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Our bodies are not designed to be in the seated position for hours on end. For many of us, however, our jobs require us to sit in a chair in front of a computer for most of the day. If the chair is not designed ergonomically, our bodies will let us know. As an article...

Surviving dependents of New Jersey public safety workers, like police officers and firefighters, who died due to a workplace injury before 1980, will now get help paying cost of living expenses. New Jersey Senate Bill 1967 was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on June 17, 2019 and will ensure an annual cost of...

Nurses and other hospital workers often experience violent outbursts from patients and their families, and it gets shrugged off as part of the job. Several years ago, New Jersey lawmakers put into place an act to help protect healthcare employees from violence in the workplace. Despite that law, violence against health workers is still being...

Increasingly, working on construction sites or driving a truck can kill or maim you. Two construction workers fell down an elevator shaft in St. Louis last year and died working on a $25 million hotel project. A trucker who had been driving 23 hours without sleep crashed into a van carrying Tracy Morgan in 2014...

In the United States, 10 percent of the country’s workforce are employed in restaurants. Manta.com lists more than 40,000 restaurant companies in New Jersey alone. With so many people in the restaurant business, accidents on the job are sure to happen, and injuries resulting in time away from work are all too common. According to...

According to NJSpotlight, the standard retirement age has increased from age 65 to age 66 or older. In fact, more senior citizens continue to work past the standard retirement age, even up to 75 years old. NJSpotlight cites data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey that finds more than one-third of New...

Your knees are made up of four things: bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. All of these components keep your thighbone and shinbone connected and provide mobility. Workers who spend a great deal of time on their feet are susceptible to knee injuries. They can be caused by improper lifting, poor posture, or frequent twisting and...

Many workplace injuries happen suddenly when there is an accident. But some workplace injuries happen over time as a result of repeated use of one part of the body. Workers are left in pain and find it difficult to perform the duties of their jobs.   Commercial truck drivers are especially susceptible to this kind of injury,...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto-immune disease that attacks the joints. Those who suffer from this illness experience chronic pain and inflammation in the joints of the hands, feet, elbows, knees, shoulders, and hips.  Symptoms of RA can come and go, but once developed, the condition is permanent.   Job-related causes of RA RA may be attributed...