Vocational Rehab Spending Down 94% Since 2004

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefInsurer expense data released by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau this week show that spending on vocational rehabilitation has dwindled to one-twelfth of the amount that was spent before 2004 reforms.Advocates who have been pushing for five years to pass legislation to boost supplemental job displacement benefits say the Rating Bureau's figures prove disabled workers aren't getting the retraining they need to find other jobs. Statistical reports provided to the WCIRB's Actuarial Committee during a meeting in San Francisco Tue...