Speakers at CWCI Conference Say Reforms Are Coming but Not Likely in 2025

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Although the time for the next round of system reforms is coming, political observers speaking at the California Workers' Compensation Institute's 61st Annual Meeting on Thursday in Sacramento said they don't think it's going to happen this year. CWCI Chief Operating Officer Gideon Baum, who will succeed Alex Swedlow when he retires as president of the Oakland-based research and educational organization later this summer, said pressure is building to increase permanent disability benefits that haven't been adjusted since the last round of ref...