Comp Reform Not On Brown's Agenda

California Gov. Jerry Brown called for system-wide workers' compensation reform rather than piecemeal fixes in vetoing a number of comp bills last October, but he didn't mention reform on Thursday in his State of the State address.Brown killed bills in 2011 that would have expressly prohibited basing apportionment determinations on genetic characteristics such as race or gender, made retraining vouchers available to injured workers earlier in the claim process and extended the amount of time an injured worker can collect temporary disability in some situations.His veto message for AB 9...