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EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES

This guide provides crucial information about filing for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits for educational employees in New Jersey. Eligible claimants must meet specific monetary criteria based on their employment during the base year, defined as the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. Learn the preferred filing method, eligibility requirements, and the impact of reasonable assurance on benefit entitlement. Important phone numbers for local Reemployment Call Centers and examples of benefit calculations are also included to assist you in navigating the application process effectively.

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EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES

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  1. EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES

  2. Filing for UI Benefits • Preferred method is online at www.njuifile.net • By telephone through a Reemployment Call Center (RCC) • Union City – (201) 601-4100 • Freehold – (732) 761-2020 • Vineland – (856) 507-2340

  3. Base Year • The Base Year is the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters • Example: If a is filed claim in May 2013, the base year consists of any employment from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 • Alternate base periods are available if the monetary requirements in the regular base year are not met

  4. Monetary Eligibility To have a valid claim, during the “Base Year” claimants must have: • Worked in at least 20 weeks earning $145 per week or more or • Earned at least $7,300 in gross wages

  5. Weekly Benefit Rate (WBR) • The maximum rate for 2013 is $624 • The WBR is calculated by taking 60% of your Average Weekly Wage (which is your total wages earned ÷ weeks worked during your base year) • Example: Earned $40,000 over 52 weeks AWW = $769 x 60% = $461 WBR

  6. The Law43:21-4(g) Educational institution employees are ineligible: • between academic years or terms, during vacation periods and holiday recesses if • reasonable assurance exists of returning to work in a similar capacity in the succeeding academic years, terms, vacation periods, or holiday recesses.

  7. School EmployeesN.J.A.C. 12:17-12.4 • Educational employees are ineligible • Any week the begins during the period between terms, vacations, and holiday recesses • Have reasonable assurance

  8. Reasonable Assurance • Agreement to return • Oral • Written • Implied • Must return to same or similar work • Must consider changes in duties or salary

  9. Ineligibility Period • Begins Sunday of the calendar week following date of notice • Notice can be written or verbal • If assurance is given on Sunday, that Sunday begins ineligibility

  10. School and Non School Wages • Initial monetary made using all wages • Adjudicate school issue (s) (enter det.) • Redetermine monetary • Cannot use alternative base year • Future pend for beginning of school year or end of break • Monetary must be adjusted when school resumes after break

  11. Educational Institution • Any public or non profit including higher education • Students are offered organized course of study or training by teachers or instructors • Technical, academic, trade • Approved and licensed by State DOE

  12. Institution of Higher Education • Admits only those having HS diploma or equivalent • Legally authorized by State • Provides a degree program or training for gainful employment • Public or non profit All colleges and universities in this State are institutions of higher education

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