Salaries Frozen for State Workers' Compensation Staff

The national economic downturn continues to impact State administrative services. The NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development has been prohibited by legislation from raising the salaries of Judges and administrative personnel of the NJ Division of Workers' Compensation for the fiscal year 2009.

The bill directs that no Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations may be used to provide salary increases to workers' compensation judges or administrative law judges, retroactive to January 1, 2009. The legislation provides for an exception if Federal stimulus become available.

"Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.34:15-49 to the contrary, including the reference therein to salaries of judges of the Division of Workers' Compensation determined as a percentage of the annual salary of judges of Superior Court, beginning on January 1, 2009 there shall be no increase paid from appropriations made herein for an annual salary increase for judges of the Division of Workers' Compensation."

2009 NJ Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 22 (SENATE 15)