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NEWS VOLUME 11 • NUMBER 12 SEPTEMBER 1993
New York:The Northeastern
Subcontractors Association
(NESCA) is
encouraging a letter-writing
campaign by its membership
directed at stopping a proposed
19% increase in
workers comp rates that
would go into effect Oct. 1.
NESCA's recommended
alternatives to the increase
include:
• using managed care;
• prohibiting third-party
liability;
• putting an end to "double
dipping" of unemployment
and workers comp
benefits;
• establishing a special task
force to investigate fraud;
and
• developing a merit rating
system for small
employers.
New Jersey: The legislature
passed a bill requiring a
permit for virtually all initial
development within 150
feet of a beach, dune, or
shoreline. It also closes a
loophole in the 20-year-old
Coastal Area Facilities
Review Act (CAFRA) that
exempted from review
shoreline residential projects
smaller than 24 units