CVIII Rearranging the Boxes
In what seems eons ago, Governor Schwarzenegger undertook the California Performance Review (CPR), an effort to take a serious look at California’s sprawling bureaucracy and try to make state government …
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RAND Studies Now Available on WCE’s Website
Workers’ Comp Executive premium subscribers now can use WCE’s website to access the full library of RAND Corporation studies for the Commission on Health Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) from the past 10 years. The RAND reports have been fully indexed and are full-text-searchable in WCE’s Resources section. RAND is one of the most frequently hired …
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CVII Not a Creature Was Stirring
Seems a bit early to start into Christmas analogies, but given the lack of interest that California workers’ comp issues seem to generate in Sacramento, it may well be appropriate …
CV That Time of Year
In case no one has noticed, this is an election year. It is that point in time when termed-out California legislators try to avoid returning to the public sector by …
CIII Change We Can Believe In
Since its creation in 1993, the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) has been in the eye of every workers’ comp storm. Its data, reports and recommendations …
CII Cash for Clunkers
The workers’ comp insurance industry thrives on research: data and more data, as though the industry had hired Oliver Twist to ask his cruel master for more gruel after the …
XCVIII The Phony War
Remember about six months ago when the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) declared war on SB 899? The Almaraz, Guzman and Ogilvie decisions were widely viewed as a full-scale blitzkrieg …
XCVII Know Thy Enemy
Recent events swirling around State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) could certainly make your head spin. Over the past several years, the Governor’s Office has made a substantial political investment in …