Law Would Extend Liability to Owners Who Fail to Pay Comp Insurance

New Jersey lawmakers filed legislation Monday that would extend liability to company owners in cases where employers fail to pay for workers' compensation insurance.   Assembly Bill 4283 “expands the reach of the ‘uninsured employer’s fund’ through subrogation to pursue payment for benefits of the claims related to an employee’s injury from an uninsured employer to include any principal owner of the employer, in addition to the employer,” the bill states.   Under New Jersey law, employers that fail to provide workers' comp insur...