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August 30, 2019

Updated: August 30, 2019

Although Required Under New Jersey Workers Compensation Act to Provide An Employee With Medical Treatment For A Work Injury, An Employer Is Not Required Under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination to Provide Such Treatment As A Means of Reasonably Accommodating A Claimed Disability Resulting From the Work Injury

The exclusive remedy for a worker injured on the job is to pursue workers compensation benefits under New Jersey’s Workers Compensation Act (WCA) in the form of authorized medical treatment, temporary disability benefits and a partial permanency award to the extent applicable.[1] Relatedly, New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) requires…

July 21, 2017

Updated: July 21, 2017

THE WORKERS COMPENSATION BAR MAY BE PIERCED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE’S WORK INJURY RESULTS FROM THE EMPLOYER’S INTENTIONAL CONDUCT

by Mashel Law, L.L.C.

It can generally be said that before you can recover money for an injury someone else needs to be found at fault for causing the injury. However, when you suffer an injury at work, the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act N.J.S.A. 34:15-36, requires employers to “insure” workers, regardless of fault,…

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