43:21-29 - Compensable disability, individual, family - New Jersey Statutes

43:21-29  Compensable disability, individual, family.
5.Compensable disability. (a) In the case of the disability of a covered individual, disability shall be compensable subject to the limitations of P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.) if the disability is the result of the covered individual suffering an accident or sickness not arising out of and in the course of the individual's employment or if so arising not compensable under the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., and resulting in the individual's total inability to perform the duties of employment.

(b)In the case of an individual taking family temporary disability leave, the leave shall be compensable subject to the limitations of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.).

L.1948, c.110, s.5; amended 1961, c.43, s.10; 1980, c.90, s.13; 2008, c.17, s.3.