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(i) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall arrange for the electronic receipt of death record notifications from the New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System, pursuant to section 16 of P.L.2003, c.221 (C.26:8-24.1), and establish a verification system to confirm that benefits paid pursuant to the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.), and the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., are not being paid to deceased individuals.

(j) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall arrange for the electronic receipt of identifying information from the Department of Corrections, pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1976, c.98 (C.30:1B-6), and from the Administrative Office of the Courts and any county which does not provide county inmate incarceration information to the Administrative Office of the Courts, and establish a verification system to confirm that benefits paid pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., are not being paid to individuals who are incarcerated.

3. This act shall take effect on the 270th day following enactment, except that the division shall, prior to the 270th day after enactment, take all administrative measures necessary to implement this act, including making all needed changes in forms and materials to be provided to employers, and notifying them of what is required to be in compliance with this act, including the requirements to provide the division with an email address for communication to and from the division and to use electronic means to communicate with the department.

Amended 1945, c.308, s.4; 1948, c.79, s.4; 1950, c.167, s.2; 1950, c.225, s.2; 1951, c.210; 1952, c.187, s.7; 1961, c.43, s.8; 1984, c.24, s.10; 1985, c.476; 1991, c.357; 1997, c.255, s.4; 2005, c.239, s.4; 2010, c.82, s.2; 2013, c.124; 2013, c.274, s.5; 2022, c.120, s.2.

43:21-17. Representation in court or administrative proceeding

(a) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Labor and the State may be represented by any qualified attorney, who is a regular salaried employee of the Department of Labor or is designated by it for this purpose, or, at the commissioner's request, by the Attorney General.

(b) In any administrative proceeding before the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor, the board of review or the appeal