CHSWC Posts Rand Wage Loss Report for Comment

The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation posted to its website a Rand Corp. report analyzing wage losses before and after Senate Bill 863 took effect. The report, which was released as a working paper in February, has been peer-reviewed, and CHSWC said it is now accepting comments on Rand’s findings.  Rand found that the 2012 reform bill “significantly” increased benefits when compared to what injured workers received under the previous reforms in SB 899. “Specifically, we estimated that the portion of after-tax earnings losses replace...