A judge in England recently ruled that an airline pilot was unfairly terminated from his job after he developed a fear of flying. The former pilot for Flybe Airlines won his unfair dismissal claim against the carrier after he was fired following several failed attempts to address his condition. He had been employed by the airline for seven…
A Winter Chill? Social Security Admin Requests State Claim Data
During a panel discussion last week at the SAWCA All Committee Conference in Colorado Springs, Georgia State Workers’ Compensation Board Chairman Frank McKay told the room that his agency had just received a request from the Social Security Administration. They are asking for the states claim data so that they may cross index it with…
The Faces of Kids' Chance – Friday Edition
A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids’ Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids’ Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to hear about Kids’ Chance; it is quite another to meet just a few of the people…
The Faces of Kids' Chance – Thursday Edition
A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids’ Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids’ Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to hear about Kids’ Chance; it is quite another to meet just a few of the people…
The Faces of Kids' Chance – Wednesday Edition
A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids’ Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids’ Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to hear about Kids’ Chance; it is quite another to meet just a few of the people…
The Faces of Kids' Chance – Tuesday Edition
A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids’ Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids’ Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to hear about Kids’ Chance; it is quite another to meet just a few of the people…
Welcome to Kids' Chance Awareness Week 2018
Today marks the beginning of the Third Annual Kids’ Chance Awareness Week, where the workers’ compensation industry gets to pull out all the stops to make everyone aware of this terrific organization. Awareness Week will run through November 16th, and if all goes well you will receive numerous reminders from varied sources that the program…
Another Recap of the Week's Absurd, and a Bit More
Well, it has been another banner week in the news. This week saw the culmination of the latest and greatest “most important election in our lifetime,” one that had just a couple eyebrow raising moments. A man ignored a robbery in progress at a convenience store in order to buy snack chips. Yet another person…
Stripping Stripper Benefits
In the era of corporate belt tightening and more rigid policies that are a result of the #MeToo movement, it was bound to happen eventually. It is a perfect storm for benefit reduction, and this one will really hit most Americans right where they live. Or where they might like to live. Whichever. It appears…
This Election Cycle, All Eyes Are on The Dead Guy
In this ramped up, amped up, clamped up billion-dollar special interest and partisan fueled drama of a mid-term election, there is one race in Nevada that definitely deserved our attention. It isn’t because the winner of Nevada’s 36th Assembly District, an area of desert that stretches from Utah to California, was a Libertarian turned Republican.…