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1 Dec 2014, 4:40 am
Dubon and Bodam are the most public evidence of this trend.This coming Saturday a panel comprised of Department of Industrial Relations chief Christine Baker, SB 863 negotiators Mitch Seaman, Sean McNally, and Bill Zachry, and Norther California applicant attorney James Butler and Southern California applicant attorney Robert Rassp will take a look at SB 863 now 2 years into the law. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 4:28 am
******************SHAMELESS PLUG******************On December 6 at the Sheraton LAX Gateway hotel I will be presenting the WorkCompCentral Word on the Industry report, which will be followed by a debate between Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker, Vons/Safeway VP of Risk Management Bill Zachry, applicant attorneys James Butler (No Cal) and Robert Rassp (So Cal) with a special motivational appearance by injured worker Dwight Johnson. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 5:30 am
“These citations serve as a reminder that underground employers who commit wage theft and intentionally put their workers at risk will not be tolerated,” said Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), which administers LETF, and oversees both Cal/OSHA and the California Labor Commissioner’s offices. [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 5:30 am
Safety Plan Could Have Prevented Tragedy “This fatality could have been prevented with a well thought-out and implemented safety plan, as is required for all worksites in California,” said Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). [read post]
27 Sep 2014, 6:55 am
Christine Fair, an assistant professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 4:27 am
New York was first at 16.8% and Texas was second at 14%.The national average was 5.8%.At a conference several months ago, Department of Industrial Relations chief, Christine Baker, responded to an audience member's argument that injured workers weren't getting medical treatment by citing a statistic confirming that billions of dollars are being spent on medical care and the NASI data confirms her contention.Bowzer gets wagged by his tail.Medical benefit payments increased… [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 5:30 am
“This fatality could have been prevented with a well thought-out and implemented safety plan, as is required for all worksites in California,” said Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 5:48 am
The conversation is changing about SB 863, California Department of Industrial Relations chief Christine Baker advised yesterday at the California Workers' Compensation and Risk Conference in Dana Point, CA.Baker immediately followed former basketball star, James Worthy, who delivered the motivational keynote speech about teamwork.Both were serendipitously thematic.I expected Baker to be sanguine about the state of work comp in the post SB 863 world, and largely she… [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 4:05 am
Cruz, Baker v. [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 5:30 am
Unfortunately, the employer in this case did not follow through on an agreement to provide protection,” said Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 7:07 pm
"This fatality could have been prevented with a well thought out and implemented safety plan as is required for all worksites in California," said Christine Baker, director of the state Department of Industrial Relations.Decision on seeking death penalty for accused LAX shooter due by fallMenzies and other aviation service companies contract with airlines to provide cabin cleaners, security personnel, custodians, wheel-chair assistants and baggage handlers.The citations… [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 5:30 am
” “DIR took a balanced approach to putting SB 863’s reforms into practice,” added DIR Director Christine Baker. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 5:30 am
Accident Was ‘Preventable’ “This was a preventable accident,” said Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 4:48 am
At the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation 12th Conference in Anaheim yesterday, Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker reviewed with the audience of mostly employer representatives the statistics arising out of SB 863's Independent Medical Review system.As you likely are aware, the performance of the system has been questionable - and Baker was equanimous in spreading the blame for the lackluster numbers across the board, including… [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 9:01 pm
Lee Baker is dean of academic affairs at Trinity College. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 7:00 pm
It has been translated into Japanese, Korean and Portuguese, and translations into Chinese and Spanish are under way.Previous recipients have included, among others, Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, Member of the International Court of Justice Thomas Buergenthal, Secretary of State James Baker, Senator George Mitchell, Ambassador Thomas Pickering, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, and Transparency International… [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 4:48 am
"While Christine Baker, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations and at the meeting but not part of the presentation, said that SB 863 needs to be given time, the short term prognosis is not good.Still we have to remember that there are a lot of balls up in the air: lien process challenges pending at the appellate court level, adjustments to the IMR process, roll out of the $120 million supplemental fund, interpreter and copy service fee schedules, etc.From my… [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 6:21 am
Christine Fair, Karl Kaltenthaler, and William J. [read post]
28 May 2014, 2:34 pm
“Construction sites present special challenges to worker safety,” said Christine Baker, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), of which Cal/OSHA is a division. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 9:59 am
“Employers in all industries must comply with the law and pay workers according to the work they have performed,” Christine Baker, director of the DIR, said in a statement. [read post]
