Workers’ Compensation

As we often say on this blog, accidents can happen in any type of workplace, but workplace accidents are more likely to lead to serious injury in certain industries than they are in others. Statistics from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics also show that serious...

After global events over the past two years have shown, those employed in the health care industry truly are the frontline workers we depend on in the case of a medical emergency or serious illness. Still, a hospital is not always a safe setting and health care...

In New Jersey, across the nation and all over the world, one of the most dangerous jobs that people can do is working construction. This is no surprise given the innate risks involved with the work. It is physically and mentally taxing. There is heavy equipment and...

It is easy to see how jobs involving strenuous physical labor or heavy machinery can be dangerous for workers, subjecting them to the possibility of sustaining a workplace injury. But even if you work an office job in Lawnside, you could still be exposed to workplace...

When employees in New Jersey start the workday, they often do not consider the possibility of getting injured that day. However, even in a work environment that is not inherently dangerous, workplace injuries are always a possibility. As such, employers should provide...

Nursing home workers must be gentle with residents, but the job itself can be physically demanding. Other industries have regulations that come into play when workers must routinely lift more than 50 pounds, but these do not apply to nursing home workers, who must...

Construction workers are a common sight in New Jersey whether they are fixing our roads, erecting new buildings or performing structural maintenance. Construction work can be lucrative and is a necessary component of commerce, but it is dangerous and at times can be...

Workers’ compensation benefits can help with the fallout from a workplace injury or illness. These benefits come in different forms, and apply to different situations and needs. Different types of workers’ compensation benefits Workers’ compensation benefits are...

When a home healthcare worker has been injured on the job, they may be left with no source of income and little means of caring for themselves. If you work in the home healthcare industry and have been injured in your workplace, it is valuable to know how workers’...

Beginning in 2020, working from home has become routine and will continue in the future in at least some modified form. Now, almost one in four Americans telecommute from their homes. According to estimates, 70 percent of the workforce in this country will work...