Workers' Compensation, complete chapter

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N.J.S.A. Title 34 Chapter 15 - Workers' Compensation, complete chapter (34:15-1 through 34:15-147, 266 sections) is a state statute published by New Jersey Legislature (Office of Legislative Services), bulk statute distribution. It is one of the New Jersey documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including new jersey property & casualty, new jersey personal lines practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• N.J.S.A. 34:15-17 (Notification of employer)

  “Unless the employer shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of the injury, or unless the employee, or some one on his behalf, or some of the dependents, or some one on their behalf, shall give notice thereof to the employer within fourteen days of the occurrence of the injury, then no...”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-8 (Election surrender of other remedies)

  “If an injury or death is compensable under this article, a person shall not be liable to anyone at common law or otherwise on account of such injury or death for any act or omission occurring while such person was in the same employ as the person injured or killed, except for intentional wrong.”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-79(a) (Penalties for failure to carry insurance)

  “Any contractor placing work with a subcontractor shall, in the event of the subcontractor's failing to carry workers' compensation insurance as required by this article, become liable for any compensation which may be due an employee or the dependents of a deceased employee of a subcontractor. The...”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-36 (Definitions; self-employed persons and partners)

  “If the business, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or partnership elects to obtain coverage for the self-employed person, limited liability partners, limited liability company members or the partners, the election may only be made at purchase or at renewal and may not be...”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-14 (Waiting period)

  “no compensation other than medical aid shall accrue and be payable until the employee has been disabled seven days, whether the days of disability immediately follow the accident, or whether they be consecutive or not.”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-12(a) (Schedule of payments)

  “For injury producing temporary disability, 70% of the worker's weekly wages received at the time of the injury, subject to a maximum compensation of 75% of the average weekly wages earned by all employees covered by the”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-28.1 (Delay or refusal in payment of temporary disability compensation; penalty)

  “If a self-insured or uninsured employer or employer's insurance carrier, having actual knowledge of the occurrence of the injury, or having received notice thereof such that temporary disability compensation is due pursuant to R.S. 34:15-17, unreasonably or negligently delays or refuses to pay...”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-90.1(a) (Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau continued; directors, appointment, terms)

  “The Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, established and continued by R.S.34:15-89, consisting of all insurers authorized to write workers' compensation or employers' liability insurance within this State as provided under R.S.34:15-90, is continued as provided by this act. No insurer shall...”

• N.J.S.A. 34:15-92 (Domestic help excepted)

  “Employers of domestic workers and every stock company or mutual association affording insurance for the liability of such employers by reason of that employment shall be exempted from the provisions of R.S. 34:15-80 and R.S. 34:15-81, but employers of domestic workers are required to provide...”

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