Committee Passes 'Worker Safety Day' Resolution

The New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee passed a resolution that would designate April 18 as Worker Safety Day. Assembly Joint Resolution 126 says there are more than 2.9 million deaths every year from unsafe working conditions, and 395 million nonfatal occupational injuries. In New Jersey, there were about 81 fatal work injuries in 2023 and thousands of other nonfatal injuries, according to the resolution by Assembly Majority Whip Carol A. Murphy, D-Mount Laurel. The Assembly Labor Committee voted 9-1 to advance the resolution on Thursday. Employers and employees both benefit from safe wor...