Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 12:17-10.2 - Discharge or suspension for unauthorized absence(a) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for misconduct connected with the work, if he or she did not have good cause for being absent from work or failed without justification to take steps necessary to notify the employer of the absence and the reason therefor.(b) For the purpose of this section, "good cause" means any compelling personal circumstance, including illness, which would normally prevent a reasonable person under the same conditions from reporting to work.(c) An unauthorized absence for five or more consecutive work days may constitute job abandonment and subject an individual to disqualification for benefits for voluntarily leaving work without good cause under 12:17-9.1 1.N.J. Admin. Code § 12:17-10.2
Recodified from 12:17-10.3 and amended by 47 N.J.R. 1009(a), effective 5/18/2015.Amended by 52 N.J.R. 473(a), effective 3/2/2020