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  • CA: Lawmakers lack key details for workers' compensation vote

    04/16/2004 8:51:18 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 72+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/16/04 | Jim Wasserman - AP
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - California lawmakers faced a critical vote Friday to substantially overhaul the workers' compensation system with little more than what they call conjecture and anecdotal evidence that it will save the state's employers billions of dollars. The complex 101-page bill to overhaul the system was crafted largely away from the public eye and approved by a conference committee in the middle of the night. If legislators approve the plan as expected, they would pass one of the most substantial reforms ever to the 91-year-old system that features some of the nation's highest insurance premiums for employers and some...