Defending Employers Podcast: Episode 213

Understand New Jersey’s New “Preference Law”

October 25, 2021

Defending Employers Podcast: Episode 213 - Understand New Jersey’s New “Preference Law” - Greg Lois, ESQ, Lois Law Firm

In this episode, “Impact of New Jersey’s Creating New “Preference” For Rehiring Permanently Disabled Employees,” Greg Lois discusses the new “rehiring preference” for permanently disabled employees added to New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation Law on September 30, 2021 . This recording is from a live webinar provided to clients on October 25, 2021.

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Greg Lois, Attorney at Lois Law Firm

Greg Lois, Esq.

Greg Lois is the Managing Partner of Lois Law Firm LLC. Greg is the co-author of the LexisNexis “Practice Guide to Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey” published by Matthew Bender (2017-2023, ISBN:9781663363053). In October 2019, Greg earned the designation “Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP)” at the Litigation Management Institute hosted at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Greg Lois represents employers, self-insured companies, third party administrators, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation matters. Greg has served as lead attorney on more than 100 trials involving workplace discrimination, workers’ compensation, and civil claims.

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New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Defense at Lois Law Firm

For more than 20 years we have represented insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third party claim administrators, and employers before New Jersey’s Division of Workers’ Compensation. Our founding partner, Greg Lois, is co-author of the LexisNexis “Practice Guide to Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey” published by Matthew Bender (2017-2023, ISBN:9781663363053) and served as Law Clerk to Hon. Joan Mott, Administrative Supervisor of Workers Compensation.

Along with managing partner Greg Lois and a dedicated team of experienced attorneys and paraprofessionals, we handle New Jersey cases from cradle-to-grave. We want to be by your side, moving cases aggressively to closure from the start of litigation all the way through to settlement.

We only assign one attorney and one paralegal to each case. The attorney/paralegal assignments are made based on the court the case will be listed in.