More California workers are returning to work after being injured on the job, due in part to the state's reforms to the workers' compensation system, according to the California Division of Workers' Compensation.
The division was required to conduct an analysis under the provisions of the 2005 reforms that enacted a Permanent Disability Rating Schedule.
Based on the data it collected, the division found that the percentage of injured workers who were employed four quarters after the quarter in which they were injured totaled 70 percent in 2005, an increase of more than 5 percent from before the reform legislation.
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