[NFBNJ] Fwd: Disaster Unemployment Benefits

[Linda Melendez]

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From: Gaston, Pamela <Pamela.Gaston at dhs.nj.gov>
Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 4:12 PM
Subject: Disaster Unemployment Benefits
To: CBVI Public-Email <CBVI.Public-Email at dhs.nj.gov>




Disaster Unemployment Assistance



https://www.myunemployment.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/circumstances/disaster/




Some New Jersey residents affected by Hurricane Ida may be eligible for
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) after President Biden declared a
major disaster in Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer,
Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union, and Warren Counties on
September 5, 2021.

Individuals who lost their jobs directly due to the disaster and work,
commute through, or live in one of the above counties may be eligible for
these DUA benefits:

Individuals unable to reach their job because they must travel through the
affected area and are prevented by doing so by the disaster.

Individuals who were to commence employment but were prevented from doing
so by the disaster.

Individuals who became the major support for a household because the death
of the head of the household was caused by the disaster.

Individuals who cannot work because of an injury caused as a direct result
of the disaster.

Unemployment is a direct result of the major disaster if the unemployment
resulted from:

The physical damage or destruction of the place of employment.

The physical inaccessibility of the place of employment due to its closure
by the federal, state, or local government in immediate response to the
disaster.

Lack of work, or loss of revenues, if, prior to the disaster, the employer
or self-employed business received at least a majority of its revenue or
income from an entity in the major disaster area that was damaged or
destroyed in the disaster or an entity in the major disaster are closed by
the federal, state, or local government.

Before an individual can be determined eligible for DUA, it must be
established that the individual is otherwise ineligible for regular
unemployment insurance benefits under any state or federal law.

Therefore, claimants must first apply for state unemployment benefits. When
applying for UI, claimants should cite "Impacted by Hurricane Ida" as the
reason for separation. If deemed ineligible for regular benefits, NJDOL
will email you an application for DUA. You will be required to submit
necessary documentation along with the DUA application.

Claims for DUA must be filed by 10/20/2021.



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