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4 days ago · Several years ago, New Jersey was selected as one of two states to participate in a national unemployment pilot program led by the U.S. Department of Labor. Last year, New Jersey was also awarded an $11.25 million federal grant to undertake changes to its unemployment system, including improving the application process.
4 days ago · New Jersey and Arkansas began a claimant experience pilot with the U.S. Department of Labor in 2021, a collaboration that marked Labor’s first foray into product development for the unemployment ...
4 days ago · May 23, 2024 | Number of The Day. NJ residents who applied for unemployment benefits in early 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic. Like other states, New Jersey was slammed by job losses during the worst months of the COVID-19 pandemic. What made matters worse was the difficulty people had with the state’s outdated and overwhelmed unemployment system.
5 days ago · In 2021, New Jersey was selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Claimant Experience Pilot. The national effort aims to modernize the federal UI system and streamline the ...
5 days ago · As the Senate considers the next coronavirus relief package, we urge you to include extensions of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program. We also urge you to include additional weeks of benefits for both programs.
5 days ago · New Jersians seeking unemployment insurance benefits are promised an improved experience on the Division of Unemployment Insurance website.. An announcement yesterday by Governor Phil Murphy’s Office highlighted New Jersey’s partnership with the US Department of Labor to modernize the site which was encumbered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 days ago · New Jersey’s unemployment application process has received a major upgrade, four years after millions of claims filed during the pandemic stressed the archaic system.
