WCAB Proposing to Reorganize Rules of Procedure

The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board is planning to reorganize its Rules of Practice and Procedure, and is seeking comments from system users about other changes that it should consider. The WCAB on Thursday said the structure it used for more than 50 years has buckled under the weight of the increasingly complex comp system in California. “As a result of several comprehensive reforms of the workers’ compensation system since 1966, the rules are now 50 pages longer than they were in 1966 and cover multiple new procedures,” the WCAB said in a rulemaking n...