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BulletCalifornia Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Appointment of Court Administrator (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (link unavailable). The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced the appointment of an administrator to oversee the workers' compensation court system. Gov. Schwarzenegger appointed Keven Star of Elk Grove to the position of DWC court administrator May 12.

BulletLabor Commissioner Busts Auto Body Shops: No Workers' Compensation Insurance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (archived). The California Department of Industrial Relations' Divisions of Labor Standards Enforcement and Occupational Safety and Health , in cooperation with the Department of Insurance , and the Sacramento and Yolo County District Attorney's Offices today released information on violations found in a two day enforcement sweep of auto body shops in Sacramento and Yolo Counties.

BulletPiedmont civic leader seeks Chan's job (InsideBayArea) (link unavailable). PIEDMONT — Attorney Ronnie Caplane has been a dedicated mother, Piedmont School Board president, a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board commissioner, an outspoken grieving widow and Assemblywoman Wilma Chan's "Woman of the Year.


Author:   Charles Wear  
Posted: 4/12/2005; 3:19:23 PM
Topic: Politicians should remember what happened last time...
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Politicians should remember what happened last time...

From the San Francisco Bay Guardian: "WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC leaders in the state legislature sit down to negotiate this year's key issues – primarily education and a spending cap – with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, they need to remember what happened the last time they cut a deal with the governor on a major policy issue. That was last year, and the issue was workers' compensation. The results, even key Democrats now admit, were disastrous."

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> posted by Charles Wear > 4/12/05; 6:19:28 PM