07/27/2005
most of the more substantial changes in the reform bill do not take effect until Feb. 1.
"Therefore employers do have significant amount of time to begin to prepare for the changes and reprice their workers' compensation policies with the new liabilities " Rusin wrote.
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05/17/2011
on reform efforts.
Speaker Michael Madigan D-Chicago complained Friday that the current workers compensation system is a club among doctors lawyers and sometimes labor unions which is not working in the best interests of the injured worker.
Rep. John Bradley D-Marion attempted last month
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01/20/2011
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief
The New York AFL-CIO is seeking permission to intervene in a protracted court fight between New York carriers and the State Workers' Compensation Board over a 2007 workers' compensation reform that requires advance deposits to cover permanent partial
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08/17/2004
"The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau WCIRB recently issued a report stating that a 3.5 rate increase will take effect at the beginning of the year" says Brent Heurter Chief Solutions Officer of ClearComp a workers' compensation solutions company.
"The emergency reform act
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02/24/2004
released its review of the Committee for Workers' Compensation Reform and Accountability's initiative to reform the state's notoriously broken workers' comp system.
"The LAO confirmed what we've known all along. California's public and private sectors are being crippled by the exorbitant costs of a
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04/26/2004
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Employers in Washington are trying to qualify a ballot initiative on work comp reform for the next general election.
The Building Industry Association of Washington plans to sponsor an initiative campaign to overhaul that state's workers' compensation system. BIAW needs 200000 signatures to get the
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08/30/2007
networks and utilization review.
Jai Sharma chairman of Louisianans for Workers' Compensation Reform LWCR said Wednesday the changes could also include adoption of the ombudsman system used in Texas a fee cap similar to that imposed three years ago on claimants' attorneys in Florida and other
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03/08/2004
Citing recent polls that demonstrate stronger than average voter support for reforming the state's broken workers' compensation system the Committee for Workers' Compensation Reform and Accountability CWCRA Friday announced that they have received from the Attorney General's office the
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08/26/2005
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited a family-owned sheet metal factory in San Jose on Thursday to celebrate the success of workers' compensation reform in driving California's economic recovery and lowering costs for employers.
"Two years ago out-of-control workers' compensation costs had a
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02/23/2011
Senate Reichner's bill has a clear path to the desk of Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer. The governor has already said he won't sign any legislation that balances workers' compensation reform on the backs of injured workers.
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