News Digest 4/8/2008
Biz Groups Oppose Ma’s Sick Leave Law California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, is backing legislation that would guarantee employees as many as nine days of paid sick leave a …
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News Digest 2/19/2008
Santa Cruz Library Chips Away at Workers’ Comp Claims Only three new workers’ compensation claims were filed by employees of the Santa Cruz Library in 2007, compared with the record …
News Digest 12/7/2007
Critics Blast Beehive State Bill as Anti-Illegal Immigrant A Utah lawmaker introduces a bill that seeks to hold both employers and employees more accountable in disability claims, but critics say …
News Digest 10/9/2007
Gilroy Faces Spiraling Benefits Costs In Gilroy, the cost of covering city employees’ benefits has risen 72 percent over the past six years, outpacing the city’s total budget expenditures more …
News Digest 9/28/2007
L.A. County Supervisors Probe Long-Term Leave Abuses In Los Angeles County, where nearly one quarter of the county’s 100,000 employees have open workers’ compensation cases, the L.A. County Board of …
News Digest 9/12/2007
New Law Requires New York Employers to Have Full Coverage Under a new law, insured employers with any employees in New York now must have workers’ compensation insurance policies providing …
News Digest 5/29/2007
San Jose Beleaguered by High Workers’ Comp Costs Five years ago, the city of San Jose cut costs by slashing its risk management staff, which vetted workers’ compensation claims and …
News Digest 5/11/2007
Shoulder Injury Doesn’t Stop Her from Rocking Out in Europe Four New York City Transit Authority employees—two bus drivers, a subway train operator and a subway car inspector—face charges of …