05/06/2011
By Bill Kidd Central Bureau Chief
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn D is continuing to promote his workers compensation reform plan which he wants passed before the General Assembly adjourns May 31 but some business leaders and GOP lawmakers say the governor needs to clarify his position on what
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10/25/2011
In a webinar presentation on Oct. 18 advocacy groups representing California employers indicated that they are looking for a new " reform" or overhaul of the state's workers' compensation system.There seems to be consensus from the group in yesterday's presentation that
Category: Industry Insights
03/01/2004
The California Applicants Attorneys Association will explain what's wrong with Gov. Schwarzenegger's workers' compensation reform proposals and his March 1st deadline today in a teleconference.
Injured workers' and their advocates will hold an 1130 AM teleconference today Monday March 1st
Category: News
07/18/2008
hard to understand.
He also said workers compensation was a disaster prior to reform and it still is in many respects but he said his department is getting reform implemented and it is working well.
Source WorkCompCentral
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01/18/2011
and a partnership among members of Capital Associated Industries.
Both House Speaker Thom Tillis R-Huntersville and Senate Leader Phil Berger R-Rockingham have identified workers' compensation as a target of reform in interviews with newspapers.
Connie Wilson a lobbyist for the Employers
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05/18/2007
The first members of three task forces that will oversee implementation of the workers' compensation reform bill were recently announced.
The reform bill A 6163 called for creation of three task forces to oversee changes to the court docket medical guidelines and data needs and ratings
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05/26/2005
we could and we did.
"The record stands for itself
Workers' Compensation Our small businesses and their employees know that we recognized their plight and responded. We fought to obtain workers' compensation reform legislation over two regular sessions and two special sessions. We now have
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04/12/2005
Alaska Labor Commissioner Greg O'Claray is continuing his campaign for workers' compensation reform this time by posting an editorial on the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's Web site.
Gov. Grank Murkowski who appointed O'Claray to his position has been campaigning for two years
Category: News
03/15/2004
The following was released by the California Department of Insurance Friday too late for deadline. Workcompcentral publishes it now as the editors felt it would be of interest to the readership.
Continuing his push to reform the state's broken workers' compensation system Insurance
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03/12/2008
at the center of a federal conspiracy and money-laundering case.
But his potential resignation and its impact on the sweeping workers' compensation reforms he engineered in 2007 threatens to stall some final stages of the reform package and diminish or end debate over American Medical
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