New Lost-Wage Formula Achieves 'Crosswalk'

A California commission has suggested that the Division of Workers' Compensation switch to a new formula for calculating future lost earnings for disabilities. Lach Taylor, an administrative law judge with the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, on Thursday briefly introduced the formula to an audience in Oakland. He talked to WorkCompCentral the following day and revealed how the formula works and why it differs from the one that former Administrative Director Andrea Hoch created for rating permanent-disability awards as of Jan. 1, 2005. Hoch's system for rating per...