State Unemployment Benefits in New Jersey

State Unemployment Benefits in New Jersey: key facts

Administering agency

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Unemployment Insurance.

After a death

File Form B-40, Affidavit for Claiming Benefits Due a Deceased Person, if you are the spouse, next of kin, or executor/administrator of a claimant who died before receiving benefits owed.

How to submit

Email the completed Form B-40 with supporting documents to CollateralClaims@dol.nj.gov.

Claimant portal

myunemployment.nj.gov

Reporting a death

There is no separate death-notification step. The estate representative or family member initiates the process by completing Form B-40 and emailing it with supporting documents to CollateralClaims@dol.nj.gov. For general unemployment questions, call 609-292-6800 (one of several local numbers that all reach the same NJDOL phone system).

Who may claim

The spouse, next of kin, or executor/administrator of a claimant who died before receiving benefits he or she was due may file Form B-40.

Which part of Form B-40 to complete

Intestate, surviving spouse claiming, estate (including the benefits claimed) not over $10,000: Parts A, B, and F, with a true copy of the affidavit filed with the county Surrogate. Intestate, no surviving spouse, next of kin claiming, estate not over $5,000: Parts A, C, and F, with the Surrogate affidavit. Any will, or an estate over $5,000: Parts A, D, and F, with certified Letters of Administration or Letters Testamentary.

Documentation for final payment

Form B-40 is sworn before a notary public, with a death certificate attached plus the Surrogate's affidavit copy or certified Letters. The completed form and supporting documents can be emailed to CollateralClaims@dol.nj.gov; the form itself also gives a mailing address (Division of Unemployment Insurance, Labor Building, PO Box 395, Trenton, NJ 08625-0395).