workers comp

A bill being reintroduced in Trenton would put correctional officers who serve in the state's prisons on an equal footing with other law enforcement in New Jersey if they are injured by prisoners.

New Jersey would provide lifetime workers compensation benefits to surviving spouses of fire and police personnel who die in the line of duty under a bill that has passed the full Assembly. The measure is sponsored by Assembly members Annette Quijano, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Jason O’Donnell, Ruben Ramos and Nelson Albano.