Your Brain Clocks In

Neural monitoring at work, the data employers are quietly accumulating, and what it will do to compensation claims.

The Bond Market Adjusts Claims

Record federal borrowing and a 5.2 percent long bond are quietly repricing reserves, settlements, and self-insurance security.

Higher Ceiling, Frozen Floor

New Jersey has posted its 2027 workers’ compensation benefit rates.

John Burton's Unfinished Blueprint

The economist who chaired the Nixon Commission set a standard the states still have not met.

Twin Shields Bar COVID Claim

A leased laundry aide died of COVID-19 contracted during a nursing home outbreak. His estate collected a workers’ compensation award, and that was the end of the line. On August 14, 2026, the Appellate Division affirmed dismissal of the family’s tort suit under two independent shields: pandemic immunity and the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act.

Asbestos Claims Clock Runs Out

Quebec’s Court of Appeal has refused to disturb the Asbestos Corporation Limited claims regime. For American workers’ compensation practitioners, carriers, and self-insured employers, the September 10, 2026 bar date is now the only date that matters.

Libby Care Dies Quietly

The federal model for occupational disease care collapsed in Montana. Workers’ compensation inherits the wreckage.