Was Your Injury Work-Related? In New Jersey, when you suffer an injury or contract an illness at work, you have a right to workers’ compensation benefits, provided you can prove that the injury or illness happened during the normal course of your duties. In some situations, it may be unclear as to whether you actually […]
Protecting Yourself after a Work-Related Traffic Accident in New Jersey
February 20, 2019 by
It’s not unusual to be involved in a motor vehicle accident while on the job. If you’ve been hurt at work while driving or riding as a passenger in car or truck, your first thought might be to file a workers’ compensation claim. It’s important to understand, though, that the workers’ compensation system is designed […]
Are Workers’ Compensation Benefits Available for a Repetitive Motion or Stress Injury?
February 4, 2019 by
There’s a common misperception that you can only recover workers’ compensation benefits if you have been hurt in a traumatic accident in the workplace. The reality is that many of the most devastating and crippling workplace injuries don’t happen in a single event, but are the product of months or years of unnatural stress on […]
Is Your Employer Required to Hold Your Job?
December 22, 2018 by
Can You Protect Your Job When You File a Workers’ Compensation Claim? When you’ve been injured on the job, you have a right to file a workers’ compensation claim to compensate you for your disability and to cover any medical expenses. But your employer will probably need to find someone else to handle your responsibilities […]
Third Party Claims for Workplace Injuries
December 10, 2018 by
When Workers’ Compensation May Not Be Your Only Option In New Jersey, when you have suffered injury or illness caused by an accident or exposure at work, your first recourse will typically be to file a workers’ compensation claim. In fact, your employer may even tell you that workers’ compensation is your “exclusive remedy,” that […]
Is Your Injury Work-Related? – Part Two
November 27, 2018 by
Injuries Suffered at Company Outings | Injuries While Traveling As we outlined in Part One of this series, the requirements to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits in New Jersey are twofold—you must have been injured and the injury must have occurred while you were in the performance of your job. Important questions can arise as […]
Is Your Injury Work-Related? – Part One
November 5, 2018 by
Injuries Suffered on a Work Break | Injuries Suffered While Traveling In New Jersey, when you have been injured on the job, you have a right to seek disability payments for any time lost from work, as well as reimbursement or payment of medical expenses resulting from the injury. The New Jersey workers’ compensation system […]
