Del. Work Comp Reform, Can it Be?

A "little bird" told me that the Governor's taks force assigned to look into a legislative measure to control Delawares wcomp rates, will be putting forward a bill for reform before the end of November. We certainly need it, since most small businesses have a hard time paying the premiums for work comp. Also Pa. & Md have rates significantly lower which does not help when competitiors come into the State and steal Delaware business. Let's keep our fingers crossed for small business sake. K

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