Maybe. If the injured employee can show an intentional tort or wrongdoing by the employer, the employee can file a tort or personal injury lawsuit against the employer. Normally, the employee is limited to a workers’ compensation claim against the employer. In the workers’ compensation claim, the employee is limited to the amount of lost…

After you have been injured at work you may need to wait for some benefits to begin. Medical benefits should start immediately, so any medical expenses related to the work injury will be paid by your employer or their insurance. Non-medical benefits may take more time. Your claim must be fully accepted and approved before…

No, it is illegal for an employer to terminate an employee for making a workers’ compensation claim. There is a separate process for workers who believe they were retaliated against for filing a workers’ compensation claim.

It is common for employers and workers’ compensation insurers to tell workers suffering workplace injury to seek treatment from a particular doctor. The employer or insurer pays that doctor, and all the bills for treatment go to them and not the worker. That helps the worker to avoid medical bills, but the doctor, ultimately, works…

Under the law, your employer must provide workers’ compensation benefits to you as soon as you are hired. You do not have to wait a certain length of time before you become eligible.

The Second Injury Fund (SIF) is a state program that will make contributions toward your disability benefits in the event your previous injuries and disabilities, along with your current workers’ compensation injury, render you entirely and permanently disabled. The rationale behind the SIF was to persuade employers to hire disabled workers by reducing, in the…

Yes, under New Jersey law, your employer must post a notice about workers’ compensation in a conspicuous spot at your workplace. This poster must include the name of your employer’s insurance carrier as well as other information required by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.

Yes, under New Jersey law, your employer must post a notice about workers’ compensation in a conspicuous spot at your workplace. This poster must include the name of your employer’s insurance carrier as well as other information required by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.

When hired and periodically after they are hired, employees should be provided with an explanation of their workers’ compensation coverage and benefits, when and how to report a workplace injury and where to seek medical treatment if injured at work.