Workers comp move to administrative system gets Gov. Mary Fallin's support
By MICHAEL MCNUTT NewsOK.com on Feb 22, 2013, at 1:54 AM Updated on 2/22/13 at 5:41 AM
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The Regents will consider architectural firms to provide construction of storm-hardened shelters in the housing area on the Norman campus.
Her biological father from Oklahoma and her adoptive parents from South Carolina spent several hours Monday and Tuesday on the sixth floor of the state's Kerr office building, where the Court of Civil Appeals meets in Tulsa.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Overhauling Oklahoma's workers compensation court and replacing it with an administrative system has the support of the governor.
"It's time that we do a major overhaul of our workers compensation system," Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday at a breakfast sponsored by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. "We have done some good reforms in the past, but we still know that Oklahoma's ranked among the top states in the nation on workers compensation premium costs."
Fallin said it's time for Oklahoma to move to an administrative system "that will help us reduce the adversarial relationship that we have in our workers compensation system itself, and I think that will be what will lead to a system that will be fair to the injured workers, fair to the employers and help us create a stronger and more vibrant economy."
The Republican governor said she supports a measure that Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, unveiled this week. Senate Bill 1062 won committee approval and is awaiting action by the full Senate.
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Original Print Headline: Fallin backs abolition of workers comp court
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The Regents will consider architectural firms to provide construction of storm-hardened shelters in the housing area on the Norman campus.
Her biological father from Oklahoma and her adoptive parents from South Carolina spent several hours Monday and Tuesday on the sixth floor of the state's Kerr office building, where the Court of Civil Appeals meets in Tulsa.
