A 1516 — Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.

A1516P.L. 1R [First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

15162026, STATEc.047 OF(A1516 NEW1R) JERSEY 222nd LEGISLATURE   PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION    P.L. Sponsored by:

Assemblyman2026, CLINTONCHAPTER CALABRESE47, Districtapproved 36July (Bergen22, and2026 Passaic)Assembly, AssemblymanNo. WILLIAM B.

SAMPSON,1516 IV(First DistrictReprint) 31  (Hudson)An Assemblywoman Act TENNILLEconcerning R.unemployment benefits and amending R.S.43:21-19.

MCCOY District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex) Senator  KRISTIN M.

CORRADO District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic) Senator  JAMES BEACH District 6 (Burlington and Camden)   Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn, Assemblyman Barlas, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson, Flynn, Collazos-Gill, Speight, Haider, Assemblymen Scharfenberger, Singh, Assemblywomen Carter, Brennan, Assemblyman Freiman, Senators Diegnan, Schepisi, Johnson, McKnight, Amato and Moriarty         SYNOPSIS      Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on June 8, 2026, with amendments.

   An Act concerning unemployment benefits and amending R.S.43:21-19.

     (2) With respect to a benefit year commencing on or after June 1, 1990 for an individual who immediately preceding the benefit year was subject to a disability compensable under the provisions of the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), "base year" shall mean the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the individual's period of disability, if the employment held by the individual immediately preceding the period of disability is no longer available at the conclusion of that period and the individual files a valid claim for unemployment benefits after the conclusion of that period.  For the purposes of this paragraph, "period of disability" means the period defined as a period of disability by section 3 of the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-27).  An individual who files a claim under the provisions of this paragraph (2) shall not be regarded as having left work voluntarily for the purposes of subsection (a) of R.S.43:21-5.

Secretary of Labor approves the unemployment compensation law of the Virgin Islands, under section 3304 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.

and after December 31, 1977, only if performed in a calendar year for an entity which is not an employer as defined in the "unemployment compensation law," (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) as of January 1 of such calendar year;

     (C) Service performed by an individual in the employ of his son, daughter or spouse, and service performed by a child under the age of 18 in the employ of his father or mother;

                                            Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.