By Tanya Phillips If you are injured at work in New Jersey you are entitled to three workers’ compensation benefits: 1) Medical benefits, 2) Temporary disability benefits, and 3) Permanent partial disability benefits. Medical Benefits Your employer and/or their workers’ compensation carrier are permitted by law to choose the doctor who will treat you. They… Continue Reading New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview
Whether you are able to receive additional benefits beyond the end of your workers’ compensation depends on how your case originally settled. If it closed with an order approving settlement or a percentage of disability, then you can reopen your case within two years of receiving a final benefit. In contrast, you will not be… Continue Reading Determining Whether You Can Receive Additional Benefits After Your Workers’ Compensation Has Ended
By Tanya Phillips If you are injured at work one of the most important things that you can do is report the accident to your employer. Reporting a workplace accident to your employer may seem obvious. However, in some instances when immediate medical attention is not needed many people will wait and see what happens with… Continue Reading What Should You Do if You Are Injured at Work?
Workers’ comp can pay you while you are receiving medical treatment through temporary disability benefits. These payments are 70% of your gross weekly wage, and the doctor providing the treatment in coordination with the workers’ compensation insurance company must have taken you out of work for seven or more days. Upon approval, you would soon… Continue Reading Receive Benefit Payments While Receiving Medical Treatment on Workers’ Comp
When we take your workers’ compensation claim, you only pay us if we win your case. This is called a contingency fee. Our typical fee when we win a case is 20% of any permanency award resulting from your case. You should be aware that other fees are also involved with a workers’ comp claim.… Continue Reading We Take Workers’ Comp Cases on a Contingent Basis, But There Are Additional Fees
Upon settling your case, you will need to go to court to make a record of the understanding of the resolution of your claim. You’ll receive a copy of the court order when you leave, and the insurance company will have 60 days to pay you the money determined in your settlement. You’ll receive your… Continue Reading The Expected Wait Time for Workers’ Compensation Settlement Money
You may be wanting to see a doctor of your own choosing if you have been injured in an accident at work. However, it is very important that you see the doctor recommended by the workers’ comp insurance company. Based on what happens there, you may be able to see your own doctor thereafter. If… Continue Reading You Need To See the Doctor Recommended by the Workers’ Comp Insurance Company
You were injured, and your injury prevents you from doing your job. You filed a Workers’ Compensation claim. Your employer cannot lawfully terminate your employment for filing the Workers’ Comp claim, but he can still fire you for unrelated reasons. However, if your employment is terminated during the time when you are injured and pursuing… Continue Reading You May Have an Employment Discrimination Case if You were Fired after Filing a Workers’ Comp Claim
New Jersey corrections officers who’ve been attacked by inmates while on the job finally will be entitled to receive sick pay for their injuries under a bill recently signed into law by Governor Chris Christie.Beginning in October, the new legislation will continue to pay officers who are hurt at work as a result of an… Continue Reading New Jersey Corrections Officers Win Right to Sick Leave Pay
If you are not a citizen and you are injured at work, you may be concerned about what your citizenship status means in relation to your access to benefits for your injury. The answers hinge both on whether you are here legally and what types of benefits you are seeking. You may be surprised to… Continue Reading Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits for Non-Citizens
