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PERMANENT DISABILITY
 
February 1, 2007
GOVERNOR’S WORKERS' COMP BENEFITS STUDY
The Division of Workers' Compensation released the first of two studies yesterday relating to permanent disability benefits. Numerous earlier studies all agree that benefits have been reduced by at least 50% across the board for permanently disabled workers ... read more
 
September 16, 2006
GOVERNOR’S VETO OF SB 815 HARMS
PERMANENTLY DISABLED WORKERS
SACRAMENTO, CA – Attorneys representing California’s injured workers today criticized Governor Schwarzenegger for vetoing SB 815 (Perata), which would have restored permanent disability compensation to injured workers. Multiple independent reports, including a July study by the State of California’s Commission on Health & Safety & Workers’ Compensation, have found that the Schwarzenegger Administration’s workers compensation permanent disability schedule reduces permanent disability compensation by more than 50%.
 
Permanent Disabilites Fact Sheet
MULTIPLE, INDEPENDENT STUDIES ALL FOUND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION’S REGULATORY ACTION REDUCED PERMANENT DISABILITY COMPENSATION BY MORE THAN 50%
 
SB 815 Veto Message
 
What SB 815 would mean to workers permanently disabled by on the job injuries
Take a permanently disabled worker like Robert Nares of San Diego. Robert lost his leg in a construction accident. Before Gov. Schwarzenegger’s cuts, Robert would have received $112,585 in weekly installments. Once that amount ran out, Robert would have received $65 a week as long as he was alive.
 
September 5, 2006 | WorkCompCentral
CAAA, Perata, Amputees Plead for Passage of SB 815
California -- CAAA, Perata, Amputees Plead for Passage of SB 815 California Senate President Don Perata, appearing at a press conference with two amputees, said on Friday he would beg Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a bill that would double permanent disability awards over the next three years.
 
Regulations Cut Disability Benefits by 54%
 
March 22, 2006 | Statement of Arthur Flores
State Senate Industrial Relations Committee Hearing
 
March 22, 2006 | Statement of Robert Jackson
State Senate Industrial Relations Committee Hearing
 
Official Petition...
Click on the graphic to the left or click here to view the official Petition that was filed by the VotersInjuredatWork.org, the California Applicatns' Attorny Association, and J. David Schwartz against the Division of Workers' Compensation and Andrea Hoch...click here
  
Official Complaint Filed!
Click to view the official complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief to invalidate and enjoin unlawful regulation implementing permanent disability rating schedule filed by VotersInjuredatWork.org and the California Applicants' Attorney Association against the  California Division of Workers' Compensation..click here
 
 
 
January 19, 2005
INJURED WORKERS, ATTORNEYS CHALLENGE GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER’S PROPOSAL CUTTING INJURED WORKERS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION BY TWO-THIRDS SACRAMENTO – VotersInjuredatWork.org and attorneys for injured workers filed a lawsuit today challenging the governor’s authority to chop injured workers’ permanent disability compensation by up to two-thirds. A complaint seeking to block drastic reductions in the already-meager compensation injured workers receive was filed in Sacramento Superior Court...read more
 
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December 23, 2004
GOVERNOR DROPS LUMP OF COAL IN INJURED WORKERS' STOCKING: DRASTIC CUTS IN DISABILITY COMPENSATION ROLLS BACK MOST BENEFITS TO LOWER THAN 1983 LEVELS SACRAMENTO - Gov. Schwarzenegger left behind a lump of coal for California's injured workers today as he flew off to his mountaintop retreat for a long vacation. The Schwarzenegger Administration filed its new permanent...read more
 
 
Letter authored by Senate President Pro-Tem Don Perata, and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez to Governor Schwarzenegger calling for a proper application of permanent disability (PD) changes in SB 899
 
 
 
Official Complaint Filed!
Click  to view the  official  complaint for  declaratory and  injunctive relief to  invalidate and  enjoin unlawful  regulation  implementing permanent  disability  rating schedule  filed  by VotersInjuredatWork.org  and the  California  Applicants'  Attorney Association  against  the   California  Division of  Workers' Compensation..click  here

 

 

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