Social Security Numbers: Wisconsin Comes Off the Bad List

• 06/11/17

I received an email Thursday night from BJ Dernbach, Division Administrator for the Wisconsin Workers Compensation Department of Workforce Development. Mr. Dernbach politely informed me that our recent ...
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When America's Got Talent Shows America's Got Perseverance

• 06/09/17

It is part of our mindless summer television fair, but my wife and I have watched the show America’s Got Talent now for many seasons. We always record the show – it seems everything we watch is ...
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On Social Security Numbers, I Slighted Illinois

• 06/08/17

With my penchant for (relative) accuracy and insistence on (somewhat) verifiable facts, I cannot believe this happened. But it apparently did, and a public apology is due. In my campaign to get states to ...
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My Durango Lesson on Workers' Comp

• 06/07/17

Judge David Langham wrote an excellent article two weeks ago, entitled “My Workers’ Comp Accident”. It was a description of his one and only personal experience with workers’ comp ...
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There is a Functional Reason That Ability is in the Name

• 06/06/17

My visit to Chicago’s Shirley Ryan AbilityLab a couple weeks ago was certainly worth the effort. Worth the effort, that is, if you have any interest in glimpsing the future of acute rehabilitative ...
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Social Security Numbers and Workers' Comp Forms - The Ugly

• 06/05/17

Editor's Note: An error in our forms survey regarding the State of Wisconsin has been brought to our attention. For the vast majority of their forms, inclusion of the Social Security number is optional. You ...
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If Illinois Runs Their Insurance Company Like They Run Their Prisons....

• 06/02/17

While I have been critical of short sighted reform efforts in various states around the nation recently, no state is more fascinating to watch than the State of Illinois when it comes to “fixing” ...
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Still Blowin' Like a Champ

• 05/31/17

I will admit there are some people who think I blow, but I have news for them. They’re right. I not only blow, I evidently blow like a champ, and have been doing so for over a decade. At least that is ...
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Comp Laude® Nominations Will Soon Be Closing

• 05/30/17

Nominations for the 6th Annual Comp Laude® Awards will close soon, and if you haven’t taken the time to honor top performers in the industry, this is the time to do so. The Annual Comp Laude® ...
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