NJ may boost workers’ comp when essential workers killed by COVID-19
Dependents of essential workers in New Jersey who die from COVID-19 may receive extra workers' compensation pay, similar to what is done for first responders.
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After attacks by inmates, don’t leave corrections officers struggling, lawmakers say
A lawmaker is sponsoring a measure that calls for corrections officers injured on the job by inmates to get a full salary until worker's compensation payments begin.
Legislation Could Change Workers’ Comp Rules
State lawmakers are considering legislation that would prevent people who get hurt on the job because they are drunk from receiving Workers' Compensation.
Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (R-9) is co-sponsoring Assembly Bill A-779, which he says could potentially save taxpayer money by preventing such claims...
Three Monmouth County Residents Arrested in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
The supervisor at the former Monmouth County Youth Detention Center, his wife and another women were arrested this week as part of a workers' comp fraud case. Ricky and Donna Marter of Manalapan and Christine Bradach of Freehold face charges that range from Theft by Deception and Insurance Fraud to Conspiracy and Perjury counts with regard to a 2010 on the job slip-and-fall accident at the county