Alternative Funding Approaches for the – High Hazard Employer Program

SAN FRANCISCO - In October, the Department of Industrial Relations invited a group to discuss issues related to alternate methods of funding the Cal-OSHA High Hazard Employer Program (a.k.a. Targeted Inspection and Consultation Program, or TICP). The employer representatives at the table were outnumbered by members of the workers' compensation insurance community. No one in the private sector seemed very enthusiastic either about the program or how it should be funded.Chief John Howard, on the other h