Baker Says Sufficient Savings Exist to Offset Benefit Increase

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefNAPA, Calif. -- There is enough waste in California’s workers’ compensation system that could be eliminated through legislation and regulatory changes to increase benefits for injured workers without raising rates for employers, according to Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker.Speaking Thursday during a discussion about reform expectations at the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s annual conference in Napa, Baker said “patterns of information” emerged from the nine public forums she held...