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NJ Rates to Rise in 2024

Workers' Compensation

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Agricultural workers are guided by a separate minimum wage timetable and were given until 2027 to reach the $15/hour minimum wage. The minimum hourly wage for these employees will increase to $13.73/hour hour on January 1, up from $12.93/hour. hour, up from $12.01/hour. average weekly wage for 2022, which rose 2.9

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Bill Proposes to Increase Benefits for Some Injured Workers and Dependents

Workers' Compensation

To avoid an abrupt fiscal impact on the workers' compensation system, the bill provides that one-third of the supplemental benefit rate be paid during the first year (fiscal year 2026), two-thirds of the rate be paid during the second year (fiscal year 2027), and the full amount be paid during the third year (fiscal year 2028) and subsequent years.