{"id":4985,"date":"2026-02-05T15:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/can-i-get-workers-compensation-for-covid\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:51:05","slug":"can-i-get-workers-compensation-for-covid","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/frequently-asked-questions\/can-i-get-workers-compensation-for-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPuedo obtener una indemnizaci\u00f3n por COVID?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/areas-de-practica\/indemnizacion-por-accidente-laboral\/essential-employee-work-injury\/\">New Jersey essential employees are eligible for workers\u2019 compensation benefits<\/a> if they contract COVID-19 at work. Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law in September 2020 to help essential employees who contract COVID-19. This law created a rebuttable presumption of workers compensation coverage for COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law places the burden of proving the employee did not contract the virus in the workplace on the employer. <a href=\"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/contacto\/\">Contact Petrillo &amp; Goldberg today<\/a> to see if you might <a href=\"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/areas-de-practica\/indemnizacion-por-accidente-laboral\/\">qualify for benefits after contracting COVID-19 at work<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","faq-category":[673],"class_list":["post-4985","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/4985","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=4985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrilloandgoldberg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=4985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}