Alarcon Committee Takes Testimony on CA SDI

Yesterday the California Senate Labor And Industrial Relations Committee, headed by Senator Richard Alarcon, D-San Fernando Valley, began an "informational hearing only" on "State Disability Insurance Program: Issues Surrounding Recent Audit of Programmatic Elements."This action had been threatened last month after an internal audit of the program revealed a 40% error rate, and an abysmal collection rate from the work comp system.Department officials conceded in testimony yesterday that the State Disability Insurance program made $90 million in overpayments in a single year for claims th...