On October 1, 2008, Governor Jon Corzine signed into law five bills aimed at fixing New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation System. Significantly, the bills should reduce the long delays in making injured workers whole. The legislation, the State’s first workers’ compensation overhaul in thirty years, was the product of public hearings that followed a series
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Partial and Total Disabilty Benefits under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation System
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Workers Compensation
Last week we spoke about medical benefits in the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation System. In this entry we will give a brief overview regarding total permanent disability benefits, and partial total disability benefits.
The third type of benefit that an injured worker is entitled to receive under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act is commonly referred…
Medical Benefits Under The New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Workers Compensation
We haven’t spoken about the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation system in a little while and there is still a great amount of information regarding the available benefits that all public safety officers and first responders should be made aware of. With that being said, let’s talk a little about medical benefits under the New Jersey Workers Compensation…
Sick Leave Injury (SLI)–The Common Reasons for Denial of Benefits
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Sick Leave Injury Benefits, Workers Compensation
As you may remember from the June 27, 2008 blog entry, injured New Jersey Public Safety Officers may be entitled to receive Sick Leave Injury benefits or “SLI” benefits due to their inability to report for duty due to illness, injury, or infirmity that occurred on the job. This particular entry is written by Michael …
Temporary Total Disability Benefits and Sick Leave Injury (SLI) Benefits Under The New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Workers Compensation
Let’s talk about temporary total disability benefits injured public safety officers are entitled to receive under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act.
The New Jersey Workers Compensation Act provides each employee who has suffered a workplace injury with temporary total disability benefits. Temporary total disability benefits are those benefits that are most akin, or similar, to…
New Jersey Workers’ Compensation 101–An Overview of the System
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Workers Compensation
This will be the first entry of many regarding the topic of workers’ compensation in New Jersey. This topic, perhaps more than any other is of particular import to the public safety officer. This is due to the inherent dangers and physicality of police, fire and corrections work. If you are a public safety officer and reading this…