Bob Wilson is the CEO of WorkersCompensation.com, and author of the award winning blog, "From Bob's Cluttered Desk". Bob is an accomplished presenter for the workers' comp industry, and we are lucky to have him. We don't really believe that, but he is the boss and made us say it.

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Should CompBob! Return?

• 01/18/22

  It is not a question we ever anticipated asking, but, like a bad penny, the topic of CompBob! seems to routinely pop up from time to time. We finally decided that we should put it to a public vote, ...
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Supreme Court Review of Washington Comp Law Regarding DOE Site Could Sting the Taxpayer

• 01/14/22

In 2018 Washington State passed HB 1723, which provides a rebuttable presumption that any present, past, or future worker at the Hanford Nuclear site who suffers “one of hundreds of covered ...
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Pennsylvania Streamlines Workers' Comp. Sort Of.

• 01/11/22

Legislation being hailed for allowing faster workers’ compensation claims settlements was signed into law last week by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. It changes the requirements regarding the ...
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This On-the-Job Illness Doesn't Pass the Smell Test

• 01/07/22

Every once in a while a story crosses the Cluttered Desk that eventually forces me to apologize to someone somewhere for their offended sensitivities. This particular tale, however, is prompting me to ...
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I've Heard of Team Building, But I'd Take a Pass on This

• 01/05/22

Bill Howley, general manager of TEN 3, a restaurant at the top of Sandia Peak in Albuquerque, NM, said a recent experience he and his employees went through had its positive points. On December 31st he and ...
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2022 Marks 50 Years Since National Commission on Workmen's Compensation Report: Planning Committee Established to Commemorate Event

• 01/03/22

In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon established a national commission to review the state of workers’ compensation programs across the nation. The commission, chaired by Professor John F. Burton, ...
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When Mask Protests Get in The Way of Employment

• 12/29/21

A story out of south Florida that went viral this week highlights just about everything that can go wrong today in our hyper-connected society. It is a story of inconsistent policy and major overreaction, as ...
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Evolving Christmas and the Battery Daddy

• 12/27/21

As part of a Christmas holiday ritual, my wife and I watched a couple of well-known classic movies on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Those movies were the perennial holiday favorites, “A Christmas ...
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Bob's Top Ten Fitness Tips for Optimum Health

• 12/22/21

As a virtual paragon of fitness and health, I am at times encumbered by the knowledge that many of the people in my life, both near and distant, are not blessed with the excellent physical stature and ...
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