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34:1A-20. Appeal tribunals; membership; compensation; disqualification for interest; alternates; disputed benefit claims

To hear and decide disputed benefit claims, including appeals from determinations with respect to demands by the deputy for refunds of benefits under section 43:21-16(d) of the Revised Statutes, the director of the Division of Employment Security, with the approval of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, shall establish one or more impartial appeal tribunals consisting in each case of either a salaried examiner or a body consisting of three members, one of whom shall be a salaried examiner, who shall serve as chairman, one of whom shall be a representative of employers and the other of whom shall be a representative of employees; each of the latter two members shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and be paid a fee of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) per day of active service on such tribunal plus necessary expenses. No person shall participate on behalf of the division in any case in which he is an interested party. The director of the Division of Employment Security may designate alternates to serve in the absence or disqualification of any member of an appeal tribunal. The chairman shall act alone in the absence or disqualification of any other member and his alternates. In no case shall the hearings proceed unless the chairman of the appeal tribunal is present.

Disputed claims for benefits under approved private plans established in accordance with the Temporary Disability Benefits Law shall be heard, reviewed, and determined as provided in section 26(a) of that act.

L.1948, c. 446, p. 1771, s. 20.

34:1A-21. Organization of existing Unemployment Compensation Commission continued; divisions constituted bureaus

Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing Unemployment Compensation Commission is continued as the organization of the Division of Employment Security established hereunder; provided, however, that any division required by law in the Unemployment Compensation Commission shall hereafter be constituted a bureau in the Division of Employment Security established hereunder.

L.1948, c. 446, p. 1771, s. 21.

34:1A-23. New Jersey State Board of Mediation transferred to Department of Labor and Industry; removal of members

The New Jersey State Board of Mediation of the existing Department of Labor and all of its functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry established hereunder. Such board shall continue to have all of the powers and shall exercise all of the functions and duties vested in, or imposed upon, it by law. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of such board. Such board shall continue to be constituted