Totally Injured Workers Maybe Getting an Increase in Benefits

The proposed Trump Administration 2019 Budget (p. 115) may allow NJ workers’ compensation beneficiaries to receive an increase in benefits. By eliminating the Social Security “reverse offset,” totally and permanently injured NJ workers will receive a triennial annual COLA increase.

“The Budget includes a re-proposal to eliminate reverse offsets in fifteen states where Workers' Compensation (WC) benefits and temporary disability insurance benefits (TDI) are offset instead of DI benefits."

NJ Counsel Fee Threshold Raised to $44,000

In a Memorandum issued last week, the Director of the NJ Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the threshold for counsel fees would be raised to $44,000 effective January 1, 2014. The counsel fee threshold criteria is linked to the increase the the maximum weekly benefit that will also be raised in 2014 by 2%.

Should the counsel be assessed by the Court in excess of the threshold, Compensation Judges are then required to include in the record an affidavit of services rendered by the petitioner's attorney.

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