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Saturday, August 27, 2022
NJ Workers at Risk Now for West Nile Virus
New Jersey workers again are now at risk for West Nile Virus. The warnings of the mosquito-borne illness are an alert for New Jersey workers to take adequate precautions against this infectious disease.The New Jersey Department of Health has confirmed the state’s first human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year.
NJ Sues Several Companies for Environmental Pollution
Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Commissioner of Environmental Protection (DEP) Shawn M. LaTourette announced today the filing of seven new environmental enforcement actions across the state.
Friday, August 19, 2022
NJDOL Uses Expanded Powers to Stop Worker Exploitation at Job Sites
In the three years since Governor Murphy signed a law expanding NJDOL’s powers to stop work on a job site when there is strong evidence workers are being exploited, the department has issued 71 stop-work orders, through which agents found nearly $1 million in back wages owed to 235 workers.
Monday, August 15, 2022
An Abnormal Hurricane Season is Still Predicted
A major disrupters in the workers’ compensation system is hurricanes. Now is the time to prepare for such events. The 2022 Season is still predicted to be an abnormally high season.
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims
Drinking water at Camp Lejune, North Carolina, was contaminated by toxic substances, and it is estimated that over one million military personnel, their families, and civilians who lived and worked near Camp Lejune training facility between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, may have been exposed to hazardous substances.
Monday, August 8, 2022
EPA Launches Community Engagement Efforts on New Ethylene Oxide Risk Information
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Misclassification: 16 Workers Held to be Employees
An employer need not control every facet of a person's responsibilities for that person to be deemed an employee.
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Federal Joint Study on Workplace Violence Released
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released Indicators of Workplace Violence, 2019, which provides findings on fatal and nonfatal crimes that occurred in the workplace or away from work but over work-related issues. Findings are presented for 13 indicators of workplace violence, using data from five federal data collections.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
New Laws in NJ Are a Step to Reduce Gun Violence in the Workplace
Gun violence in the workplace continues to be a significant occupational hazard. Whether it occurs on the work premises or carriers over to an off-premises location, gun violence remains a continuing risk associated with a job,
Saturday, July 2, 2022
OSHA reminds fireworks/pyrotechnics industry to put worker safety first in advance of July 4 celebration
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Burn Pit Claims: US Supreme Court Allows Veteran to Sue a State Agency for Employment Discrimination
In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Breyer, the US Supreme Court reversed a lower court and remanded the case allowing a veteran to sue the state of Texas. It held under the US Constitution that the States agreed it would yield their sovereignty to the Federal Government to raise and support the Armed Forces.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Jury awards $650K in damages for Massachusetts contractor’s unlawful retaliation against injured immigrant worker
A federal jury in the District of Massachusetts has found that a Massachusetts employer and his company retaliated against an employee who reported an on-the-job injury. The jury awarded $650,000 in damages – $600,000 in punitive damages and $50,000 in compensatory damages – as a result.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Federal Court: Roundup Subject to US EPA Review
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Environmental Protection Agency must reevaluate glyphosate, a weedkiller used in Roundup. The court determined that the chemical poses a serious health hazard and is likely to cause human cancer.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Central New Jersey facility to pay $273K, take corrective actions to resolve COVID-related respirator violations
OSHA finds employers failed to ensure safe respirator use while testing hundreds daily.
Friday, June 10, 2022
Senator Merkley Chairs Hearing on Asbestos Ban Legislation
Sunday, June 5, 2022
The Honorable Maria Del Valle-Koch Appointed the New Chief Judge and Director
The Honorable Maria Del Valle-Koch will be the New Chief Judge and Director effective Monday, June 6, 2022. Outgoing Chief Judge and Director Russell Wojenko, Jr. announced Friday that Robert Asaro-Angelo, Commissioner of NJ Labor and Workforce Development, had made the appointment.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
EPA Proposes to Ban Ongoing Uses of Asbestos
In a historic step, the US Environmental Protection Administration [EPA] is moving to protect people from cancer risks and is moving to ban asbestos in the US. The EPA has proposed its first-ever risk management rule under the 2016 Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act.
Monday, March 7, 2022
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Lifted - Terminating The Rebuttable Presumption
At his final COVID-19 press briefing, NJ Governor Phil Murphy announced the signing of Executive Order No. 292, which lifts the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The order effectively ends the liberalized span of time that established a rebuttable presumption in favor of the employee as to the causal relationship between employment and COVID-19 on March 7, 2022.
Monday, February 14, 2022
NJ Division of Workers' Compensation to Go Forward With In-Person Hearings
The New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation [DWC] has announced that it will go forward with in-person hearings effective March seven 2022.
Monday, February 7, 2022
Order: Workers' Compensation Law 2022 Update
Jon Gelman’s* newly revised and updated treatise on Workers’ Compensation Law can now be ordered from Thomson Reuters®. The treatise is the most complete and research integrated work available on NJ Workers’ Compensation law.