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A bill that would reverse more than 40 years of legislative policy to expand employer liability for injuries that employees sustain off-site in parking lots and other areas not under the direct control of the employer has been referred to the Assembly Labor Committee. As reported by NJ101.5 News’ Dino Flammia, NJBIA is opposing the legislation because it will “no doubt” lead […]
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association opposed two bills this week that will bring more burdens to employers. Bill A-3998 creates a separate category of worker’s compensation beneficiaries who died from COVID-19 and provides them with enhanced benefits. Before the Assembly Appropriations committee on Wednesday, NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Christopher Emigholz echoed […]
Last fall, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that changed the New Jersey’s worker’s compensation insurance system to address COVID-19 illnesses. The change, which is retroactive to March 9, 2020, creates a rebuttable presumption that workers defined as “essential employees” that become sick from COVID-19 had contracted the disease as part of a […]
NJBIA opposed legislation before the Senate today that would reverse more than 40 years of legislative policy to expand employer liability for injuries that employees sustain off-site in parking lots and other areas not under the direct control of the employer. The legislation, S. 771, passed 22-10 and now goes to the General Assembly. “Passage of this bill […]
COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Rebuttable Presumption Law Background All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories have Workers’ Compensation laws. Workers’ compensation provides wage replacement, medical treatment, and survivor benefits in the event a worker experiences a job-related accident or illness. In return, with some exceptions, both the employer and the employee give […]
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