Burial Expense Adjustments

January 12, 2023

Effective January 1, 2023, the compensation rate for deaths covered under the Workers' Compensation Act is $13,454.70 based on the overall 2022 CPI-W increase for the northeast of 7.5%.

Click here, to learn more about burial expense adjustments pursuant to Special Session Public Act No. 21-2, which amended Section 31-306 of the Workers’ Compensation Act.