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"The types of jobs in Vacaville will include information technology, call center, claims adjusting and claims processing. In Pleasanton, we will have underwriting, auditing, claims adjusting, bill paying and some legal positions."
Jim Zelinski, State Fund spokesman
SCIF Confirms Vacaville Site
State Compensation Insurance Fund confirms that it will move hundreds of workers from San Francisco to a Vacaville site near the intersection of highways 80 and 505. SCIF also has begun to occupy a three-building campus in Pleasanton. By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times
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Everest Re Boosts Regular Quarterly Dividend
Bermuda holding company Everest Re Group, Ltd. announces that its board of directors has increased its regular quarterly dividend to $0.24 per share, effectively doubling its current quarterly distribution. Workers’ Comp Executive
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State High Court to Hear Conflicting PD Cases
Although it has not provided a specific date, the California Supreme Court will hear two conflicting appeals court decisions on the apportionment of permanent disability benefits in light of the 2004 workers’ compensation system reforms. By Roberto Ceniceros, Business Insurance
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Hawaii Treatment Payments to Rise
The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said it will start paying more to doctors and other medical providers who treat workers’ compensation patients, starting Jan. 1. Rates for most treatments and procedures will increase by as much as 30 percent over present rates. Pacific Business News (Hawaii)
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Former LWCC Boss Succumbs to Cancer
The former head of the quasi-public Louisiana Workers Compensation Corp., Steve Cavanaugh, dies at age 55 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. 2theadvocate.com (Baton Rouge)
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Walkout Slows Work at Carolina Slaughterhouse
Operations slow at a Smithfield Foods Inc. slaughtering plant in Tar Heel, N.C., after hundreds of mostly-Latino workers walk off the job to protest the firing of immigrants for allegedly providing false documents. A union rep contends Smithfield has failed to address problems of sexual harassment and denial of workers compensation claims. By Ieva M. Augstums, AP via the State
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Sheriff Gobble: ‘Doing the Right Thing’
Bradley County, Tenn., Sheriff Bill Gobble vows to find a way to fully pay a sergeant who was shot twice in the line of duty and is on leave, receiving 2/3 of his pay through workers’ compensation. Gobble says the county mayor’s office told him that he could not supplement the remaining third of the officer’s regular salary through the department. Chattanoogan
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Is Meth Exposure Behind Utah Cops’ Sicknesses?
To get compensation for their medical bills, more than 50 Utah police must prove that direct exposure to methamphetamine and other drugs in the line of duty caused their illnesses. Most were exposed to the drugs in narcotic busts in the 1980’s and 1990’s, and lacked specific training or protection. By Natalie Hale, Daily Utah Chronicle via Firehouse.com
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