Poor Gen Z. Everybody seems to pick on them. It is, I suppose, a rite of passage of some sort. Every generation is generally critical of the ones that follow it. And as I wrote last week, Gen Z has four other opinionated and domineering generations before it in the workplace. And one of those generations, the Boomers like me, actually know what we are talking about. Those Gen Z sissy pants…
The story you are about to read is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. And in some cases, the stupid. Really stupid. It’s a shame I can’t change my own name, as it would have protected me on numerous occasions of idiocy. But that is a different story, I suppose. I received a call recently from a friend who is a high-level executive of a fairly…
Free Webinar - October 29, 2024 @ 1:00 PM Eastern In this insightful fireside chat, experts will delve into the critical role of connection and communication in the worker's compensation field, emphasizing how subconscious fears can significantly impact the recovery and healing process for injured workers. Join Lt. Col (Ret.) Scott Mann, US Army and Debra Livingston, CEO & Founder of ReEmployAbility, as they discuss how paramount connection is to…
Free Live Course - January 14, 2025 @ 1:00 PM Eastern Sponsored by: Workplace violence is more than a social media phenomenon – it has increasingly become a risk management focus. Taking the broad definition from NIOSH (criminal intent, customer / client, worker-on-worker, personal relationship), one in four U.S. employees have witnessed an event in the past years and 12% have been the target of violence (according to Business Insurance,…
Voice of the Provider is a collaboration between Brooks Rehabilitation and WorkCompCollege.com and the name defines its purpose. Many stakeholders in work comp do not understand or appreciate all of the various clinical providers that help an injured employee return to and stay at work. Whether recovery from the injury / illness is easy or hard, there are clinicians along the way that utilize their education, expertise and experience to…
Episode 3 of Voice of the Injured Worker tells the story of Jesus Martinez Gomez. "The first two to three weeks after getting hurt, I was just sitting at home, going crazy." The transitional duty program empowered him to volunteer at the Museum of Military History, a "healing house" for him. Depression and well-being were phrases he used quite often, and the ability to feel useful and engaged was his…
A Free Webinar - Wednesday, September 18, 2024 @ 1:00 PM Eastern Dementia. Cognitive Decline. Reduced Mental Acuity. These are topics that have become increasingly prevalent, and the issue has very prominently started becoming a concern in the workplace. How can we recognize the signs of mental decline in our co-workers or injured workers? How can it affect their performance or recovery? Once we recognize the issues, how best to…
Voice of the Provider is a collaboration between Brooks Rehabilitation and WorkCompCollege.com and the name defines its purpose. Many stakeholders in work comp do not understand or appreciate all of the various clinical providers that help an injured employee return to and stay at work. Whether recovery from the injury / illness is easy or hard, there are clinicians along the way that utilize their education, expertise and experience to help.…
Free Webinar: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 1pm ET Artificial Intelligence (AI) is top of mind for most of society and workers’ compensation. Much of that discussion is about what it could do – replace human jobs, accelerate processes, work at scale to identify issues faster, hallucinate poor options. There are seemingly endless positive and negative repercussions from both intended and unintended consequences. This webinar will take a more practical…
Episode 2 of Voice of the Injured Worker tells the story of Danny. He was dragged two blocks by a hit and run driver, resulting in serious injuries and steep hill back to function and work. However, his care team identified a motivator for him – the challenging “mud run” obstacle race – and encouraged his drive to return to that venue. “They helped me feel like I was in…
