Long-COVID, Post Acute COVID Syndrome. [PASC] is a compensable illness that many workers now suffer from and seek workers’ compensation benefits. The medical condition affects approximately one-third of those who have contracted COVID. It is a costly and incapacitating condition that lingers long after the acute stage of SARS-CoV-2 passes.
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Friday, March 4, 2022
Sunday, January 23, 2022
NJ vaccine mandate imposed for Health Care Workers and others
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Innovation is Necessary to Meet the Challenge of COVID in 2022
COVID is the most extensive occupational exposure event in the history of the United States. Workplaces are now primed for a massive wave of compensation claims due to the Omicron variant. A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively.
Friday, December 10, 2021
Is the Workers' Compensation System Prepared for Omicron (Updated 12/10/21)
Friday, October 22, 2021
Biden Administration Targets Occupational Exposure to PFAS
The Biden-Harris Administration announced accelerated efforts to protect American workers from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which can cause severe health problems and persist in the environment once released, posing a severe threat across rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Friday, August 13, 2021
Justice Barrett denies an injunction against a vaccine mandate
Yesterday evening US Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a request for a writ of injunction against a vaccine mandate. Students at the University of Indiana [IU] a Fourteenth Amendment challenge to the school’s requirement that all students receive a COVID vaccine.
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The Exclusivity Rule Is Not A Bar to a Discrimination Action
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that an employer could be liable under both the Law Against Discrimination Act [LAD] and the Worker's Compensation Act (WCA). Court reasoned that the dual remedies can work in harmony as they are both statutory claims. The Court noted that the common law remedies of the LADs are not prohibited by the WCA since they are statutory in nature. By allowing both claims to go forward, a worker is not limited to the statutory caps for recovery under the Worker's Compensation Act.
Friday, May 28, 2021
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues Update On Vaccinations
The following is shared from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission eeoc.gov
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
COVID-19: A lesson for the workers’ compensation industry
Friday, April 30, 2021
NJ Governor Murphy Signs the Healthy Terminals Act
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
NJ Supreme Holds Employers Responsible for Workers' Compensation Medical Marijuana Costs
The NJ Supreme has recognized that the workers’ compensation system has a legislative mandate to provide the safest medical care to cure and relieve occupational injuries. The Court acknowledged both state and Federal trends to provide non-addictive and non-fatal pain relief in place of the dangerous opioids.
The intent that embraced the creation and development of the social insurance system has given the Court a rational and logical basis, consistent with public policy, to order medical marijuana for palliative care.
Monday, March 29, 2021
Rubio, Gillibrand Introduce Landmark Burn Pits Legislation to Help Veterans
Friday, February 26, 2021
Law Would Increase Transparency in the Workers’ Compensation Medical Delivery System
Monday, February 22, 2021
Cannabis Legislation Enacted in NJ
Friday, January 29, 2021
OSHA Issues Biden-Harris Administration Guidance to Protect Workers from COVID-19
Today, OSHA issued the long-anticipated Biden-Harris Administration guidance to protect workers from COVID-19. The action is consistent with President Biden's recently issued Executive Order to protect workers and ensure a safer workplace environment.
Friday, January 22, 2021
Is the workers' compensation system ready for the COVID-19 [coronavirus] virus? Live Updates
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
NJ Governor Phil Murphy’s Conditional Veto Message on Senate Bill No. 2354
Pursuant to Article V, Section I, Paragraph 14 of the New Jersey Constitution, I am returning Senate Bill No. 2354 (Second Reprint) with my recommendations for reconsideration.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
NCCI Reports: NJ Among the Top States with COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Claims
Monday, November 9, 2020
The COVID-19 Advisory Board and the Future of Workers’ Compensation
Today, the Biden-Harris Transition announced the formation of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, a team of leading public health experts who will advise President-elect Biden, Vice President-elect Harris, and the Transition’s COVID-19 staff. The Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board will be led by co-chairs Dr. David Kessler, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. Dr. Beth Cameron and Dr. Rebecca Katz are serving as advisors to the Transition on COVID-19 and will work closely with the Advisory Board.