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.

Workplace Stress Kills Workers

The International Labour Organization's landmark 2026 Global Report, The Psychosocial Working Environment: Global Developments and Pathways for Action, delivers a sober verdict: workplace stress is not merely an inconvenience; it is a global killer. For workers' compensation practitioners in New Jersey and across the United States, this report carries profound implications. It quantifies what many attorneys and physicians have long argued: that the psychosocial conditions of work — job strain, overwork, harassment, and insecurity — are primary drivers of cardiovascular disease, mental health disorders, and even suicide.

The ILO's new global estimates, published here for the first time, are staggering in scope and sobering in implication. They demand a reevaluation of how workers' compensation law responds to stress-induced illness and death in the workplace.

NJ Workers’ Compensation: Profit Surge

An Analysis of Premiums, Profitability, and Trends from the NJCRIB 2025 Annual Report

Invisible Wounds, Visible Costs

The ILO’s 2026 SafeDay Report and What It Means for Workers’ Compensation

Gig Workers Without a Safety Net

How the Platform Economy Is Reshaping Workers’ Compensation Claims

New Jersey's AI Workforce Crisis

New Jersey's labor market is sounding alarms. In just the first ten weeks of 2026, WARN filings reveal that 3,857 workers across the state have been affected by mass layoff notices — an 83% surge compared to the same period in 2025. 

Older Drivers: Fatal Crash Risks

Workers age 55 and older who drive as part of their jobs face a troubling reality: they are twice as likely to die in work-related crashes compared to their younger colleagues. This sobering statistic has profound implications for workers' compensation systems nationwide as America's workforce continues to age.

Sleep, Pain, and Hospital Workers

The Hidden Epidemic Driving Workers' Compensation Claims

Workplace Injuries Hit Historic Low

Bureau Of Labor Statistics Shows Dramatic Workplace Injury Decline in 2024

Winter Storm Workers' Compensation Guide

Winter storms pose significant dangers for workers across all industries. As temperatures drop and snow accumulates, the workplace becomes a minefield of potential hazards that can result in serious injuries and costly workers' compensation claims.

NJ's Fee Schedule Gap

New Jersey's Medical Billing Problem: When "Reasonable and Customary" Costs You a Fortune

America's Trucking Shortage Costs Billions

The trucking industry crisis that began over a decade ago has intensified into a full-blown workforce emergency. With an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 driver shortage in 2025 and projections suggesting it could exceed 100,000 within a few years, the backbone of America's economy is under unprecedented strain. (Updated 1-16-2026)

Clocks and Dangers: Daylight Saving Time and the Spike in Workplace Injuries

Most people in the United States look forward to Daylight Saving Time (DST) every spring. We lose an hour of sleep but gain an extra hour of evening sunshine. While the sunnier evenings are enjoyable, the biannual switch to DST continues to pose a significant and measurable danger to workplace safety, a risk confirmed by over a decade of research.

Amazon's Misclassification Strips Workers' Safety Net

When a back injury should mean temporary disability benefits, but instead means choosing between rent and recovery—that's the hidden cost of worker misclassification. New Jersey's recent lawsuit against Amazon exposes how labeling employees as independent contractors strips away critical workers' compensation protections, leaving injured workers financially vulnerable during their most precarious moments.

Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Long COVID

 New Jersey Workers' Compensation Benefits for Long COVID: A Comprehensive Update

Understanding Your Rights Under New Jersey's Enhanced Protections for Essential Workers

Deviation From Employment

The NJ Appellate Division held that an emergency police dispatcher who was injured in a car accident while returning to work from a lunch break was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits. 

Misclassification Lawsuit Filed by NJ Attorney General

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo announced today that they have filed the first lawsuit under a 2021 law that permits the State to file suit in New Jersey Superior Court against employers who have misclassified workers as independent contractors when they are, in fact, employees.

NJ Supreme Court Defines The Authorized Vehicle Rule

The NJ Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, held that an employee’s car accident occurred “in the course of employment” under N.J.S.A. 34:15-36’s “authorized vehicle rule” and is therefore compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act).

NJ COVID-19 vaccination mandate for, among others, the State's corrections officers, upheld.

NJ COVID-19 vaccination mandate for, among others, the State's corrections officers, upheld. The App Div court held that the Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act, N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 to -63, empowered the Governor to issue the order and that the order's vaccination mandate was rationally and adequately tailored to the problem posed. #NJExOrder283 #COVID #VaccineMandate