Showing posts with label Cola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cola. Show all posts
Monday, June 17, 2024

Bill Proposes to Increase Benefits for Some Injured Workers and Dependents

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Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia filed legislation to institute additional workers' compensation supplemental benefits on June 13, 2024, and ...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Social Security Announces 5.9 Percent Benefit Increase for 2022

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Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 5.9 percent in 2022, th...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

New COLA Increase for Certain Dependents

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NJ Governor Phil Murphy has now signed legislation enacting a  cost of living adjustment [COLA] increase for workers' compensation bene...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

NJ Senate Passes Increase to Supplemental Benefits for Injured Workers

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The NJ Senate adopted legislation ( S.1967 ) to increase supplemental benefits to certain injured workers receiving workers' compensati...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Totally Injured Workers Maybe Getting an Increase in Benefits

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The proposed Trump Administration 2019 Budget (p. 115) may allow NJ workers’ compensation beneficiaries to receive an increase in benefits...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

NJ Supreme Court Allows COLA Pension Freeze

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LaVECCHIA, J., writing for a majority of the Court. In this appeal, the Court considers whether the 2011 suspension of State pension cost-of...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

NJ State Bar Association Opposes Workers' Compensation COLA Bill

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"The New Jersey State Bar Association respectfully has concerns with S-929 (Sweeney) which concerns certain workers' compensation s...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

NJ Senate to Vote on S613 - Workers Compensation Cost of Living Benefit Increase

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On Thursday, January 9, 2014, the NJ Senate is scheduled to vote on S613 , which is proposed legislation to increase workers' compensa...
Friday, April 5, 2013

Obama Administration Proposed Social Budget Cut Places More Stress on Workers' Compensation

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It has been reported that the Obama Administration will soon propose budgetary cuts in social welfare programs. Those cuts may produce furth...