Commission Wants Solutions to RTW Supplement Funds 'Left on the Table'

OAKLAND — A labor-management panel on Thursday asked its staff to come up with a list of ways to ensure that $120 million in supplemental benefits is distributed to injured workers in California who haven’t been able to return to their jobs. The panel is looking for ways to distribute more of the money in the short term, even without any changes to current law. Only about 55% of permanently disabled injured workers eligible for the one-time payment of $5,000 through the Return-to-Work Supplement Program have applied for it, according to a Rand report presented to the Comm...