Year: 2012

I have a theory that says if I prove adequately incompetent at performing basic household chores my wife will eventually stop asking me to perform them. Despite my initial impressions of a very high level of intelligence when we first met, she appears for all ostensible purposes to be a very slow learner in this…

I learned something at the special blogger session at the National Workers’ Compensation Conference this week. I learned that the 5 of us who were on the panel should just be allowed to run the entire workers’ comp industry, since we apparently know everything there is to know. In reality it would not likely improve…

It is 5:00AM, and having just left the National Conference hotel I am at McCarran International. I have safely navigated security, where my friendly TSA agent, a man whose name tag disturbingly reads “Two Finger Lou”, assured me that I am still polyp free. He did say something about eating more roughage, however. I must…

Forbes recently offered a well intentioned list of things we all should do to start our workday called “14 Things You Should Do at the Start of Every Work Day”. I thought I would review the list and see how it helped me improve my already stellar performance. Following is my “diary” for the day.…

This week our company will be announcing a new expansion of our WorkCompResearch.com Compliance library with the addition of comprehensive Settlement data for almost all jurisdictions across the country. While we have continually worked to improve and expand the WCR product since its launch in 2007, the real story here is the strategic partnership behind…

Imagine that your job was so unimportant that you could suffer a massive stroke in your office and no one noticed. For five days. Although no one seems to be talking about it in quite that manner, that is apparently what happened to a Computer Specialist at the University of Southern Maine last month. He…

If you go to the website www.texasworkerscomplaw.com today, you will be told that it is currently undergoing maintenance, and is not available. That is not entirely a true statement. In fact, it is likely a complete falsehood, albeit an understandable one given the circumstances. The reality is that www.texasworkerscomplaw.com, a blog written by Texas attorney…

While I was out of the office last week, it was announced that this blog, “From Bob's Cluttered Desk”, was once again selected by LexisNexis as one of 2012's “Top 25 Blogs” for the workers' compensation industry. Within the list, this is one of 4 blogs honored in the “National Blog” category. This is the…

We've heard that our continually struggling economy has been particularly harsh on businesses in the northern manufacturing states. It has been acknowledged that Michigan, with its heavy reliance on the auto industry, has been especially hard hit. I am sure there is much truth to that, but it was not in evidence by what I…

Normally I would refer to proposals such as the ones being considered in Australia as “Nanny State” regulation, but this doesn’t even rise to that ignominious level. No, this is pure Sissy State stuff. Safe Work Australia has outlined a draft code of practice designed to address bullying in the workplace. These codes would be…