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      • TOXIC HAIR
        04/29/10
        For many women (and some men) a trip to the hair salon is something to look forward to.

        It's a chance to maintain or upgrade their personal image, and may come with personal pampering perks.

        But are you and your hair stylist at risk?

        It appears so. During yester

      • GRAYING POPULATION, GRAYING WORKFORCE
        04/25/10
        Before the bursting of the internet bubble and the Bear Stearns/Lehman/housing bubble, I knew lots of baby boomers who were ready to "retire".

        Fast forward to the present. Many of those folks have decided to keep working. As 401ks shrunk, the housing equity piggybank broke, and

      • FOSTER'S FREEZE
        04/23/10
        It's been a slow period in California workers' comp.

        The State Fund attorneys may be unhappy because they are losing their cars.

        Greg Aghazarian has found a home at the Department of Food and Agriculture after failing to be confirmed by the legislature.

        Bu

      • UNPAID INTERNS
        04/20/10
        Opportunities have been in short supply for many young high school and college graduates, as companies freeze hiring.

        That's led to an uptick in grads seeking internships, even unpaid internships, as a bridge toward a career or graduate school.

        How does California law deal

      • CAN'T COMPETE AGAINST THIS
        04/18/10
        Next time you hear some company threaten to move overseas because of high labor costs, just remember this.....

        Capitulate.

        We shouldn't, can't and won't compete against this....:
        http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article

        It's an amazing pi

      • NO WORKERS' COMP? THAT'S CRIMINAL
        04/15/10
        Those of you from other parts of the state have likely never had the pleasure of driving from Oakland to San Jose at rush hour.

        That's where I found myself this morning, headed to an appearance at the San Jose WCAB.

        It always amazes me that traffic can be so clogged in one

      • FLASH: WCIRB RELEASES 2009 RESULTS
        04/15/10
        The WCIRB (California's Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau) has just released its report on workers' comp through 12/31/09.

        These reports are always a treasure trove of information about how the industry is doing.

        I'll be sharing some reflections

      • THE MINE DISASTER
        04/13/10
        California workers' comp lawyers see very few mining injuries. Mining is a small sector in the California economy, and below the surface mining is negligible.

        Our hearts go out to the families of the injured and deceased miners in the recent West Virginia Upper Big Branch mine disast

      • THE PENSION SWAMP
        04/11/10
        There's growing focus on public employee pensions and concern that those liabilities are unsustainable.

        For example, today several California newspapers focus on budget horrors befalling California counties with large pension liabilities.

        The Fresno Bee's piece by

      • TRENDS
        04/09/10
        We're all living in a trend-driven society.

        If you don't know the latest trend, your bratty teen ager will tweet you with it. Or your social network friends who you never see and never talk to will show off their trend-driven lifestyle for your facebooking pleasure.

      • ALMS FOR JERRY
        04/07/10
        Clint Reilly is one of California's most distinguished political veterans.
        Reilly has managed and done PR for many of California's top politicians and a number of initiative campaigns.

        Reilly was hired in the Spring of 1994 to handle the gubernatorial campaign of Kathleen

      • SHAPING UP AND SORTING OUT
        04/06/10
        This year's California governor's race will have vast consequences for the workers' comp system and the comp community.

        The California Chamber of Commerce is already putting their foot down.
        The Chamber, very active on workers' comp issues during the Schwarzenegge

      • END OF THE LINE
        04/04/10
        This week was the end of the line for NUUMI, the Fremont, California joint venture of General Motors and Toyota.

        With NUMMI's closing, thousands of good blue collar jobs are gone. As they go, so the jobs of most of the suppliers and transport people who kept this huge plant going.
      • GO ELSEWHERE
        04/02/10
        "If you voted for Obama, seek urologic care elsewhere"....

        Check it out......The healthcare debate has turned into a healthcare pout on the part of some, including this Orlando, Florida urologist:
        http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc

        In a politically divide

      • WAYS TO SPEND YOUR DAY
        04/01/10
        If you are in the "comp community" you're not going to the WCAB tomorrow. The furloughs-declared illegal-are back on, for tomorrow at least. Or until the "stay" is lifted.

        What to do with your free time?

        You could take a minute to read about the Republi

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