Workers’ Compensation Insurer Responses to COVID-19

This free NIOSH Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies (CWCS) webinar will highlight the ways that many insurers are responding to COVID 19:

• Communicating prevention programs
• Providing funding for engineering controls and PPE
• Providing remote risk control services

Audit of NJ Division of Risk Management Reveals Deficiencies

A recent audit highlights deficiencies in the handling of workers’ compensation claims of NJ State employees. The State of New Jersey is self-insured for workers’ compensation claims and they are managed by the Department of Treasury Division of Risk Management.

NJ Compensation Courts Closed to the Public Until Further Notice

The NJ Division of Workers' Compensation announced today that the Compensation Courts are closed to the public until further notice in light of the COVID Pandemic. This is not surprising in light of the steep increase in COVID cases nationally and in NJ. 

US Supreme Court Bars Employment Discrimination Claims Against Religious Schools

The US Supreme has held the First Amendment prohibits a court from intervening in employment disputes involving teachers at religious school who are entrusted with the responsibility of instructing their students in faith.

Certain NJ Public Employees to Receive Accidental Disability Pensions for COVID Claims

The following is the evolution of NJ Assembly Bill No. 3945 that was amended in its final stages before passage. The law extends eligibility for accidental disability and accidental death benefits to certain PFRS, SPRS, and PERS members who contract COVID-19 and test positive for SAR-CoV-2. Certain pensions offset NJ workers’ compensation awards. See Workers' Compensation Fact Sheet #45, NJ Division of Pensions (February 2019), https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/pensions/documents/factsheets/fact45.pdf.

COVID Presumption Bill Stalled in the NJ Assembly - Action Urged

Legislation (A3999) that would make it easier for employees on the frontline of the coronavirus fight to get work-related benefits is now stalled in the NJ Assembly.

Special Independence Day Event - Music and Experts - Veterans Administration

Special Independence Day Event