Add New Jersey unemployment insurance rules

changelog.d/issue-7282-nj-ui.added.md

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+Add New Jersey unemployment insurance rules and wire the modeled benefit into unemployment compensation aggregates.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/index.yaml

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+metadata:
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  economy: false
+  household: true

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/dependency_allowance_additional.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides this share as the weekly benefit rate increase for each additional dependent beyond the first.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI additional dependent allowance rate
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(c) - Dependency allowances
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - How to claim dependency benefits
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/howtoapply/dependencybenefits.shtml
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 0.04

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/dependency_allowance_first.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides this share as the weekly benefit rate increase for the first dependent.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI first dependent allowance rate
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(c) - Dependency allowances
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - How to claim dependency benefits
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/howtoapply/dependencybenefits.shtml
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 0.07

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/index.yaml

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+metadata:
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  economy: false
+  household: true

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/max_benefit_weeks.yaml

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+description: New Jersey limits unemployment insurance benefits to this many weeks.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: week
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI maximum benefit weeks
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(e) - Duration of benefits
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - How we calculate benefits
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/calculator/
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 26

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/max_dependency_allowance.yaml

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+description: New Jersey limits the total dependency allowance to this share of the weekly benefit rate.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI maximum dependency allowance rate
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(c) - Dependency allowances
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - How to claim dependency benefits
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/howtoapply/dependencybenefits.shtml
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 0.15

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/max_dependents.yaml

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+description: New Jersey limits the number of dependents that can be claimed for unemployment insurance dependency benefits to this many.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI maximum dependents for allowance
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(c) - Dependency allowances
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - How to claim dependency benefits
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/howtoapply/dependencybenefits.shtml
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/max_weekly_benefit.yaml

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+description: New Jersey limits weekly unemployment insurance benefits to this amount.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: week
+  label: New Jersey UI maximum weekly benefit
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(a) - Amount of benefits
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Department of Labor - 2025 UI Benefit Rates
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/lwdhome/press/2024/20241217_new_benefit_rates.shtml
+    - title: NJ Department of Labor - 2026 UI Benefit Rates
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/lwdhome/press/2025/20251229_newbenefitrates2026.shtml
+
+values:
+  2024-01-01: 854
+  2025-01-01: 875
+  2026-01-01: 905

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/min_base_weeks.yaml

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+description: New Jersey requires at least this many base weeks for unemployment insurance eligibility.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: week
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI minimum base weeks required
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-4(e)(1) - Eligibility for benefits
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-4/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - Who is eligible for benefits?
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/who/
+    - title: NJ Department of Labor - 2026 UI Benefit Rates
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/lwdhome/press/2025/20251229_newbenefitrates2026.shtml
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 20

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/min_total_base_earnings.yaml

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+description: New Jersey requires at least this amount in total base year earnings as an alternative unemployment insurance eligibility path.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI minimum total base year earnings
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-4(e)(1) - Eligibility for benefits
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-4/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - Who is eligible for benefits?
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/who/
+    - title: NJ Department of Labor - 2026 UI Benefit Rates
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/lwdhome/press/2025/20251229_newbenefitrates2026.shtml
+
+values:
+  2024-01-01: 14_200
+  2025-01-01: 15_200
+  2026-01-01: 15_500

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/partial_benefit_rate_multiplier.yaml

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+description: New Jersey calculates the partial benefit rate as the weekly benefit rate multiplied by this factor.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI partial benefit rate multiplier
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(b) - Weekly benefits for unemployment
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - FAQ Factors that affect your weekly benefit rate
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/help/faqs/reducebenefits.shtml
+    - title: NJ Division of Employer Accounts - Unemployment Insurance
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/ea/help/employer_handbook/ui.shtml
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 1.2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dol/unemployment_insurance/wbr_rate.yaml

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+description: New Jersey calculates the weekly benefit rate as this share of the average weekly wage earned during the base year.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey UI weekly benefit rate percentage
+  reference:
+    - title: N.J.S.A. 43:21-3(a) - Amount of benefits
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-43/section-43-21-3/
+    - title: NJ Division of Unemployment Insurance - How we calculate benefits
+      href: https://www.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/before/about/calculator/
+
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 0.6