HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-107 - Workers Compensation ReformRESOLUTION NO. 92 -107
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE CALIFORNIA
GOVERNOR'S POSITION ON WORKERS'
COMPENSATION REFORM.
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WHEREAS, the Governor has been supportive of revising workers'
compensation for California employers as a cornerstone to reviving our State's
economy; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's workers' compensation plan is designed to
save California employers $2 billion and provide injured workers with increased
benefits by the following six points:
1. Repealing the "minimum rate law';
2. Controlling medical costs by allowing employers to require injured
workers without previously designated personal physicians to seek
treatment at a state - sanctioned care provider,
3. Limiting medical evaluations by making employers liable for only
one evaluation done by a physician who has been mutually agreed
upon by the employer and the injured worker;
4. Curtailing stress claims by stipulating that benefits can only be paid
when it can be shown that a sudden and extraordinary job event was
the predominant cause of the stress injury. Police Officers, Firefighters
and others with life- threatening jobs are proposed to be excluded from
the increased proof threshold. This plan would also prohibit claims
filed as a result of a personnel action such as demotions or firings;
5. Reducing vocational rehabilitation costs by removing benefits from
current workers compenstion system; and
6. Increasing benefits for injured workers.
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach advocates a closer examination
of workers' compensation laws with specific measures designed to halt the exodus of
both large and small businesses from the State of California.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Newport Beach that the Agreement above - described is approved, and the
Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the same on
behalf of the City of Newport Beach.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council for the City of
Newport Beach to support the Governor of the State of California for his plan to
reform California workers' compensation laws.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED this 28th day of September , 1992.
City Clerk
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Mayor