Restaurateur Joins Compensation Panel
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A San Fernando Valley restaurateur earned an appointment from Gov. Pete Wilson on Thursday to the State Compensation Insurance Fund’s board of directors.
Kevin T. McCarney, 42, has owned and operated Poquito Mas Mexican restaurants, based in North Hollywood, since 1984.
He also is an SCIF policyholder, a requirement of all board members.
“He represents the restaurant industry on the board, and they clearly have the greatest need and use for SCIF,” said Matt Taggart, a Wilson spokesman.
The SCIF is a nonprofit insurance company for workers’ compensation cases. The public enterprise fund is governed by the five-member board of directors and provides full workers’ compensation benefits to policyholder employees injured on the job.
It also provides vocational rehabilitation benefits and counselors to qualified disabled workers.
Board members are not paid, Taggart said, and McCarney’s appointment is not subject to state Senate confirmation.
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