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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-37.3 - Certain injured officers to receive full compensation.

34:15-37.3 Certain injured officers to receive full compensation.
3. Any State Human Services police officer, State conservation police officer, State park police officer, Palisades Interstate Park officer appointed pursuant to R.S.32:14-21, or full-time campus police officer appointed by a county college or four-year public institution of higher education pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) who, while in the course of performing the officer's official duties, suffers serious bodily injury as the direct result of an assault during the arrest or transportation of a suspect or other person in the officer's custody shall continue to receive full wages for up to six months or until the officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., whichever comes first.
Any senior, recruit, or assistant supervising medical security officer working under the authority of the Department of Human Services who, in the course of performing the officer's official duties, suffers serious bodily injury as the direct result of an assault by a patient or resident who requires medical security shall continue to receive full wages for up to six months or until the officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., whichever comes first.
In addition to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the injured officer shall receive regular supplemental payments from the officer's employer in an amount that is sufficient, when added to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to equal the net wage of the injured officer at the time of the injury. The supplemental payments authorized under this section shall continue for up to six months so long as the injured officer remains a State Human Services police officer, State conservation police officer, State park police officer, Palisades Interstate Park officer, campus police officer, or medical security officer and continues to be compensated under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.
The fringe benefits afforded an injured officer under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, contract, or statute shall not be negated or impaired in any way and shall remain in full force and effect during the time that officer is receiving supplemental payments pursuant to this section.
L.2017, c.93, s.3; amended 2019, c.407, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-37.4 - Certain injured civilian employees to receive full compensation.

34:15-37.4 Certain injured civilian employees to receive full compensation.
4. Any civilian employee who directly works with or teaches inmates or detainees in a State correctional facility, juvenile correctional facility, or juvenile detention center who, in the course of performing the employee's official duties, suffers serious bodily injury as the direct result of an assault by the inmates or detainees with whom the employee works or teaches shall continue to receive full wages for up to six months or until the employee begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., whichever comes first.
In addition to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the injured employee shall receive regular supplemental payments from the employer in an amount that is sufficient, when added to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to equal the net wage of the injured employee at the time of the injury. The supplemental payments authorized under this section shall continue for up to six months so long as the injured employee remains employed by the State correctional facility, juvenile correctional facility, or juvenile detention center and continues to be compensated under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.
The fringe benefits afforded an injured employee under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, contract, or statute shall not be negated or impaired in any way and shall remain in full force and effect during the time that employee is receiving supplemental payments pursuant to this section.
L.2017, c.93, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-37.5 - Certain injured probation officers to receive full compensation.

34:15-37.5. Certain injured probation officers to receive full compensation.
5. Any probation officer who, while in the course of performing the officer's official duties, suffers serious bodily injury as the direct result of an assault by a person placed on probation who is under the officer's supervision shall continue to receive full wages for up to six months or until the probation officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., whichever comes first.
In addition to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the injured officer shall receive regular supplemental payments from the officer's employer in an amount that is sufficient, when added to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to equal the net wage of the injured officer at the time of the injury. The supplemental payments authorized under this section shall continue for up to six months so long as the injured officer remains a probation officer and continues to be compensated under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.
The fringe benefits afforded an injured officer under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, contract, or statute shall not be negated or impaired in any way and shall remain in full force and effect during the time that officer is receiving supplemental payments pursuant to this section.
L.2017, c.93, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-37.6 - "Serious bodily injury" defined.

34:15-37.6 "Serious bodily injury" defined.
6. As used in P.L.2017, c.93 (C.34:15-37.1 et seq.), "serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
L.2017, c.93, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-38 - Method of calculating compensation for temporary disability

34:15-38. Method of calculating compensation for temporary disability
To calculate the number of weeks and fraction thereof that compensation is payable for temporary disability, determine the number of calendar days of disability from and including as a full day the day that the employee is first unable to continue at work by reason of the accident, including also Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, up to the first working day that the employee is able to resume work and continue permanently thereat; subtract from this number the waiting period and any days and fraction thereof the employee was able to work during this time, and divide the remainder by 7. If, however, the total period of disability extends beyond 7 days, the waiting period shall not be subtracted from the number indicated above. The resulting whole number and sevenths will be the required period for which compensation is payable on account of temporary disability.
Amended by L.1945, c. 74, p. 393, s. 13; L.1966, c. 126, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-39 - Agreements and releases invalid

34:15-39. Agreements and releases invalid
No agreement, composition, or release of damages made before the happening of any accident, except the agreement defined in section 34:15-7 of this title shall be valid or shall bar a claim for damages for the injury resulting therefrom, and any such agreement is declared to be against public policy. The receipt of benefits from any association, society, or fund to which the employee shall have been a contributor shall not bar the recovery of damages by action at law or the recovery of compensation under article 2 of this chapter (s. 34:15-7 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-39.1 - Unlawful discharge of, or discrimination against, employee claiming compensation benefits; penalty

34:15-39.1. Unlawful discharge of, or discrimination against, employee claiming compensation benefits; penalty
It shall be unlawful for any employer or his duly authorized agent to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee as to his employment because such employee has claimed or attempted to claim workmen's compensation benefits from such employer, or because he has testified, or is about to testify, in any proceeding under the chapter to which this act is a supplement. For any violation of this act, the employer or agent shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 60 days or both. Any employee so discriminated against shall be restored to his employment and shall be compensated by his employer for any loss of wages arising out of such discrimination; provided, if such employee shall cease to be qualified to perform the duties of his employment he shall not be entitled to such restoration and compensation.
L.1966, c. 157, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1968, c. 258, s. 1, eff. Sept. 4, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-39.2 - Additional penalty; summary recovery

34:15-39.2. Additional penalty; summary recovery
As an alternative to any other sanctions herein or otherwise provided by law, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry may impose a penalty not exceeding $1,000.00 for any violation of this act. He may proceed in a summary manner for the recovery of such penalty, for the use of the State in any court of competent jurisdiction.
L.1966, c. 157, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-41 - Claims barred after two years

34:15-41. Claims barred after two years
In case of personal injury or death all claims for compensation on account thereof shall be forever barred unless a petition is filed in duplicate with the secretary of the workmen's compensation bureau, as prescribed by section 34:15-51 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-41.1 - Claimant in country at war with United States or with which postal communications are suspended; limitations

34:15-41.1. Claimant in country at war with United States or with which postal communications are suspended; limitations
In computing any limitation of time for filing petitions and instituting proceedings prescribed by chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, the time during which any claimant is in a foreign country, while the government of or in control of said country is at war with the Government of the United States or while postal communications between said country and the United States are suspended, and twelve months thereafter shall not be computed as part of any such period of limitation.
L.1943, c. 72, p. 281, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-42 - Constitutionality and construction

34:15-42. Constitutionality and construction
Article 1 of this chapter (s. 34:15-1 et seq.), and article 2 of this chapter (s. 34:15-7 et seq.), are declared to be inseparable and if either be declared void or inoperative in an essential part so that the whole of such article must fall, the other article shall fall with it and not stand alone.
Article 1 of this chapter (s. 34:15-1 et seq.) shall not apply in cases where article 2 of this chapter (s. 34:15-7 et seq.) becomes operative but shall apply in all other cases and in such cases shall be in extension of the common law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-43.2 - Volunteer fire department members; respiratory diseases; presumption of occupational disease

34:15-43.2. Volunteer fire department members; respiratory diseases; presumption of occupational disease
Any condition or impairment of health of any member of a volunteer fire department caused by any disease of the respiratory system shall be held and presumed to be an occupational disease unless the contrary be made to appear in rebuttal by satisfactory proof; providing
(a) Such disease develops or first manifests itself during a period while such member is an active member of such department; and
(b) Said member, upon entering said volunteer fire service, has or shall have undergone a medical examination, which examination failed or fails to disclose the presence of such disease or diseases; and
(c) Such disease develops or first manifests itself within 90 days from the event medically determined to be the cause thereof.
Any present member who did not undergo a medical examination upon entering said volunteer fire service, may undergo such examination within 180 days after the effective date of this act and in the event such examination does not disclose the presence of such disease or diseases, he shall thereafter be entitled to the benefits of this act.
L.1964, c. 291, s. 1. Amended by L.1965, c. 65, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-43.3 - Time of development or first manifestation of respiratory disease

34:15-43.3. Time of development or first manifestation of respiratory disease
For the purposes herein expressed, the time of development or first manifestation of such disease or diseases shall only be determined by and run from the date of first notice of the existence of such disease or diseases to such member by a physician, or the date of death as a result of such disease or diseases.
L.1964, c. 291, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-43.4 - Maximum benefits for volunteers

34:15-43.4. Maximum benefits for volunteers
A person participating under the supervision of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, in a volunteer program in that part of the Palisades Interstate Park located in New Jersey, who is deemed to be an employee of this State under R.S. 32:14-4 for the purpose of receiving workers' compensation coverage, is eligible for compensation for injury or death, or both, under chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, based upon a weekly salary or compensation conclusively presumed to be received by this person in an amount sufficient to entitle him, or, in the event of his death, his dependents, to receive the maximum compensation available under chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
L. 1987, c. 259, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-44 - Names of public employees carried on pay roll

34:15-44. Names of public employees carried on pay roll
When any payment of compensation under this chapter shall be due to any public employee, the name of the injured employee, or in case of his death, the names of the persons to whom payment is to be made as his dependents, shall be carried upon the pay roll, and payment shall be made in the same manner and from the same source in which and from which the wages of the injured employee were paid. In event that any extraordinary payment larger than the weekly rate of compensation shall be due, such payment shall be made from any fund available for the maintenance or incidental expenses of the institution, department, board or governing body under and by which the employee was employed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-45 - Guardian's powers

34:15-45. Guardian's powers
34:15-45. In any case where a person under the age of twenty-one years shall be entitled to receive any compensation or distributive share under this chapter any duly authorized guardian of the person and property of such person appointed by the surrogate or by the Superior Court, shall be authorized and empowered to act for such person to the same extent as a duly appointed guardian ad litem appointed by any court of this State and shall have the right and authority to compromise and make composition in behalf of such person of any disputed claim for compensation arising under this chapter; provided the terms of such compromise or composition shall be approved by an order of the Division of Workers' Compensation upon presentation of the facts and terms thereof to the division, before the same shall become effective.
Amended 1953,c.33,s.53; 1991,c.91,s.360.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-46 - Parent to act as guardian

34:15-46. Parent to act as guardian
34:15-46. In case a person under the age of twenty-one years shall be entitled to receive a sum or sums amounting, in the aggregate, to not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) as compensation for injuries, or as a distributive share under this chapter, the father, mother or natural guardian upon whom said person shall be dependent for support shall be authorized and empowered to receive and receipt for such moneys to the same extent as a guardian of the person and property of such person duly appointed by the surrogate of the county in which such person resides or by the Superior Court. The release or discharge of such father, mother or natural guardian shall be a full and complete discharge of all claims or demands of the said person thereunder.
Amended 1953,c.33,s.54; 1991,c.91,s.361.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-48 - Representative appointed for compensation beneficiary

34:15-48. Representative appointed for compensation beneficiary
The commissioner and each deputy commissioner of compensation is hereby authorized and empowered when in his judgment it shall be advisable, to appoint a representative with power to act for a person who may be entitled to compensation, by legally receiving and disbursing said compensation under the direction of the commissioner or any deputy commissioner of compensation, when it shall appear that such person is mentally, legally or physically unable to properly receive or disburse said compensation, or when said person, after due diligence, cannot be located. Whenever the person entitled to compensation is a minor child, and the commissioner or any deputy commissioner of compensation shall determine that there is no proper person available to receive and disburse said compensation for such child, then the State Board of Children's Guardians, as constituted by the provisions of chapter five, of Title Institutions and Agencies (s. 30:5-1 et seq.), may be appointed as the representative of such minor child.
Amended by L.1947, c. 31, p. 85, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-49.1 - Referees designated judges of compensation

34:15-49.1. Referees designated judges of compensation
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 34:15-49 to the contrary, referees of formal hearings in the Division of Workers' Compensation who have been so employed for a period of 10 years or more and who have been attorneys at law of this State for a period of 10 years or more, are hereby designated judges of compensation and shall commence service as judges of compensation upon the effective date of this act at the first step in salary range 39 of the appropriate compensation plan adopted by the Civil Service Commission in accordance with chapter 8 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1981, c. 353, s. 1, eff. Dec. 26, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-49.2 - Inapplicability of mandatory retirement for worker's compensation judges, certain.

34:15-49.2 Inapplicability of mandatory retirement for worker's compensation judges, certain.
18. The mandatory retirement provisions implemented pursuant to this act, P.L.1999, c.380 (C.52:14-15.115 et al.), shall be inapplicable for three years after the effective date of this act to any judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation who is in service on the effective date of this act.
L.1999,c.380,s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-49.3 - Certain worker's compensation judges permitted to work beyond age 70.

34:15-49.3 Certain worker's compensation judges permitted to work beyond age 70.
20. Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, P.L.1999, c.380 (C.52:14-15.115 et al.), to the contrary, any judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation who is 60 years of age or older on the effective date of this act shall be permitted to continue service as a judge until attaining 10 years of service under the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1et seq.).
L.1999,c.380,s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-50 - Approval and filing of agreement

34:15-50. Approval and filing of agreement
Whenever an employer or his insurance carrier and an injured employee, or the dependents of a deceased employee, shall, by agreement, duly signed, settle upon and determine the compensation due to the injured employee, or to the dependents of a deceased employee, as provided by law, the employer or the insurance carrier shall forthwith file with the bureau a true copy of the agreement. The agreement shall not bind the employer or injured employee, or the dependents of a deceased employee, unless approved by the bureau. If an agreement for lawful and adequate compensation, approved by the bureau, is not filed within twenty-one days after the date of the happening of the injury, the bureau shall, so far as practicable, endeavor to bring about a settlement of the pending claim. If no petition is filed by the injured employee, or the dependents of a deceased employee, the bureau may institute an inquiry on its own motion, to determine the reasons for the failure to agree as to compensation, and may, either before or after the institution of the inquiry, with the consent of the injured employee, or the dependents of a deceased employee, file a petition for compensation. When such petition is filed by said bureau, on its own initiative, the subsequent proceedings shall be the same as is hereinafter set forth in cases where the claimant files a petition.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-51 - Filing of petition; two year limit

34:15-51. Filing of petition; two year limit
34:15-51. Every claimant for compensation under Article 2 of this chapter (R.S. 34:15-7 et seq.) shall, unless a settlement is effected or a petition filed under the provisions of R.S. 34:15-50, submit to the Division of Workers' Compensation a petition filed and verified in a manner prescribed by regulation, within two years after the date on which the accident occurred, or in case an agreement for compensation has been made between the employer and the claimant, then within two years after the failure of the employer to make payment pursuant to the terms of such agreement; or in case a part of the compensation has been paid by the employer, then within two years after the last payment of compensation except that repair or replacement of prosthetic devices shall not be construed to extend the time for filing of a claim petition. A payment, or agreement to pay by the insurance carrier, shall for the purpose of this section be deemed payment or agreement by the employer. The petition shall state the respective addresses of the petitioner and of the defendant, the facts relating to employment at the time of injury, the injury in its extent and character, the amount of wages received at the time of injury, the knowledge of the employer or notice of the occurrence of the accident, and such other facts as may be necessary and proper for the information of the division and shall state the matter or matters in dispute and the contention of the petitioner with reference thereto. A paper copy of the petition shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the petitioner. Proceedings on behalf of an infant shall be instituted and prosecuted by a guardian, guardian ad litem, or next friend, and payment, if any, shall be made to the guardian, guardian ad litem, or next friend. The division shall prepare and print forms of petitions and shall furnish assistance to claimants in the preparation of such petitions, when requested so to do.
Amended 1979, c.283, s.14; 2001, c.94, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-52 - Copy of petition forwarded to employer

34:15-52. Copy of petition forwarded to employer
34:15-52. Within five days after the filing of the petition or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the Division of Workers' Compensation shall cause a copy of the petition to be forwarded to the employer. The copy shall include a notice directing the employer to file an answer thereto with the division within 30 days after the notice is forwarded, unless the division for good cause shall grant further time, which answer shall give the address of the respondent, and admit or deny the substantial averments of the petition, and shall state the contention of the defendant with reference to the matters in dispute as disclosed by the petition. The answer shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the respondent, and shall be filed in a manner prescribed by regulation.
Amended 1979, c.283, s.15; 2001, c.94, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-53 - Time, place and notice of hearing; adjournment

34:15-53. Time, place and notice of hearing; adjournment
Within 20 days after the filing of an answer, or the expiration of the time for filing an answer if no answer is filed, the secretary of the division shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition, or shall send the petition and answer or a transcript of the petition and answer to the director, a deputy director or 1 of the referees, in which case such director, deputy director or referee, within 20 days after the filing of the answer, shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition. Such time shall be not less than 4 weeks nor more than 6 weeks after the filing of the petition, provided however, that in cases where the extent of permanent disability, total or partial, is an issue, the determination of such issue shall be deferred as provided in section 34:15-16 of this Title. The petition shall be heard either in the county in which the injury occurred or in which the petitioner or respondent resides, or in which the respondent's place of business is located, or in which the respondent may be served with process. When a time and place has been fixed for such hearing, the director, deputy director or the referee to whom the cause has been referred shall give at least 10 days' notice to each party of the time and place of hearing. The director, deputy director or any referee to whom a cause has been referred, shall have power to adjourn the hearing thereof from time to time in his discretion.
Amended by L.1945, c. 74, p. 394, s. 14; L.1956, c. 141, p. 578, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-54 - Dismissal of petition; notice; reinstatement

34:15-54. Dismissal of petition; notice; reinstatement
No petition shall be dismissed for want of prosecution or for failure to formally adjourn the cause, until after notice shall be served by the respondent on the petitioner or his attorney that unless the cause is moved for hearing within one month from the date of the service thereof, the claim will be considered abandoned and the petition dismissed subject, however, to the right to have the petition reinstated for good cause shown, upon application made to the deputy commissioner before whom the matter was heard or to the Commissioner of Labor within one year thereafter. No claim heretofore made shall be considered abandoned because the petition was dismissed under this section, if such petition has been reinstated for good cause shown, and such petition shall be deemed to have been dismissed without prejudice to further proceedings upon said petition, and further proceedings thereon shall be as effective as though said petition had not been dismissed.
Amended by L.1947, c. 267, p. 968, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-54.1 - Referee's powers as to dismissal of petitions for want of prosecution and reinstatement; discontinuances

34:15-54.1. Referee's powers as to dismissal of petitions for want of prosecution and reinstatement; discontinuances
Any referee designated as a "referee, formal hearings," shall have the same power as a deputy director in respect to the dismissal of formal petitions for want of prosecution and reinstatement thereof in accordance with the provisions of section 34:15-54 of the Revised Statutes, and the approval of discontinuances of formal petitions.
L.1952, c. 269, p. 921, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-55.1 - Secretary of workmen's compensation bureau as agent for service of process on nonresidents; method and effect of service; continuances

34:15-55.1. Secretary of workmen's compensation bureau as agent for service of process on nonresidents; method and effect of service; continuances
Any employer, not a resident of this State, or any employer not licensed to do business in this State, or any resident employer who becomes a nonresident of this State after the occurrence of an injury to an employee, who shall employ or who shall have employed any person to perform work, labor or services within this State shall be deemed by the accepting of the privilege of engaging in such work, labor and services by his or its employees to make, constitute and appoint the secretary of the workmen's compensation bureau as his or its agent for the acceptance of process in any proceeding by any such employee or dependent or representative of such employee, under and by virtue of this chapter; and the acceptance of such privilege or the entering into this State for the purpose of engaging in such employment shall be a signification of such employer that any such process issued against him or it, which is so served, shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon him or it personally.
Service of such process shall be made by leaving a copy of the petition with the secretary of the bureau, or some one designated by him in his office, and such service shall be sufficient service upon such nonresident employer; provided, that notice of such service and a copy of the petition are forthwith sent by registered mail to the respondent to the address stated in such petition, by the secretary of the bureau, or such person acting for him in his office, and the respondent's return receipt and the affidavit of the secretary of the bureau, or such person in his office acting for him, of the compliance therewith are appended to such petition and filed in the office of the secretary of the bureau wherein such action may be pending; provided, also, that the date of the mailing and the date of the receipt of the return card aforesaid are properly indorsed on such petition and signed by the secretary of the bureau, or some one acting for him.
The workmen's compensation bureau in which such action is pending may order such continuance as may be necessary to afford the respondent a reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The secretary of the bureau shall keep a record of all such processes which shall show the day and hour of such service.
This section shall be construed to extend the right of service of process upon nonresidents and shall not be construed as limiting any provisions for the service of process now or hereafter existing.
Amended by L.1945, c. 74, p. 394, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-57 - Summary hearing; power to modify and commute award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement

34:15-57. Summary hearing; power to modify and commute award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement
The commissioner, the director, and each deputy director, is hereby authorized to hear and determine the matters in dispute in a summary manner, and each shall have power to modify any award of compensation, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement and to provide for the commutation of any such award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement.
Amended by L.1952, c. 269, p. 919, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-57a - Notice of unemployment compensation, conditions

34:15-57a. Notice of unemployment compensation, conditions
3. The Division of Workers' Compensation shall provide notice to each individual receiving compensation under the provisions of the workers' compensation law (chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes), explaining the conditions under which the individual may receive unemployment compensation pursuant to this 1991 amendatory and supplementary act.
L.1991,c.486,s.3
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-57.1 - Reimbursement of benefits paid under Temporary Disability Benefits Law

34:15-57.1. Reimbursement of benefits paid under Temporary Disability Benefits Law
Whenever an employee becomes entitled to or is awarded compensation for temporary disability pursuant to chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes for the same weeks or period with respect to which he has received disability benefits pursuant to the Temporary Disability Benefits Law (P.L.1948, c. 110), the Deputy Directors or Referees of the Division of Workmen's Compensation are authorized to incorporate in such award, order, or approval of settlement, an order requiring the employer or his insurance carrier to reimburse the Division of Employment Security of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, the employer involved in the claim under chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, or his insurance carrier, as the case may be, the amount of any disability benefits it may have paid to such employee.
L.1950, c. 174, p. 402, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-57.2 - Inquiry as to other payments received before paying compensation; proof of amounts paid

34:15-57.2. Inquiry as to other payments received before paying compensation; proof of amounts paid
Whenever an employer or his insurance carrier involved in the claim under chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes shall receive written notice from the Division of Employment Security of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry that disability benefits have been paid to an employee as a result of an accident or sickness for which the said employee may be entitled to benefits under chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, such employer or his insurance carrier, as the case may be, shall, before making any payment on account of any pending award, order, or settlement under said chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, inquire of the employee as to whether or not he has received disability benefits by reason of the same accident or sickness and advise the Division of Employment Security of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry or the employer who made payment of the disability benefits, or his insurance carrier, as the case may be, of the result of such inquiry.
In proceedings before the Division of Workmen's Compensation, it shall be the duty of the employer against whom claim is made under chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, and his insurance carrier, if any, to present, at any hearing involving a workmen's compensation claim affected by this act, sufficient proof as to the amounts paid under the Temporary Disability Benefits Law (P.L.1948, c. 110), for which reimbursement is allowable in pursuance of the provisions of the Temporary Disability Benefits Law (P.L.1948, c. 110), such proof to be furnished by the Division of Employment Security of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, the employer who made payment of the disability benefits or his insurance carrier, as the case may be.
L.1950, c. 174, p. 402, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-58 - Judgment and settlement filed, receipts, bar of judgment

34:15-58. Judgment and settlement filed, receipts, bar of judgment
34:15-58. A statement containing the date and place of hearing, together with the decision, award, determination and rule for judgment or the order approving settlement, shall be legibly written in ink or typewritten and filed in the office of the secretary at Trenton, by the officer hearing such cause, which statement, together with the petition and answer, shall constitute the record of the cause. A copy of the decision, award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement, if same results in an award to the petitioner, shall, as soon as practicable after the same is rendered, be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the hearing was held, and when so filed, shall have the same effect and may be collected and docketed in the same manner as judgments rendered in causes tried in the Superior Court. The employer may once every month file receipt of payment, verified by affidavit that the receipts are accurate and true, with the clerk of the court, which shall be entered in satisfaction of the award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement, to the extent of such payments. The official conducting the hearing shall, within fifteen days after the rendering of the award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement, mail to each of the parties a statement of the substance of the award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement, or a copy of such award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement. The decision, award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlement shall be final and conclusive between the parties and shall bar any subsequent action or proceeding, unless reopened by the Division of Workers' Compensation or appealed as hereinafter provided.
Amended 1952,c.269,s.4; 1991,c.91,s.362.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-59 - Docket; records

34:15-59. Docket; records
The secretary of the bureau shall keep a docket in which shall be entered the title of each cause, the date of the determination thereof, the date of appeal, if any, and the date on which the record in case of appeal was transmitted to the appellant. The secretary shall also file the record of each case left with him by the official conducting the hearing, and shall keep a card index of such record in such manner as to afford ready reference thereto. Such records shall be open to the inspection of the public.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-60 - Subpoenas, fees, contempt

34:15-60. Subpoenas, fees, contempt
34:15-60. The director, each deputy director and each of the referees shall have the same power as the Superior Court to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers. The fees for the attendance of witnesses shall be such as are now provided for the attendance of witnesses in other civil cases, and shall be paid by the party arranging for the attendance of such witnesses. The subpoenas shall be authenticated by the seal of the department, and either party to any such proceeding may, without charge, secure subpoenas from the director, a deputy director or any referee. Misconduct on the part of any person attending a hearing, or the failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed to attend or give testimony shall be punishable by the director, each deputy director and each of the referees, in the same manner as such failure is punishable by the Superior Court in a case therein pending.
Amended 1939,c.291; 1953,c.33,s.55; 1991,c.91,s.363.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-61 - Administering oaths; perjury

34:15-61. Administering oaths; perjury
The commissioner, each deputy commissioner and each referee shall have power to administer oaths. Any person who, having been sworn as a witness in any such proceeding, shall willfully give false testimony shall be guilty of perjury.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-63 - No filing fees

34:15-63. No filing fees
Neither party shall pay any fees for filing any papers with the division or with the secretary thereof, and the clerk of any county shall file any papers required by this chapter to be filed with him without the payment of any fee.
Amended by L.1941, c. 167, p. 531, s. 1; L.1957, c. 100, p. 195, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-65 - Deposition of absent witness

34:15-65. Deposition of absent witness
The deposition of a witness whose attendance before said bureau cannot be secured by reason of his absence from the State, or by reason of his physical inability to attend the hearing may be taken upon order of the official to whom said cause has been referred. In any such case the procedure for taking such depositions shall conform as nearly as practicable with the procedure for taking depositions in the Superior Court.
Amended by L.1953, c. 33, p. 598, s. 56.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-66 - Appeal; costs

34:15-66. Appeal; costs
Any party may appeal from the judgment of a judge of compensation to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, which appeal shall be taken in accordance with the rules of court. The judgment entered in any court on any such appeal shall be conclusive and binding, and proceedings thereon shall only be for the recovery of moneys thereby determined to be due. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Costs may be awarded in accordance with the rules of any court to which an appeal is taken.
Amended by L.1945, c. 74, p. 397, s. 17; L.1953, c. 33, p. 598, s. 57; L.1956, c. 141, p. 579, s. 8; L.1971, c. 463, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-66.1 - Judgment docketed; execution; supplementary proceedings

34:15-66.1. Judgment docketed; execution; supplementary proceedings
Any judgment entered in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court pursuant to the provisions of section 34:15-66 of this Title may be entered and docketed in the Law Division of the Superior Court, and shall thenceforward operate as a judgment recovered in that court as in any other case. Upon failure to comply with the original order for compensation the court may order that the entire amount of compensation shall become due immediately, and execution may issue upon proof of such failure for the entire amount of compensation, without discount or commutation. Supplementary proceedings in aid of execution may be resorted to upon a judgment so entered and docketed and becoming due in whole, as in any other case.
Amended by L.1971, c. 463, s. 2, eff. March 2, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-68 - Physical examination of employee

34:15-68. Physical examination of employee
In all cases where it shall be necessary to make a physical examination of an employee in an inquiry to award compensation, the examination shall be made by a physician who is the same sex as the employee if so requested by the employee.
Amended by L.1980, c. 90, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-69 - Copy of judgment to be filed with director

34:15-69. Copy of judgment to be filed with director
Whenever any judgment is entered in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court upon any matter arising under the provisions of this chapter the clerk of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court shall forthwith forward to the director a copy of the judgment, which need not be certified and for which no charge shall be made.
Amended by L.1953, c. 33, p. 599, s. 60; L.1971, c. 463, s. 3, eff. March 2, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-69.1 - Discontinuance or sale of business; discharge of employer from further liability; assumption of obligations by third party

34:15-69.1. Discontinuance or sale of business; discharge of employer from further liability; assumption of obligations by third party
Whenever any employer has discontinued his business or sold or otherwise disposed of the greater part of his business or assets, the division may, upon application to the commissioner or any deputy director by any party to an award, upon 10 days' written notice to all other parties, and after hearing, order such employer discharged from further liability for such award, provided that said commissioner or deputy director finds that a third party has filed with the division a satisfactory undertaking in writing assuming all obligations of such award and the claim or claims upon which it is based in lieu of and in place of such employer and provided further that such third party either is an employer operating under section 34:15-77 of this Title or has filed with the division a certificate signed by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance certifying that such third party meets all requirements to become an employer operating under said section, or is a stock company or mutual association authorized to write workmen's compensation or employer's liability insurance in this State.
L.1956, c. 209, p. 749, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-69.2 - Order; filing; effect

34:15-69.2. Order; filing; effect
2. Such order shall by its terms discharge the employer from any and all claims, demands or liabilities whatsoever for or on account of such an award or the claim or claims upon which it is based and shall substitute such third party as the respondent, obligor and debtor of and on account of such award, the claim or claims upon which it is based and any and all claims, demands or liabilities whatsoever arising therefrom. The employee or the dependents of the employee or the personal representatives thereof shall have no further recourse whatsoever against such employer, but shall have and retain all their rights against such third party as though he were the employer against whom the award was originally entered. Such order shall be filed in the office of the secretary in Trenton in accordance with section 34:15-58 of this Title, and shall constitute part of the record in the cause, and a copy of such order shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the original award was filed, shall be indexed and cross-indexed by said clerk to said original award and, when so filed and indexed and cross-indexed to such award, shall have the same effect as to such third party and may be collected and docketed in the same manner as judgments rendered in causes tried in the Superior Court.
L.1956,c.209,s.2; amended 1991,c.91,s.364.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:15-69.3 - Applicability of provisions of Title to third party assuming obligations

34:15-69.3. Applicability of provisions of Title to third party assuming obligations
All provisions of this Title not inconsistent herewith shall thenceforth apply as against such third party with the same force and effect as though such third party were the party against whom the original award was entered.
L.1956, c. 209, p. 750, s. 3.