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After impasse with IBEW, Glendale City Council imposes pay cut on utility workers
More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...
Tags: Interior Policy, Employees, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Google Inc.
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CalPERS picks four new HMO plans for 5-year contracts
The California Public Employees' Retirement System picked four new HMO plans for five-year health insurance contracts starting next year, a blow to incumbent carrier Blue Shield of California. The giant pension fund voted Wednesday to split up Blue...Tags: Employees, Politics, Government, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Health Insurance
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CalPERS panel recommends 3 new HMO plans alongside Blue Shield
A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System backed its staff's recommendation to break up Blue Shield of California's statewide HMO contract. The agency's pension and health benefits committee voted Tuesday in favor of awarding...
Tags: Employees, Politics, Collective Contract, General Motors Corp., Career and Workplace
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Blue Shield may lose exclusive CalPERS HMO contract
Blue Shield of California may be losing its longtime grip on one of the healthcare industry's most coveted insurance contracts. Officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System are recommending breaking up Blue Shield's current...
Tags: Employees, Politics, Insurance, Government, California Public Employees' Retirement System
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State hires consumer group to help it review healthcare rates
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones lashed out Tuesday at another double-digit rate hike for thousands of small businesses getting their health insurance from industry giant Anthem Blue Cross. But this time Jones got some help from a surprising...
Tags: Insurance, Consumers, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Crime, Law and Justice
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GQ: cc me on these answers, will you?
Change of SubjectUPDATED twice with responses from Gov. Pat Quinn's spokeswoman WBEZ-FM reporter Rob Wildeboer has questions for Gov. Pat Quinn: Governor, there are almost 50,000 inmates in Illinois prisons. It’s an historic high. Nonetheless, you’ve closed... -
Linda Randlett Kollar
Linda Randlett Kollar is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., a firm dedicated to the representation of health care providers. With more than 25 years of legal experience, she is recognized by her clients and peers as an...
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Maxim employee forged email to state in hepatitis c case
A staffing company owned by Columbia-based Maxim Healthcare Services created a false email to make it appear it had informed state health officials about unethical conduct by contract worker David Kwiatkowski, who is accused of exposing hundreds of...Tags: Hepatitis, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests
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State report outlines Kwiatkowski's time in Maryland
Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned. A manager had spotted him going through needle-disposal containers and he was among...
Tags: General Practitioners, Agriculture, Hepatitis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics
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Report paints dire picture of teacher pension fund
The pension fund for California teachers and school employees will run out of money by 2044 if lawmakers don't take drastic action, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst's Office. The report said problems with the pension fund, known as...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Marketing
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: Taxation, Lawyers, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, Trials
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Union and Motion Picture & Television Fund reach deal, avert strike
The union representing healthcare workers at the Motion Picture & Television Fund has called off its strike for next week. SEIU-UHW officials had planned to stage a three-day walkout on Monday after contract talks with the fund broke down in a dispute...
Tags: Employees, Interior Policy, Politics, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace
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