06/22/2005
workers compensation for Costco Wholesale provided the attendees with the perspective of a self-insurer. With a third of its employees in California two-thirds of its workers compensation costs in California and 2100 claims per year the reform legislation "is a big issue for the company" stated
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03/14/2005
Yesterday James Conrad administrator and CEO of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation BWC spoke to members of the Council of Small Enterprises COSE urging them to support Governor Bob Taft's proposal to reform workers' compensation in Ohio.
Administrator Conrad spoke at length about the need
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03/02/2006
New York Gov. George Pataki's extended hospitalization following a ruptured appendix has complicated negotiations for workers' compensation reform in New York state Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills told a business group Wednesday.
Speaking at a meeting of the insurance committee of
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06/11/2004
' compensation policies issued or renewed on or after July 1 2004.
The filing reflects the anticipated initial savings associated with the 2004 California workers' compensation reform legislation.
The company has reduced overall rates by an average of 13.9 since January 2004. This total is the
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02/01/2008
workers' compensation reform package and tracks recommendations by Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo that the state go to a two-step system for approving rates. Under the system NYCIRB or a rating service organization of Dinallo's choice will collect data on losses and payrolls and then recommend
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02/04/2009
Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. and Sen. Lamar Alexander R-Tenn. support the reform legislation.
Colorado's congressional delegation plans to outline reforms to the workers' compensation program on Wednesday the newspaper said.
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03/17/2014
The U.S. Postal Service should reform its workers' compensation system to require recipients at retirement age to transfer out of the system to a cost-effective retirement program its chief human resources officer testified before Congress on Thursday.
Jeffrey Williamson made the comments at
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12/30/2008
Workers' compensation reform is once again a legislative priority for the Oklahoma State Chamber according to press reports.
The Business Examiner-Enterprise newspaper reported that the chamber included workers' comp reform on its list of legislative priorities for 2009 released last week.
The
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02/14/2005
In an effort to tackle several issues not addressed in last year's workers' compensation overhaul Senate Bill 899 - Poochigian or other recent reform efforts Senator Poochigian has introduced three bills this session relating to workers' compensation
Alternative Dispute Resolution - SB 177
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08/23/2012
and denying him or her the right to present evidence to rebut the scheduled rating something which has been a key concept of CA workers' compensation jurisprudence for decades fair or just It's not. That is one of the main reasons why claiming that the reform would increase permanent disability
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