Dependents of essential workers in New Jersey who die from COVID-19 may receive extra workers' compensation pay, similar to what is done for first responders.
First responders whose careers are cut short by illness now have easier access to workers’ compensation and accidental disability benefits in New Jersey.
A bill a dozen years in the making would change the way first responders’ illnesses are covered under workers' comp by presuming claimants are eligible.
A lawmaker is sponsoring a measure that calls for corrections officers injured on the job by inmates to get a full salary until worker's compensation payments begin.