Fraud Grant Payments Increasing by 11%

Prosecutors throughout California will receive more money to fight workers’ compensation fraud, thanks to both a larger assessment for the current fiscal year as well as a decision to distribute unspent money from the last fiscal year. Grant disbursements could increase further next year as the Fraud Assessment Commission on Sept. 5 voted to increase next year’s aggregate assessment, by 8%. That's on top of an 8% increase to the surcharge that the commission approved for the current fiscal year. The result is that employers will pay about $72.1 million in fraud assessmen...