Beginning December 8, 2025, New Jersey implemented a significant change to how employers must report employee separations to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL). These changes are designed to modernize unemployment insurance reporting and help the state process claims more quickly and accurately – but they also introduce new compliance obligations for business regardless of their size.
Under the updated rules, all employers in New Jersey must report employee separations electronically through the State’s Employee Access Portal. This means employers must proactively report separations, including terminations, resignations, layoffs, retirements, and other forms of job separation – regardless of whether the employee files for unemployment benefits. This requirement applies to all employers subject to New Jersey’s unemployment insurance laws – which generally includes any business with one or more employees where these laws apply.
Previously, employers only had to respond when a separated employee filed for unemployment benefits. This new law makes reporting immediately and directly to the NJDOL.
To comply with the new law, employers must:
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