New Employer Representative Appointed to CHSWC

The California Senate Rules Committee has appointed the claims manager of a unionized janitorial firm as a member of its labor-management workers’ compensation advisory board. Mona Garfias will serve as an employer representative for the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, which oversees research of the state workers’ compensation system and makes recommendations on improvements.  Garfias since 1998 has been director of claims for DMS Facility Services, a unionized janitorial firm with 1,800 employees. She has worked in the insurance ind...