September 25, 2006

Source: WorkInjury.com, Sacramento Bee
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As expected, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed SB 815 last week, the bill aimed at eventually doubling compensation benefits for injured workers in response to horror stories state-wide about the devastating impact the new rates have had.

In his veto message, the governor indicated that it hasn't been 18 months yet - the amount of time he'd decided was necessary following implementation of the new rating schedule before he could determine whether benefits were truly unfair to injured workers.

To read the Governor's actual veto message, in pdf format, PLEASE CLICK HERE.*

To read some interesting comments from readers of the Sacramento Bee newspaper to the governor's veto, PLEASE CLICK HERE.*

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