01/07/2004
The Small Business Action Committee a political action committee in California that was reported last week by workcompcentral to have filed a voter referendum for the November ballot to reform the state's workers' compensation system has made available the actual initiative.
The second group to
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01/28/2005
The small state of Delaware is joining the national bandwagon on workers' compensation reform.
In her state of the state address Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner said her state's workers' compensation system has made the state uncompetitive and is forcing business elsewhere.
The Governor
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01/27/2006
The New York Workers' Compensation Action Network -- a coalition of businesses employers and associations calling for meaningful workers' compensation reform -- plans a luncheon meeting and press conference in Albany on Feb. 6.
The group will gather at the state Capitol to focus on NYCAN
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01/26/2004
the 3104 mandate for legislation and to just go ahead and start circulating the necessary petitions to get his reform bill before the people. Workers' compensation is extremely complicated Burton said he told the Governor and that a change to one provision affects many other aspects of the system
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08/15/2012
By Greg Jones Western Bureau Chief
The California Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations canceled an informational hearing on workers compensation reform that was scheduled for this afternoon but work continues on draft legislation as opposition continues to mount.
Martha Gutierrez
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06/03/2011
By Bill Kidd Central Bureau Chief
While Illinois legislators managed to push through a bill overhauling parts of the states workers compensation system employer organizations and Republican lawmakers say the reform effort isnt over and wont be until theres a change in the causation
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09/04/2003
Saying that the time is now for reform Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Wednesday highlighted the plight of nonprofit agencies across the state that have been burdened with soaring premiums due to the condition of the state's broken workers' compensation system.
Garamendi met with
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09/12/2003
Will the proposed legislation for workers' compensation actually " reform" the system and provide relief to the state's employers It appears that almost everyone agrees that while the Conference Committee's work is a first step it is far from a " reform" and may not provide the savings that the
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06/08/2007
existing statutory provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law as well as existing rules and regulations in the New York Code of Rules and Regulations."
Levine said the workers' compensation reform package Spitzer signed into law on March 13 "has dramatically and substantially altered the landscape
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02/24/2005
South Carolina lawmakers are considering sweeping changes to the state's workers' compensation system following the work comp reform trend that is sweeping the nation.
Introduced as a pre-filing late last year for this season's legislative session H 3205 is now under consideration by the state's
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