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Robert Asaro-Angelo labor leader and commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development at the daily briefing in Trenton NJ on 5/7/2020
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
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The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is an independent body within the New Jersey state government under the auspices of the department. Initially constituted in the late-1940s, pursuant to P.L. 1948, c.446, as the Department of Labor and Industry, the department is one of 16 executive branch departments in New Jersey state government.
Elizabeth, NJ -- October 1, 2024 -- Members of the International Longshoreman's Association gather at Port Elizabeth on Tuesday to support a strike after contract talks broke down Monday night.
In late 2021, New Jersey was tapped as one of two states participating in a federal pilot program to modernize and improve the federal unemployment system starting early in 2022.
The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (or FUTA, I.R.C. ch. 23) is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing Internal Revenue Service Form 940 annually.
Between May 2023 and May 2024, the private sector in New Jersey grew by 69,000 jobs, though the unemployment rate rose to 4.6% from 4.2%. Most of those were in lower-paying jobs like restaurants ...