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Did Employee’s Claim, or Inability to Lift Bulky Furniture, Prompt Termination?
Did Employee’s Claim, or Inability to Lift Bulky Furniture, Prompt Termination?

Cranberry, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Retaliation cases often arise when a worker is fired shortly after getting injured at work. While it may look like retaliation, it’s often the company’s actions and statements in the weeks […]
What Do You Think: Can Amazon Driver Shot by Masked Assailant Collect Workers’ Compensation?
What Do You Think: Can Amazon Driver Shot by Masked Assailant Collect Workers’ Compensation?

Bloomfield, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It can be challenging to determine whether an act of violence in the workplace “arises out of employment” for workers’ compensation benefits. A New Jersey case illustrates the clues decision-makers in […]
Horizon Casualty Services Inc.: Results In Action 
Horizon Casualty Services Inc.: Results In Action 

How One New Jersey Workers’ Comp/Personal Injury Protection PPO Has Maintained Exceptionally Low Dispute Rates   Managing disputes can be a time-consuming and expensive operation for workers’ compensation (WC) and automobile personal injury protection (PIP) insurers, […]
N.J. Workers’ Compensation Carriers, Self-Insureds Contact Information
N.J. Workers’ Compensation Carriers, Self-Insureds Contact Information

New Jersey workers’ compensation law provides that every carrier and self-insured employer shall designate a contact person who is responsible for responding to issues concerning medical and temporary disability benefits where no claim petition has […]
Employees Killed by Falling Objects
Employees Killed by Falling Objects

Jackson, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A gas station employee is dead after having a car fall on top of him, one of several employees reports indicate were killed recently after being struck by objects. Police in […]
N.J. Contractor’s Lack of Workers’ Compensation Coverage Doesn’t Allow Worker to Escape Exclusivity Rules
N.J. Contractor’s Lack of Workers’ Compensation Coverage Doesn’t Allow Worker to Escape Exclusivity Rules

Egg Harbor City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An employer's failure to carry workers' compensation insurance where its required can lead to many consequences. However, as was the case in Heuman v. Heuman, No. A-1593-21 (N.J. Super. […]
Quick Hits: N.J. Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates  
Quick Hits: N.J. Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates  

West Orange, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Looking for the lowdown on New Jersey rates for 2024? Here they are. Update for 2024 Effective Dates: Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024Statewide average weekly wage: $1,507.76Maximum: $1,131.00 […]
Quick Hit: N.J. Rules for ‘In the Course of Employment’
Quick Hit: N.J. Rules for ‘In the Course of Employment’

Jersey City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Those who read today's What Do You Think feature got an understanding of the "authorized vehicle rule" in New Jersey. That is just one of four rules Garden State courts […]