The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation has issued two related reports for 2006: Its annual report and a "report card," analyzing with lots of statistics just what went right and what went wrong in workers' comp. in 2006.
These reports cover everything from claims, premiums, fraud, audits and vocational rehabilitation.
We suggest you read the Table of Contents of both since they are quite long, although there are some interesting findings, including:
The numbers of Findings and Awards (F&As) have shown an overall decline of 29.2 percent from 1990 to 2005.
Findings and Orders (F&Os) increased during the first part of the decade, declined to the
original level in 2002, decreased slightly from 2002 to 2003, and increased again
between 2003 and 2005.
Stips were issued consistently throughout the decade. The numbers of Stips issued rose
from 1990 to 1991, declined from 1991 to 1992, leveled off from 1992 to 1994, rose again
in 1995 and 1996, remained stable through 2000, increased slightly in 2001 and 2002,
decreased in 2003, and increased between 2003 and 2005.
The use of C&Rs decreased by half during the 1990s and into the millennium. C&Rs
declined steadily from 1993 through 2000, increased in 2001, remained stable in 2002
and 2003, and increased by 26.2 percent between 2003 and 2005.
Over the past few years, there's been a large growth in decisions regarding liens filed on WCAB cases and a
concomitant expenditure of DWC staff resources.
For the full annual report,
PLEASE CLICK HERE.*
For the "report card,
PLEASE CLICK HERE.*
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