Category: Workers Compensation

Can You Qualify for Benefits If You Get Sick Because of Your Job? When you’ve been injured in an accident on the job, seeking workers’ compensation benefits may seem pretty straightforward. In New Jersey, as in all states, to qualify for benefits, you must only show that you were hurt and that your injury occurred in the...

Recovering for Lost Work Time Due to Occupational Illness Under the workers’ compensation laws in New Jersey, you are entitled to seek benefits for an occupational disease, provided you can show the following: your illness arose out of or occurred during the course of your employment; the illness was caused by factors characteristic of or peculiar to...

Do You Have to Show Carelessness by Your Employer? As a general rule, in personal injury claims, the injured party is required to show that the defendant “breached the duty of care.” Essentially, that means that the at-fault party did not act “as a reasonable person would,” given the circumstances. Under personal injury law, as it...

Can You Seek Benefits If You Are Paid “Off the Books”? It’s a fairly common practice across the country—many companies pay workers “under the table,” avoiding responsibility for tax withholding. What happens if you’re working for a company, but not on the payroll, and you suffer a job-related injury? As an employee, you’d have the...

Determining When Pedestrians Must Yield to Motor Vehicle Operators Pedestrian accidents are a serious problem in New Jersey and across the United States, with more than 350 injured pedestrians visiting a hospital emergency room somewhere in America every day. New Jersey has specific laws on the books to protect the health and safety of pedestrians....

State Law Requires Employers to Permit Time Off When you’ve been the victim of domestic abuse or violence, it affects every aspect of your life— home, social gatherings and even work. It may be the physical consequences—the need for ongoing medical treatment. But it can also involve deep emotional and psychological trauma, requiring counseling or...