Confronting Workers' Compensation
Symposium: Confronting Workers' Compensation
The Communications Institute - in conjunction with the RAND Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ), and the University of Southern California Law School and the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation - conducted a major statewide conference Feb. 10, 2004. The conference was attended by hundreds of leaders from government, labor, business, and the community along with journalists covering the story. See the agenda here.
Research from the conference was included in the final reform bill passed by the legislature and signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger. See these resources provided by presenters at the conference.
Various newspapers covered the conference. See a list of articles here.
Click here for a report on this conference by Kevin Hopkins who is the editor of Government West.
California Legislators Discuss Workers Comp - Senator Richard Alarcon (D-Sun Valley), Chair, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, Assembly Member Rick Keene (R-Chico), Assembly Member Joe Nation (D-San Rafael), Senator Charles Poochigian (R-Fresno), and Conan Nolan, Political Reporter, NBC4's "Channel 4 News"