From Bob's Cluttered Desk

As a visionary change management serial entrepreneur specializing in motivational leadership and paradigm shifting catalytic thought provocation, I wanted to reach out and dialogue on a topic to expand your inter dimensional understanding of its essence, and ensure you embrace that comprehension at the next, albeit less competent, level. In other words, “I want to…

The morning of October 17th will start with opening remarks from John A. Mastropietro, State of Connecticut Workers' Compensation Chairman. It will be followed by Keynote Speaker David North, CEO, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, who will be speaking on “Workers’ Compensation Industry Trends: Where Might We Be In 2023?“ I get to follow Mr. North,…

My God, I am freaking brilliant. In the blink of an eye, I took two major labor stories that have been in the news of late, combined them, and simultaneously solved two controversial labor issues. This is yet another idea for which I'll probably be awarded a Nobel Prize. Or a Pulitzer. Maybe a Booby…

A California man has been arrested and has allegedly confessed to armed robberies of two Bay Area McDonald's Restaurants. Officials say he went into each location wearing a white mask, brandished a gun, took an undisclosed amount of cash and ordered all the employees into the freezer. There was only one teensy weensy flaw in…

Yesterday was a very special day for me. My workers’ compensation blog, “From Bob’s Cluttered Desk”, which is just over 2 years old, served up its one millionth article view just before 4:30 in the afternoon. That means that either one million people have each read an article, or one lonely, demented, very sad person…

California is a state that never ceases to amaze. Just when you think you've heard all that could possibly be heard, they step up and raise the bar – always insuring the rest of the country has plenty to talk about. This week an HIV outbreak in the porn industry, which has resisted efforts to…

What do sandwiches and pastries have in common with workers’ compensation? More than you might think, when you analyze the process in which both are produced. I met my wife the other day for lunch at a Panera Bread near my office in downtown Sarasota. I ordered my perennial favorite, the Chipotle Chicken Sandwich, while…

An article that appears on our site today, written by Merrilee Harrell of NWCDN affiliated Alaska law firm Russell, Wagg, Gabbert & Budzinski, has prompted a question in my mind. Ms. Harrell writes of a decision by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission that will now prevent claimants from recording or having counsel present during…

I’ll be damned. I have long maintained that a “catchy” headline; a clever title; perhaps even a humorous one that is a bit sophomoric, will entice readers to click on a link and see what the article is all about. And here you are. Apparently it works.  Oh well, you’ve invested this much. Might as…

I have to be in two places at once the first week of October. Unless I perfect the process of binary fission for humans very soon, it is going to be a hectic week. I recently volunteered for, and was appointed to, two committees for the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC).…