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and benefits, under the provisions of this act and employment and training programs provided or funded pursuant to the "1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act," P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et al.) and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub.L.105-220 (29 U.S.C. s.2801 et seq.). and regarding the tuition waivers available pursuant to P.L.1983, c.469 (C.18A:64-13.1 et seq.) and P.L.1983, c.470 (C.18A:64A-23.1 et seq.); and the timely provision to the individual of a written statement of the individual's rights and responsibilities with respect to programs for which the individual is eligible, which includes a full disclosure to the individual of his right to obtain the services most likely to enable the individual to obtain employment providing self-sufficiency and the individual's right not to be denied employment and training services for any of the reasons indicated in section 4 of P.L.1992, c.47 (C.43:21-60), including the individual's right not to be denied training services because the individual already has identifiable vocational skills, if those existing skills are for employment with a level of earnings lower than the level of self-sufficiency;

e. Discussion with the counselor of the results of the testing and evaluation; and

f. The development of a written Employability Development Plan, consistent with the requirements of subsections e., f. and g. of section 4 of this act, for the individual describing any remedial instruction and the occupational training that the individual will undertake in connection with benefits provided pursuant to the provisions of this act.

All information regarding an individual applicant or trainee which is obtained or compiled in connection with the testing, assessment and evaluation and which may be identified with the individual shall be confidential and shall not be released to an entity other than the individual, the counselor, the department, the commission or partners of the One-Stop system as necessary for them to provide training and employment services or other workforce investment services to the individual, unless the individual provides written permission to the department for the release of the information; or the information is used solely for program evaluation.

L.1992,c.47,s.3; amended 2001, c.152, s.14; 2005, c.354, s.31.

43:21-60. Requirements for provision of additional benefits

4. Except as provided in section 8 of this act, the additional benefits indicated in section 5 of this act shall be provided to any individual who:

a. Has received a notice of a permanent termination of employment by the individual's employer or has been laid off and is unlikely to return to his previous employment because work opportunities in the individual's job classification are impaired by a substantial reduction of employment at the worksite;

b. Is, at the time of the layoff or termination, eligible, pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., for unemployment benefits;