HI Governor Approves Reform Regulations

Although Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle on Friday signed the Department of Labor and Industrial Relation's new administrative rules to overhaul the state's workers' compensation system, a bill passed that state's legislature revoking the authority of DLIR to promulgate the rules Lingle signed. The governor's approval would implement the most significant workers' compensation reform since 1995, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said in a press release.However, the impact of those rules is now in question because lawmakers were unhappy that Administrative Director Nelson Befitel wen...