Defining Disability in the Era of COVID
Workers' Compensation
JUNE 13, 2023
The definition of “disability” can be complicated in various occupational statutes. In a Law Against Discrimination [LAD] N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -50 claim alleging the “perception of COVID” as a disability, the NJ Appellate Court declined to accept the plaintiff's claim. Guzman v. M. Teixeira International, Inc., NJ: Appellate Div. 2023. The worker, a machine operator, was hired by the employer in January 2018.
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