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 NJ Workers' Compensation Rates to Increase in 2024.

The NJ Supreme Court crafted a narrow exception for the compensability of off-premises occupational injuries while operating a company-authorized vehicle. The Court’s decision may have a far-reaching impact on what type of remote work injuries may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.

The discussion addressed global issues impacting the workers’ compensation claim process, including claim identification and processing, pre-trial activity, and trial preparation.

 NJ Governor Murphy has signed legislation to increase certain workers' compensation benefits and also requires the appointment of a study commission to review and recommend changes to the State's workers' compensation system going forward.

NJ Governor Murphy Signs Historic, Sweeping Equal Pay Legislation that will balance the playing field for women receiving workers' compensation benefits for occupational injuries and illnesses.

Workers' Compensation benefits are available for workers who have had sun exposure at work and who develop skin cancer.

The concept of a compensable industrial disease has developed only recently and its acceptance has lagged far behind that of industrial accidents. The original Workers' Compensation Acts, as promulgated from the year 1911 forward by many of the states, did not provide for the recognition of occupational illness and disease as compensable events. As demands have been placed upon the medical system to treat and to prevent occupational illness, the legal system, under social, economic, and political pressure, has sought to provide a remedy for the thousands of injured workers who have suffered and who are continuing to suffer from occupational illness and disease.