Business Groups Outline Reform Fundamentals

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefAdvocacy groups representing California employers put out a call to action on Tuesday morning asking business owners to stay engaged in reform talks to ensure increases in benefits for injured workers are offset by reductions in frictional costs.Gov. Jerry Brown said in veto messages for some workers' compensation bills that he is not interested in "piecemeal" fixes to restore benefits that were cut under the administration of previous Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown said he wants to increase benefits as part of a broader reform package that avoids any ...