Caveat: I only know Washington law, not the unemployment laws in any other State.
General Advice: Apply for unemployment in the State in which you reside, and particularly if your resident state pays more that another state. The worst thing they can tell you is that you need to apply elsewhere.
http://nj.gov/labor/uimod/pdfs/UI.pdf
The link above is the NJ unemployment laws. Of course, I didn't read the whole darn thing in great detail, but I focused in on page 91 and then 101.
Quote:
From Page 91:
(2) The term "employment" shall include an individual's entire service performed within
or both within and without this State if:
(A) The service is localized in this State; or
(B) The service is not localized in any state but some of the service is performed in this
State, and (i) the base of operations, or, if there is no base of operations, then the place from
which such service is directed or controlled, is in this State; or (ii) the base of operations or place
from which such service is directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the
service is performed, but the individual's residence is in this State.
(3) Services performed within this State but not covered under paragraph (2) of this
subsection shall be deemed to be employment subject to this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) if
contributions are not required and paid with respect to such services under an unemployment
compensation law of any other state or of the federal government.
(4) Services not covered under paragraph (2) of this subsection and performed entirely
without this State, with respect to no part of which contributions are required and paid under an
unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the federal government, shall be
deemed to be employment subject to this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) if the individual
performing such services is a resident of this State and the employing unit for whom such
services are performed files with the division an election that the entire service of such individual
shall be deemed to be employment subject to this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.).
Quote:
From page 101
43:21-21. Reciprocal benefit arrangements
(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into arrangements with the
appropriate agencies of other states or the Federal Government whereby potential rights to
benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of several states or under such
a law of the Federal Government, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits
through a single appropriate agency under terms which the commissioner finds will be fair and
reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result in any loss to the fund.
(b) The commissioner is authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate
agencies of other states or of the Federal Government, or both, (1) whereby remuneration, upon
the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under the Unemployment
Compensation Law of another state or of the Federal Government, shall be deemed to be wages
for the purposes of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.), and (2) whereby wages, on the basis of
which an individual may become entitled to benefits under this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.)
102
shall be deemed to be remuneration on the basis of which benefits are payable under the
Unemployment Compensation Law of another state or of the Federal Government. No such
arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains provision for reimbursement to the fund for
such portion of benefits paid under this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) on the basis of
such remuneration, and provision for reimbursement from the fund for that portion of benefits
paid under such other law on the basis of such wages, as the commissioner finds will be fair and
reasonable as to all affected interests. Subsection (f) of 43:21-5 of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et
seq.) sha ll be inapplicable to an individual who files a claim for benefits under any
such arrangement. The commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of
benefits on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under the
Unemployment Compensation Law of New Jersey with his wages in employment covered under
the Unemployment Compensation Laws of other states which are approved by the United States
Secretary of Labor in consultation with the State unemployment compensation agencies as
reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of benefits in such situations and
which include provisions for (1) applying the base period of a single State law to a claim
involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more
State Unemployment Compensation Laws, and (2) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and
employment by reason of such combining. Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to such
arrangements shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et
seq.). The commissioner is hereby authorized to make to other state or Federal agencies, and to
receive from such other state or Federal agencies, reimbursements from or to the fund in
accordance with arrangements pursuant to this section.
As I have always said on the forums, I could (could) be persuaded to represent you at an unemployment hearing if it comes to that.
Forgot to include this link where we had a similar discussion back in 2008.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/av...ent-101-a.html