CWCI Annual Meeting Focuses on Stability Following SB 863

OAKLAND, Calif. — You could call it a victory lap for the authors of the latest chapter in the history of California’s workers’ compensation system. Labor Secretary David Lanier, speaking during the California Workers’ Compensation Institute’s 54th annual meeting on Thursday, said that by focusing on the two primary parties to the grand bargain, labor and management, the current administration was able to draft a seminal reform bill that brought stability to the system. The collaboration between employers and employees resulted in Senate Bill 863, the r...