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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 […]
NJBIA said a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy needlessly shifts COVID-19 costs to the worker’s compensation system paid for by businesses, even though the federal CARES Act already covers employees who contract COVID-19 on the job. “Like the lawmakers who voted to put this misguided bill on his desk, Governor Murphy made a […]
NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka issued the following statement regarding Gov. Phil Murphy’s signing of A-3999/S-2380 into law. The legislation allows a presumption that certain essential employees contracted COVID-19 on the job and then shifts the response costs onto New Jersey’s workers compensation system. “Over the course of this pandemic, we have heard Governor […]
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