By: Karin Price Mueller/The Star-Ledger Since 2011, New Jersey has stopped more than $100 million in improperly paid unemployment benefits, according to the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Each week, an average of 1,650 invalid claims are denied. Jim Holt’s claim was not one of them. In March 2010, Holt lost his job as a maintenance man for Diocesan Housing Services, an entity of the Catholic Diocese of Camden. He applied for unemployment and was approved for a weekly check of $227. Now the agency is asking him to pay it back. All $19,295 of it, thanks to  [ Read More ]

Article originally posted on: Jackson Lewis LP A New Jersey appeals court has denied unemployment benefits to 1,100 former managers based on their acceptance of a voluntary severance package. Black-Melone, et al. v. Board of Review, et al., A-0395-06T3 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 5, 2009). Affirming a judgment in favor of the former employer, the Court found that the plaintiffs were disqualified from receiving benefits because they “left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to the work.” In September 2003, after the company determined that approximately 18,000 employees nationwide were eligible for retirement, it offered its employees a  [ Read More ]

By: APP.com The U.S. added 200,000 jobs and its unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent in December, the government said Friday, in a sign that the slow economic recovery is gaining traction. The report was tempered by the harsh fact that the nation needs to create even more jobs each month to put 23.7 million unemployed and underemployed back to work. But many economists were heartened. “This report suggests the economy is maybe moving into second gear, or third gear,” said William M. Rodgers III, chief economist at Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. The monthly unemployment  [ Read More ]

Dec 22 2011 Unemployment extension news and updates, information on federal unemployment extensions, extended unemployment benefit guidelines, and information on how to collect extended unemployment benefits. Unemployment Extension Update: 12/22/11: It appears that legislation to continue federal extended unemployment benefits programs through February 2012 will be passed by the House tonight. Important: Check with your State Unemployment Office web site for details on your extended benefits eligibility. Most states have detailed information on eligibility for extended unemployment benefits and will update the website when there is news to report. Unemployment Benefits for 2012 Here’s more information on unemployment benefits that  [ Read More ]

Dec 20 2011 Unemployment extension news and updates, information on federal unemployment extensions, extended unemployment benefit guidelines, and information on how to collect extended unemployment benefits. Unemployment Extension Update: 12/20/11: Legislation to continue federal extended unemployment benefits programs through February 2012 has been approved by the Senate. However the House has rejected the extension and is calling on the Senate to renegotiate a full year extension. In order for this to happen, the Senate would have to agree to return from its holiday recess. President Obama has called on the House Republicans who are against the bill to put politics  [ Read More ]

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