From Bob's Cluttered Desk

Workplace injuries can occur at the most unusual times, as well as in the most unexpected ways. This was evident in Vermont last week during what can only be described as a daring daylight underwear heist.  A New York woman was arrested in Rutland, VT after she allegedly bit an employee of a TJ Maxx…

Recently at the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference in Las Vegas I had the opportunity to participate in an after hours reception that was hopefully entertaining and informative. The exclusive event, sponsored by ISG, featured John Plotkin, Joe Paduda and me discussing the impact of social media on the workplace. The panel was moderated…

Overall it was a great event. David Depaolo and his crew at workcompcentral.com held a strong event based on an outstanding idea; recognizing those people within workers’ compensation who reach beyond the expected to achieve excellent results. The Comp Laude Gala, held Saturday night in Burbank, CA, recognized professionals, service providers and injured workers, all…

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the upcoming Founders Board meeting for Kids' Chance of Florida. Kids' Chance is an organization that provides scholarships and educational assistance for children of people catastrophically or fatally injured on the job. Started by Attorney Bob Clyatt of Valdosta, Georgia in 1988, the organization has expanded to over…

This article could have just as easily been called “Workplace Violence is a Danger at Any Time and Age”, because it is really about an incidence of workplace violence. I could have also called it “Rot In Hell You Ignorant Scumbag”, as it is also the ranting of an angry son over the armed robbery…

Earlier this month a 25 year old woman was seen on the streets of Shenzhen City in Guangdong, China carrying a sign that read: “Overnight and overtime work has made me into an old lady. Both my love and work lives are miserable. I request approval for workers' compensation.” Now, wouldn't we all like that.…

The year is 2022. The world is an overpopulated and polluted place, where the oceans are dead and many common creatures are now extinct. The wealthy elite live in the protected countryside, while the great unwashed masses reside amid general squalor in crowded tenements within the cities. The population of New York is over 40,000,000.…

I have been deeply involved with Kids' Chance for a number of years now. The charitable organization dedicated to providing scholarship opportunities for children of severely or fatally injured workers has exploded across the workers' compensation industry in recent months, in no small part to the efforts of Executive Director Vicki Burkhart, extremely committed corporate…

My wife and I purchased a new Christmas tree a couple weekends ago at our local Hobby Lobby (that is where Florida Xmas trees are grown – in retail locations that had them “grown” in China). As we waited for the tree to be brought up front from the storeroom, I watched the employees, busily…

I am just back from the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference in Las Vegas, where the challenges of being me continued unabated. I wrote about this several months ago, and to fully understand this entry you should probably read that article first if you have not done so. It is available here. You go…