Entries for 2005/01/07 — 2005-12-28
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Oh boy, make things more complex, then impossible!
Via WorkCompCentral.Com: "Is California reform going too far? Though barely mentioned in his State of the State speech Wednesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to wrap the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board into one, nine-member commission has many in the industry alarmed and concerned that the technical specialty needed to resolve policy rendering decisions will be lost." With 15 years of experience in practicing worker's compensation law, and constant continuing education, I am able to somewhat competently handle a system that with the SB899 reform has been made more complex. Now, in the name of savings, the Governor proposes that, for the sake of streamlining government, three areas of the law should be overseen by one board. It is highly unlikely that persons experienced in other areas of Labor Law will be able to navigate the workers' compensation system. > posted by Charles Wear > 1/7/05; 7:55:51 PM Insurance industry happy with reforms Responding to Sen. Alarcon's call for rate regulation, Insurance industry spokesman says Sam Sorich says: "Workers' compensation rates today are falling and the future looks even brighter as more insurers enter the California market and the reform package is fully implemented," Sorich said. "The reforms not only stabilized a once-turbulent system, they reversed a devastating trend of rate hikes that were suffocating California's business community." Read the entire article here >>> > posted by Charles Wear > 1/7/05; 2:57:21 AM |