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On June 3, 2021, the New Jersey State Senate is scheduled to vote on a significant piece of legislation that involves a change in the workers' compensation statute, and, perhaps, employment law in general. The change involves individuals who sustain a work-related injury and are rendered disabled from returning to work at the position in which they were previously employed.
S2998, as sponsored by Senators Joseph Lagana and Vin Gopal, would require employers with at least 50 employees to provide a hiring preference to any employee who sustained a work-related injury and is found to be at maximum medical improvement but is unable to return to the position at which the employee was previously employed. This proposed legislation has already passed the state assembly under the companion bill A2617, by a vote of 76-0. As such, it appears that there is enough support for this legislation to bring it to the governor's desk.