Permanently disabled workers in California’s workers’ compensation system have historically faced poor return-to-work rates and high levels of lost earnings after a disabling injury, a new study has found. In fact, workers’ compensation benefits, despite imposing high costs on California’s employers, have generally been insufficient to adequately replace these losses…
SOURCE:Insurance Journal
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Full Rand Study Link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1035.html