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Workers' Comp.

Sep. 19, 2006

Workers' Compensation Changes Put Sanity Back Into the System

FORUM- The California workers' compensation system was started around the turn of the 20th century to take care of workers injured on the job.

Forum Column
By Louis P. Trygar
     

      The California workers' compensation system was started around the turn of the 20th century to take care of workers injured on the job. The employer and its insurance company would provide the injured worker with all medical treatment, pay two-thirds of the injured worker's salary tax-free while he or she was recuperating, pay the injured worker for permanent...

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