{"id":4869,"date":"2026-02-05T15:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/what-death-benefits-does-workers-compensation-provide\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:33:19","slug":"what-death-benefits-does-workers-compensation-provide","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/frequently-asked-questions\/what-death-benefits-does-workers-compensation-provide\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 prestaciones por defunci\u00f3n ofrece la indemnizaci\u00f3n por accidente de trabajo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the benefits that are available to the dependents of a worker who was killed at work or who died due to an occupational disease include wage-replacement payments and funeral expenses. In New Jersey, the maximum amount of funeral expenses that can be recovered is $3,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, family members can receive payments on a weekly basis according to the deceased worker\u2019s average weekly compensation at the time of death, up to a certain amount. In New Jersey, wage-replacement payments represent 70 percent of the weekly pay for the deceased worker. Usually, dependents who are qualified to receive a workers\u2019 compensation death benefit are the workers\u2019 spouse and minor-age children.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","faq-category":[673],"class_list":["post-4869","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/4869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=4869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}