The duty of an employer to its injured employees
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) forbids discrimination in the workplace. Even though the NJLAD does not clearly address reasonable accommodation, New Jersey courts have ruled that the law mandates that employers reasonably accommodate employees’ disabilities. Additionally, the Department of Law and Public Safety regulations require that employers reasonably accommodate the limitations of an […]
Potential loss of unemployment benefits for workers who change jobs
Last year the New Jersey Supreme Court said it would hear the state’s appeal in the matter of a worker who was awarded unemployment benefits after she left one job for another that offered greater compensation, only to later discover that the second job was no longer available. As the New Jersey Law Journal reported, […]
Link between repetitive stress injury and your job
If you are afflicted with a repetitive stress injury (RSI), or a wear and tear injury, it may have been caused by your job. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there are more than 100 various kinds of injuries (RSIs) that can take place at work. Actually, most work-related injuries are RSIs, […]
Workers’ compensation benefits for contracting the flu at work
Last year saw an epidemic of the flu. The flu was so severe, that it impacted the occupational health arena, and produced challenges that were unanticipated by those who drafted the workers’ compensation acts in New Jersey. The flu epidemic, forced offices and schools to close or reduce operations, and illness and deaths in the […]