workers' compensation

The road to filling the financial potholes in California's self-insured workers' compensation program has been a rocky one indeed. But is a proposed workers safety program--part of a package of possible fixes to the workers' comp problems the California industry faces, and one that experts say would be unique within the industry--something that other jurisdictions might learn from, especially as the issue remains at the top of many trainers' hit-list of occupational headaches? To find out, I spoke with John Unick, one of the racing industry's foremost workers' comp experts....

Tuesday afternoon, the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) announced that the California Thoroughbred Business League (CTBL) board had "unanimously approved" a $2-million subsidy from its reserves to be paid to Post Time Self Insurance Group--the self-insured workers' compensation program for trainers in the state. As part of the deal--which took some three months to negotiate--the various stakeholders have agreed to the creation of a new position of "Director of Safety," who will help establish and regulate uniform safety standards and implement them across all California training and racing facilities. Th...

A high-deductible workers' compensation insurance plan implemented by The New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund (NYJICF) will enable New York's horsemen to better control their costs. According to the NYJICF, the plan is a first in the nation. Click here to view the assessment plan. "The NYJICF is building upon the incredible progress the New York racing community has made on workers' compensation in the past two years," NYJICF and New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) President Joe Appelbaum said. "If legislation currently in place in the state is renewed...