Labor and Employer Advisers Confirm Private Reform Negotiations

Labor and management leaders on California's workers' compensation advisory board met privately in an attempt to craft legislation that would restore benefits and strip system costs, but the deal fell apart after a preliminary draft of possible reforms was leaked to WorkCompCentral, advisory board members said Thursday.Sean McNally, chairman of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, said he, fellow CHSWC member Angie Wei and a small cadre of insiders representing management and labor interests attempted to come to a compromise that would reduce costs but als...