Three Comp Bills to Get Hearings on June 11

Two California Senate policy committees will hear testimony on measures that would allow expedited hearings in workers’ compensation claims involving uninsured employers, clarify certain provisions from the 2012 reforms and reestablish a 2% assessment to fund the guarantee association.On June 11, the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations will hear testimony on AB 1746, a bill by Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, that would require the administrative director to create a priority conference calendar for cases in which an injured worker is or was employed by an illegally uninsured busine...