Mortimer v. Board of Review

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

We granted direct certification, 99 N.J. 189, (1984), to resolve the conflict between two Appellate Division decisions that reached different conclusions as to the proper interpretation of the provision of the Unemployment Compensation Law, N.J.S.A. 43:21-1 to -24.19, that governs the computation of “average weekly wage” for the purpose of determining a claimant’s weekly unemployment benefit rate.

Claimant, Wendy Mortimer, worked for two employers during the statutory base year that preceded the filing of her March 7, 1983 claim for…