Lawmakers Seek to Establish Light-Duty Return-to-Work Program

A workers’ compensation bill introduced last year in the New Jersey State Senate was unanimously approved by the chamber’s Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday. The bill would establish a partial return-to-work program that permits the payment of temporary disability insurance benefits on a reduced basis to injured workers who return to light-duty work. The Senate Labor Committee reported the bill favorably last spring. The Budget and Appropriations Committee voted 13-0 to report the bill favorably on Monday. New Jersey’s workers’ compensation premium rates ...