Workers' compensation benefits in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are calculated using a statewide average weekly wage as determined by their departments of labor every year. The year of the worker's injury determines the rates...more
Workers' compensation benefits in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are calculated using a statewide average weekly wage (SAWW) that is published by the states’ department of labor every year. The year of the worker's injury will...more
Based on two Commonwealth Court decisions filed on March 17, 2023, medical marijuana is now medical treatment covered by the PA Workers’ Compensation Act (WC Act), and failure to pay is a violation of the Act, with up to 50%...more
The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) was amended in 1996 to allow an employer to take an offset against workers’ compensation wage loss benefits for 50% of Social Security retirement benefits received, if that...more
Workers’ compensation benefits in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are calculated using a statewide average weekly wage (SAWW) that is published by the Departments of Labor every year. The year of the worker’s injury will...more
In light of the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, employers are now facing new labor and employment issues based on the health and economic needs of their employees. In addition, employers and workers’ compensation...more
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, employees have been encouraged to work remotely from their homes. This raises the question of whether an injury that happens at home needs to be compensated with PA workers’...more
In a groundbreaking decision, the New Jersey Superior Court decided the outcome of the confusing dispute between federal and state medical marijuana laws when it comes to paying for medical marijuana as a workers’...more
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Workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are calculated using a statewide average weekly wage (SAWW) that is published by the Departments of Labor every year. The year of the worker’s injury will...more