STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Tiver
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOLWD to allow individuals to schedule unemployment service appointments at One Stop Career Centers via telephone or Internet.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning One Stop Career Center appointments and supplementing P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall allow an individual to schedule an unemployment service appointment at a One Stop Career Center, as that term is defined by section 3 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-3), over the telephone or the Internet.
As used in this section, “unemployment service appointment” means a scheduled meeting related to receiving or applying for unemployment benefits.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to allow an individual to schedule an unemployment service appointment at a One Stop Career Center over the telephone or the Internet. The bill defines an unemployment service appointment as a scheduled meeting related to receiving or applying for unemployment benefits.
Currently, an unemployment claimant may only make an appointment at a One Stop Career Center via the Internet. This bill would allow an individual to schedule an unemployment service appointment via telephone or the Internet.