In Peck v. Newark Morning Ledger Co., 344 N.J. Super. 169, 781 A.2d 58 (App.Div.2001), the Court was confronted with an employer seeking to evade responsibility for a worker's compensation claim for carpal tunnel syndrome; the employer had required its employees to execute waivers of their statutory rights to seek workers' compensation in order to maintain their employment. Because we were concerned about the possibility of abuse on the part of an employer exacting such waivers, we held that any waiver would have to be executed in advance of the occupational exposure, not simply in advance of manifestation of the results of that exposure. Peck, supra, 344 N.J. Super. at 185, 781 A.2d 58.