Advisory Councils Want Slow-Acting Judges Disciplined or Removed

The Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council wants the senior judge to establish performance levels for judges and to discipline or even remove those who fall short, a new report states. The recommendation is one of several the council makes in its annual report released last week. “At a time when cases entering the dispute resolution system have dropped below 13,000, the number of decisions outstanding is troublesome to council members,” the report states. “It is the council’s recommendation that those judges who fail to meet the performance levels of their ...