Deadly factory fire again underlines importance of Bangladesh Accord

Updated Analysis: Factory Fires, Worker Safety, and the Workers' Compensation Fallout

Glyphosate: Workers at Risk

The collision of a presidential executive order, a $7.25 billion proposed settlement, and decades of occupational health research has placed glyphosate-based herbicides at the center of one of the most consequential legal and workplace safety debates in American history. For employers, insurers, and the millions of workers who handle these chemicals daily, the stakes have never been higher.

Your Data Is for Sale

How Data Brokers Target Injured Workers and Threaten Your Workers' Compensation Claim

Roundup Justice: Workers Negotiate a Settlement

Monsanto's Landmark Roundup Settlement — What It Means for Workers and Their Families - $7.25 Billion Dollars

Eat Well, Claim Less

This is an updated and expanded edition of a 2014 post on diet and workplace health, revised with current research and data.

Construction Site Falls: Who Pays?

When Donald Hoiland stepped on a fist-sized rock at a Jersey City construction site in November 2017, he couldn't have known his injury would spawn three consolidated appeals that would clarify critical questions about contractor liability, indemnification, and workers' compensation protections in New Jersey.

Hidden Hazards at Work

The chemicals you work with every day might be poisoning you—and their identities are legally hidden. Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), thousands of industrial chemicals remain shrouded in confidentiality, making it nearly impossible for workers to know what they're being exposed to and extremely difficult to prove workers' compensation claims when illness strikes.