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Are low wage earners adequately covered by workers’ compensation?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Many workers live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to support their families on lower-than-average earnings. Like a lot of workers in the tourism sector, she relies on unemployment insurance when there is no work. Aidy’s claim for temporary total disability was accepted by the workers’ compensation insurer. Burton, Jr.,

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Misclassification Lawsuit Filed by NJ Attorney General

Workers' Compensation

These practices not only resulted in the company at times paying truck drivers less than New Jersey’s effective minimum wage, but also, the deductions were sometimes greater than a driver’s entire gross pay, resulting in a negative net pay during some pay periods.