Whenever an employee has suffered a personal injury while working that employee may not sue his or her employer: compensation for on-the-job personal injury is handled through the workers’ compensation law, which pays for medical treatment stemming from the injury and provides the injured employee with a portion of his or her wages while he…

In many cases, a work-related injury that occurs while an individual is working from home can be covered by workers’ compensation if the injury occurs within the scope of employment. For example, many of the conditions that commonly accompany office work (neck, back, and wrist injuries, migraines, and other stress or repetitive motion injuries) can…

Not usually. New Jersey workers’ compensation law states that the employer and their insurer have the right to select the doctor an employee will see after a workplace injury. This is because they are responsible for providing medical care to the injured worker.  However, if you are unhappy with your care, you can get a…