Superintendent of Apartment Building: Calculating Wages
Bloomfield Building
On occasion, a Superintendent of an Apartment Building is injured in the course of performing his or her duties and a question arises as to what are his weekly wages for purposes of calculating his temporary disability benefits in New Jersey.
Under New Jersey Landlord Tenant law, Superintendents of Apartment Buildings are not tenants and they occupy their apartment in lieu of paying rent so long as they remain the Superintendent. If the Superintendent didn’t occupy the Apartment, the Landlord would receive a rent and thus the apartment has a monetary value per month. The rental value of the apartment must to added to establish the wages along with any ancillary benefits the Superintendent receives including free internet, free cable, satellite or fiber optic television service, telephone service, parking space or garage, fees charged for having a pet and other benefits.