Experiencing an injury at work may create ongoing challenges throughout your recovery. Depending on the severity of your injuries, returning to work may look a lot different than it previously did. If you follow protocols for seeking workers' compensation from your...

Accidents can happen at any job, but your employer has responsibilities that should protect you from many types of workplace injuries. Here are some of your employer's duties, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Follow safety rules Rules...

Back pain can seriously impact your quality of life, making it hard to perform leisure activities or to handle tasks at work, which can impair your ability to make a living. Back pain can originate from a number of causes, some sudden and unexpected, while in other...

For you to collect workers' compensation, your injury must be work-related. According to National Paralegal College, there are two criteria you must demonstrate for a work-related injury. One of these is that your injury must arise from your employment. In other...

When accidents occur on the job, victims suffer in various ways. Some lose the ability to walk for a period of time and others are immobilized indefinitely. Back injuries, brain trauma, broken bones and lacerations occur far too often, but there are other injuries...

In New Jersey, workers' compensation is an insurance program that provides certain benefits if you sustain job-related illnesses or injuries. The insurance is "no-fault" insurance, which means that it does not matter who is responsible for the accident, you will still...

Employers are responsible for protecting their workers; it is as simple as that. However, some employers in New Jersey seem to take this as more of a suggestion than a legal expectation. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently fined a company...

Although most people in New Jersey might have spent New Year's Eve celebrating the changing of the calendar, there was at least one person who was not able to participate. That person is a construction worker who was injured at work on that day. Even though the...

Employers are required to create safe working environments for their employees, and must also provide necessary safety equipment and warn workers of possible dangers. This includes alerting workers to the presence of asbestos in the workplace. All too frequently,...

Getting hurt at work might make for entertaining TV, but it is far less funny in real life. Work injuries can range from mild to severe, but no matter the nature of a victim's injury, the resulting damages are usually serious. When workers have to take time off work...