CWCI Objects Again to Return-to-Work Regs

The California Workers' Compensation Institute still isn't satisfied with proposed return-to-work regulations, now in their fifth iteration since proposed by the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) in December. The insurance industry group submitted written comments Monday to the latest modified version of the rules, which would implement the so-called "step up, step down" provision of Senate Bill 899. The CWCI suggested a change in the form that employers would use to offer disabled workers their jobs back after injury, proposing that the DWC eliminate a section that appears to allow in...