Public Calls for More Clarity in Interpreter, Voucher Rules

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefOAKLAND, Calif. – The California Division of Workers' Compensation has proposed permanent rules for interpreter certification and job retraining vouchers, but system users said Tuesday during a public hearing that more work needs to be done to remove ambiguity in the regulations.The supplemental job displacement benefit rules need to provide guidance on situations where there is no lost time or the injured worker is already back on the job with his at-injury employer, businesses said. Injured worker advocates continued to criticize a provision of th...