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Posts for September 21, 2006

Administrative Director predicts no rise in PD rates

Via WorkCompCentral:

California's top workers' compensation official said Wednesday that she will not adjust the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule to increase benefits if research now underway shows a significant increase in the number of injured workers who return to their jobs.

During an interview with WorkCompCentral, Division of Workers' Compensation Administrative Director Carrie Nevans said her agency is now studying return-to-work rates to compare...

> posted by Charles Wear > 9/21/06; 4:46:10 AM

The Bill is on the Governor's desk

I wrote this about two weeks ago and never got a chance to post it...

Okay, SB 815 is on the governor's desk for signature. The bill essentially phases in a doubling of permanent disability awards for workers' compensation injuries over a three-year period beginning in 2007.

Is there any way that the governor, who is making the workers' compensation reform of 2004 a...

> posted by Charles Wear > 9/21/06; 4:42:42 AM

CalWorkersComp.Blog is published by Charles R. Wear, JD, retired attorney.

This is the work I did many years ago when I was a certified workers' comp specialist.

I managed the workers' compensation department for the firm that owned Larry H. Parker's brand.

I live in Needles, California and I provide news information and education about the workers' compensation system in California.

The things that I predicted many years ago have pretty much come to pass.

If you have questions about a workers' compensation claim, I suggest you talk to a licensed attorney at law.

If you wish to reach me by email, bluzone59@gmail.com.

For my current thoughts on the legal landscape for injury and other issues in California, visit Charlie Wear's Notes.