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Imagine going to work every day, not knowing whether you’ll return home safely. This fear was all too real for the employees of a construction company in Long Branch, New Jersey. A recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation revealed that Road Contractor Corp. exposed workers to risk of injury and potentially deadly conditions.…
In January 2024, New Jersey passed a law expanding workers’ compensation coverage for emergency first responders and their families. The bill makes it easier for families to seek death benefits when first responders suffer fatal cardiac events or strokes immediately after a shift ends. The bill is intended to make it easier for these families…
If you work on the roads in New Jersey, you’re aware of the dangers involved. Construction workers, utility workers, law enforcement, and road maintenance crews often find themselves working on the shoulder of busy highways. This necessarily exposes you to the risk of workplace car accidents, which can lead to serious injuries. However, the New…
With a large number of employees in New Jersey grocery stores, it is probable an accident can happen at work. If you were injured while working at a New Jersey grocery store, call the experienced Camden County workers’ compensation attorneys at Petrillo & Goldberg Law at 856.249.9288. We strive to hold grocery store employers accountable in Camden…
While the Average Weekly Wage (AWW) is important when it comes to determining workers’ compensation benefits in New Jersey, it can become confusing when applying for benefits. If you run across any issues with your application for benefits after sustaining a serious injury at work, call Petrillo & Goldberg Law. We have decades of solid experience in this area and can sit down with…
Being injured on the job is tough. For many Camden County construction workers, the injury is just the beginning of their challenges. A serious injury may prevent you from working. You may struggle with things that used to be easy, like getting dressed or taking care of your house. Without your income, your family may…
Employees in New Jersey have the right to file for workers’ compensation if they’re injured on the job. Temporary and contract workers, however, often cannot access workers’ compensation benefits if they’re injured working alongside an employee in the same conditions. Workers’ compensation benefits are just one of the rights that a New Jersey bill seeks…
In 2019, New Jersey changed its labor laws to make it easier for the state’s Department of Labor to crack down on unsafe work conditions and unfair treatment of workers. Since then, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development has issued seventy-one stop-work orders. Most of the orders issued to date went to construction companies.…
The number of New Jersey workers who belong to a union fell to the lowest rate on record in 2022, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report released on January 30. Last year, 14.9 percent of wage and salary workers in the state were union members, a decline from 16.2 percent in…
New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) formally asked Governor Phil Murphy to use his executive powers to nullify a 2020 law that created a presumption that essential workers’ who developed COVID-19 were exposed at work. This has been a critical help for the thousands of New Jersey workers who contracted COVID-19 over the past…