Many of New Jersey’s employees who suffer from WEAR and TEAR injuries assume – incorrectly – that they are not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits because their injuries developed gradually as opposed to suddenly. Unfortunately, this misconception prevents many employees from reporting their WEAR and TEAR injuries to their...
While some states have specific treatment guidelines that healthcare providers must follow with regard to workers’ comp patients, New Jersey has no such publications. For example, New York requires all medical care providers to treat every existing and new workers’ comp injury in accordance with New York’s Medical Treatment...
Filing for Workers’ Compensation Benefits in New Jersey Many employees in New Jersey know very little about the state’s workers’ compensation system and the availability of workers’ compensation benefits to employees injured on the job. Unfortunately, without a basic understanding of the system and the process, employees who suffer...
In many cases, employees who suffer work-related injuries choose to pay for resulting medical expenses using their employer-provided or private health insurance coverage rather than filing a workers’ comp claim. Even though it may seem easier to do this, it is never a good idea. The reality is that...
Many of New Jersey’s injured workers incorrectly assume that in order to file a workers’ comp claim, the work-related injury must be sudden and acute. Unfortunately, too many employers and insurance companies take few steps, if any, to correct this common misconception. The truth is that under New Jersey’s...
The New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system provides that employers and/or workers’ compensation insurance companies must pay for an employee’s reasonable and necessary medical treatment causally related to a work injury. In other words, if you are injured on the job, the law says that you do not need to...
Employees injured on the job face many challenges in the days, months, and even years following their accidents. The unfortunate reality is that many injured workers experience physical pain, financial stress, and strained relationships with employers and workers’ compensation insurance companies. At Petro Cohen, P.C., we have seen firsthand...
This page has been updated on January 13, 2022. The whole purpose of New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system is to ensure that employees injured on the job are protected in several ways. Specifically, if injured on the job, an employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier should pay for the employee’s medical expenses...
In today’s global economy, a growing number of employees telecommute and otherwise work from home. And, while it seems like a home office or other type of home work area may be a very safe, injury-free environment, employees do suffer work-related accidents that result in injuries. The question for...
New Jersey’s workers’ comp system is considered “no fault,” meaning that workers injured on the job do not need to prove that their employers were in any way negligent or at fault in order to bring workers’ comp claims. In other words, injured employees do not have to meet...
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