According to Price and other business leaders, the reason for this struggle is obvious — unemployment benefits continue to get extended, along with weekly bonuses ($300 through early September). At the same time, folks on the unemployment rolls in New Jersey aren't forced to prove they're actively seeking a job."This is not unemployment, this is vacation money,"You're not helping those people, you're enabling them." The New Jersey Department of Labor notes that federal unemployment benefits end on Sept. 4, as of now, and advises residents that it would be "unwise to refuse suitable work"