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NJ’s Presumptive COVID-19 Bill for Essential Workers: Everything You Need to Know
On September 14, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed S.B 2380 into law. The new law allows for the shifting of the burden of proof for essential workers who contracted COVID-19 to the respondent. With this reform, a new rebuttable presumption now exists. The presumption is that an essential worker, working with the general public, who… Read More »
Examining New York and New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Claims Arising Away from the Place of Employment
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, many employers found it beneficial to convert their employees from a commercial office space environment to a work-from-home status. Whether employees are full-time work-from-home employees or have work-from-home privileges a few times a week or month, workers’ compensation claims can and do arise while workers are working from home and… Read More »
Airline Employees & COVID-19: Do Employees Have a Claim for Workers’ Compensation in NY and NJ?
As coronavirus spreads throughout the country, the impact the virus will have on the workers’ compensation industry will continue to be studied. A vast array of industries have workers categorized as “essential.” Will these essential workers eventually have a path towards an established workers compensation claim? As it currently stands in New York and New… Read More »
New Jersey Medical Provider Claims: What You Need to Know
What are medical provider claims? Medical provider claims are contractual disputes brought by medical providers, and medical facilities. They often arise from extraterritorial workers’ compensation claims where a claimant has some type of treatment in New Jersey. New Jersey does not have a fee schedule for medical services under its workers’ compensation structure it uses… Read More »
