http://www.researchcouncil.org daily 1 2007-04-05T17:44:41Z http://www.researchcouncil.org/washace-publications/workerscomp0204.pdf Workers’ compensation costs in Washington add to the state’s uncompetitive business climate. Proposed double-digit increases from the state’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) in recent months have fueled frustration with a complicated, but critical area of business costs over which employers in the private, public and non-for-profit sectors have little control. According to Association of Washington Business President, Don Brunell, “every dollar that employers have to pay into the (workers’ compensation) system unnecessarily is a dollar we don’t have, either to keep workers employed or to get employees back to work.” No publisher npsadmin 2007-01-04T20:27:24Z Publication http://www.researchcouncil.org/washace-publications/health_care_rev2.pdf Washington’s Employer-Provided Health Care: Historically High Quality at Relatively Low Costs No publisher npsadmin 2007-01-04T21:40:03Z Publication