I am looking for information for my boyfriend. He worked in a warehouse in New Jersey and hurt his back, he went out on worker's comp and was out for 8 weeks. At first it was a struggle to even get the worker's comp benefits, the owner of the company told him to just exhaust his vacation hours rather than going on worker's comp. But finally the company agreed to give him the benefit that he deserved. After about 7 weeks he got a letter from his insurance company that said his benefits were terminated. At the end of the 8th week he called his workplace to inform them that he was released from his doctor's care and was able to return to work. The owner of the company responded that they had hired two other people to fill his spot and that they did not want to take him back. Now is it illegal that he was terminated while he was still under the worker's comp care? And since it was such a short period of time aren't they required to take him back? It just doesn't seem fair to me that he was terminated because he got hhurt on the job. It seems that he was terminated without them even informing him since he got the letter in the mail from the insurance company without anyone from his work informing him that he would be terminated. Please help to find out what his legal rights are!