Month: March 2018

The workers’ compensation industry takes its share of bad news; some of it deserved, and some of it not. However, beyond the din of negativity, good things do happen within this industry. Many of us know of examples of injured workers who, despite horrific injuries and the challenges of resulting impairment, have risen up and…

I discuss a lot of personal issues here in my blog. However, it is not that often, outside of an upcoming webinar or Best Blog contest, that I talk about this website, its products or its people. But once in a while a confluence of efforts results in something that truly pleases me, and doggone…

I was supposed to wake up in Boston this morning, but I didn’t. I should be getting ready to leave my hotel room at the Westin Copley Place to head downstairs and join several hundred other data junkies for a day of education and information, but I’m not. Instead, I remain in Sarasota, missing the…

It’s been in the news. It is the subject of next week’s Hot Seat Webinar. And every week it takes down another celebrity or prominent corporate executive. Sexual harassment is one hot topic, but, what is it, actually? Is it conducted out of evil intent, pure ignorance or just plain stupidity? Is it about power?…

I caught a brief article this morning telling us that Amazon, the behemoth online retailer, has plans to get their voice activated personal assistant, Alexa, into the corporate offices of America. According to the piece, “Amazon is going to launch Alexa for Business to give enterprise software a way to use voice controls.” I did…

Publisher LexisNexis has issued the fifth annual edition of its book, “Workers’ Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis” covering industry changes and events for the year 2017. This year’s book, as with past versions, is a collection of “expert analysis and commentary.” It reviews current trends and updates for all states across the nation. Once again with…

Editors Note: This missive ran last year to encourage involvement in the Best Blogs Contest. Because it worked so well then, and because Bob is essentially a lazy good-for-nothing sloth, it runs again this year. It has been updated to reflect current statistics. Greetings, fellow bloggers. I do not know if you are aware of…

There has been much written about the advent of artificial intelligence and robotics of late; and the forecast for humankind in the workplace is grim. However, a much-hyped robotic rollout turned troublesome turkey could mean that workers in food service shouldn’t hang up their spatula’s just yet. I regret to report that “Flippy,” the robotic…

On March 5th the Florida House passed a bill intended to provide PTSD benefits for first responders. House members voted to approve a recently modified Senate version of the bill, and scrapped (“tabled,” in Parliamentary parlance) a more controversial House Bill version. SB 376, approved by both houses, has now been “enrolled” and is currently…

It is something so basic that I should not have to review it here. Common sense would tell anyone who had, well, common sense, that if you are going to stage a beating on the eve of Halloween in order to collect workers’ comp, you should at least wipe the fingerprints off the fake pumpkin…