Coverage for Farm Workers: Required

Limitations: Farmworkers are not separately mentioned, so they are treated as all other employees under the law. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:15-9 (2012).

Statute: N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:15-92 (2012) (historical notes indicate that farm labor exception was removed in 1969)

Coverage for Undocumented Workers: Yes

Case Law: Fernandez-Lopez v. Cervino, 671 A.2d 1051 (N.J. Super. Ct. App,. Div. 1996) (holding that undocumented alien could recover workers' compensation benefits because definition of "employee" does not exclude illegal aliens)

Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers: There is no case law answering this question.