The New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation is a division with the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy in New Jersey for compensation for a work-related accident resulting in injury, illness, or death of an employee. The Division is responsible for the administration and application…

Whether an employee is in the course of employment or outside of the course of employment is an important factor when they file a workers’ compensation claim. If an employee is injured while working, the employer may be held liable for the injuries and lost wages the employee incurred. New Jersey law states that employment…

Millions of people in the United States have a pre-existing health condition. The conditions range from life threatening to chronic illnesses. A pre-existing condition is a health condition a person has before they suffer a subsequent injury or illness. A pre-existing condition may include health issues such as diabetes, depression, mental health disorders, cancer, high…

Workers’ compensation laws are set to circumstances in which an employee suffers a job-related injury, illness or death. A workers’ compensation claim is the exclusive remedy for employers and employees to determine the compensation an injured employee is entitled to receive for wage compensation, medical treatment, disability benefits or death benefits for surviving family members….

Retaliatory firing or retaliatory discharge occurs when an employer punishes an employee for engaging in legally protected activity, such as filing a valid workers’ compensation claim after an employment-related accident. New Jersey is an at-will employment state, which means that an employer can fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all. Therefore,…

In some cases, New Jersey essential employees are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits 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. The law places the burden of…

Every year, millions of employees suffer a workplace or work-related injury or illness. In New Jersey, the exclusive remedy for handling the accident is workers’ compensation. Under state law, the injured employee may seek compensation for the injury, including payment for medical expenses, medical care, and wage compensation. The amount an injured employee receives as…

Many workers’ compensation benefits are temporary. Generally, if an employee’s medical condition is expected to improve over time, they will be paid temporary total disability benefits until they are able to return to work. However, an employee does not necessarily need to fully recover before they are expected to go back to work. If a…

In most New Jersey workplace injury cases, an employer will voluntarily report the employee’s injury to their workers’ compensation insurance carrier. This will start the process of getting the injured employee the benefits they need. However, some employers may drag their feet or outright refuse to report an on-the-job accident to their workers’ compensation insurance…

The New Jersey workers’ compensation system provides medical and wage benefits to workers who are injured on the job or suffer from an occupational illness. The idea behind the workers’ compensation program is that injured workers can obtain benefits quickly without the need to establish who caused their injury in exchange for the right to…