WASHINGTON--A bill in Congress to create a commission for a study of workers' compensation laws is aimed at securing change in a system that unions and others see as biased against unions, according to an analysis by a workers' comp expert.
John F. Burton, professor emeritus, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, who headed a federal comp study group in 1972, made his comments in an interview concerning a measure introduced by Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif.
Mr. Burton, who was chairman of a commission created during the Nixon administration to examine the same issues, said he is not surprised that the California lawmaker is proposing the measure because cries of anti-worker bias in handling workers' comp claims are loudest in California.
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