New Jersey is set to become one of a handful of states with a minimum wage of at least $15/hour on January 1, 2024 when the rate increases t...

A student attending college and working full time was permitted temporary disability benefits despite the alleged defense of "Voluntary...

Municipal police officers' contributions to their health benefits plans could not be based on the rate of their temporary disability ben...

Today, President Biden signed the Executive order, Made in America.”  The effort to move manufacturing jobs back to the United States will h...

Plaintiff Elmer Branch brought a putative class action against his employer, defendant Cream-O-Land Dairy, on behalf of himself and similarl...

The underpayment of wages due workers impacts the calculation of benefits that injured workers and their dependents receive. States are now ...

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development submitted an application today to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA...

Acting on his commitment to support and uplift New Jersey workers, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a legislative package combatting worke...

Today’s post is shared from nelp.org Local governments, like cities and counties, have long implemented local policies—including higher...

Employers who fail to maintain or file reports of accidents, wages, benefits to taxes will be subject having their license suspended or rev...

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in March 2019, the U.S. B...

Nj Governor Phil Murphy today signed S3129 into law, which will require the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Developm...

NJ Labor Department’s recent crackdown on unscrupulous public works Contractors will help injured workers obtain the corre...

NJ Governor Murphy Signs Historic, Sweeping Equal Pay Legislation that will balance the playing field for women receiving workers' com...

NJ Corrections officers and other designated safety officers are now entitled to supplemental payments equating to full salary while on Wor...

In his first official act after being sworn in, Governor Phil Murphy today signed an executive order combating gender inequality and promot...

The decline of the earning capacity of ill workers prior to stopping work has an impact on both workers' compensation benefits as well a...

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that putting on and taking off work clothes is considered work and compensation should be paid for the time...

The national wave toward raising the statutory minimum wage to $15.00/hour is going to have major consequences for the ailing national ne...

   Legislation now pending before the NJ State Assembly ( A2347 ) would establish a compensation program for State corrections officers, ju...