Oh, how quickly we forget.  A Maine joint legislative committee voted earlier this week to endorse a workers’ compensation reform bill designed to significantly increase indemnity benefits for injured workers. The bill has now been sent to the floor as part of an omnibus bill that includes about two dozen legislative reforms for workers’ comp in…

The concept of multi-tasking is all the rage. The technology obsessed among us in the workforce think they have everything under control while trying to simultaneously process 32 different things. Recent studies, however, are showing that not to be the case. The best proof of the dangers of multi-tasking sometimes come from the unlikeliest of…

For those people who still believe that a federal government takeover of workers’ compensation would solve the issues of the industry, they need to take a look at the case of Albert Gaines. They might realize that having all comp claims managed by the compassionate Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) at the U.S. Department of…

Normally we don’t discuss our company products here in the Cluttered Desk. It is a mistake too many companies make with their associated blogs; often turning otherwise good content into little more than marketing pieces for their services. I have to violate that internal rule this morning. One of our products is central to the…

Every once in a while, we come across a creative idea or concept and ponder, why didn’t I think of that? Or maybe we think, why didn’t I ponder of that? Whichever. The sentence structure doesn’t really matter, as long as you are recognizing a golden opportunity lost. Such was the case earlier this week,…

The NCCI Annual Issues Symposium just wrapped up in Orlando, Florida yesterday. This event is somewhat akin to drinking from a firehose, as the information flies in a fast and furious fashion. There were two major points that were quite relevant to me. First, the industry has just concluded a terrific year, with a record…

As we posted last week, the 2019 Kids’ Chance National Conference was a tremendous success. This week we want to share a quick video and a new gallery of photographs from the event.  The closing dinner for the conference was held at the Florida Studio Theatre, a two-block complex of 6 theatres in downtown Sarasota.…

We live in the age of technology. Robotics and automation are all the rage, and industries everywhere, including workers’ compensation, are looking to increase efficiencies and “improve process.” Best practices, definable metrics and big data are all the rage. Some people are even boldly predicting that AI, Artificial Intelligence, will soon assume the full responsibilities…

It is no secret that people outside the workers’ compensation industry often confuse this website as the online home for the all-powerful nebulous agency that controls absolutely everything in regard to workers’ compensation. And it stands to reason since it is the online home of the all-powerful nebulous agency that controls absolutely everything in regard…

Many of us this morning involved in the Kids’ Chance organization are coming off an extraordinary weekend of education, fun and fellowship. The annual Kids’ Chance Conference just concluded was held May 2 – 4, right here in my home city of Sarasota, FL. Kids’ Chance of Florida, Inc., was extremely proud to host this group.  Kids’…