications with, or hearings or other proceedings before, representatives of the division in connection with claims for unemployment benefits, charges or tax assessments. In the case of an individual authorized agent representing an organization or business that provides representation to parties for a fee, both the individual and the organization or business shall register with the division and both will be held responsible as the authorized agents. An attorney is not an authorized agent for purposes of this section and is not required to register. If an attorney is employed by, or otherwise provides service to, an organization or business which is an authorized agent, the organization or business shall register with the division and will be considered the authorized agent for purposes of this section. An authorized agent representing an employer shall be regarded as an agent of an employing unit for the purposes of R.S.43:21-16 and be subject to all requirements and penalties imposed by that section for an agent of an employing unit.
“Party” means any of the following parties to an appeal, hearing or other procedure of the division: the division; a claimant for unemployment compensation; or any employer against whom charges may be made or tax liability may be assessed due to the claim for unemployment compensation.
“Representative of the division” means any individual or entity, including any deputy, appeal tribunal, the board of review or any other individual or entity which represents the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in connection with claims, benefits, charges or taxes for unemployment compensation.
L.2010, c.82, s.9.