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S1253 SLA Statement 2/5/26
SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No.
1253
STATE
OF NEW JERSEY
DATED:
FEBRUARY
5, 2026
����� The Senate Labor Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 1253.
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This
bill permits an employee to receive unemployment benefits if the employee
leaves employment upon receipt of an offer of employment from another employer,
but the offer is rescinded through no fault of the employee.� The bill also,
for purposes of benefit eligibility, increases the maximum time period between
when the employee leaves work and when the subsequent work is scheduled to
commence from seven days to 10 days.� The purpose of this bill is to codify
into statute the holdings of the court in McClain v. Bd. of Review, Dep't of
Labor, 237 N.J. 445 (2019).� In that case, the court held that an employee who
leaves one job to take another job, but, through no fault of the employee, has
the offer of employment rescinded before the employment begins, is entitled to
unemployment benefits.
����� This bill was prefiled for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.