AAI Says AB 749 Good for CA Worker Safety

The California workers compensation reform bill that was signed into law (AB 749) last week by Gov. Gray Davis (D) makes significant strides toward improving the safety of the state's workers, according to a leading insurance industry trade group. 'Enacting AB 749 makes California the first state to create a new approach to worker safety,' said Keith Lessner, vice president of safety and environment for the Alliance of American Insurers and a primary crafter of the law's safety provisions. 'The safety reforms in AB 749 yield more worker safety using the same resources as the old program. Th...