WCIRB “Forgets” it got a new president in 2011

On its IRS Form 990 tax return for 2011 (for the calendar year ending December 31, 2011) the WCIRB failed to identify William (Bill) Mudge, WCIRB’s new president effective December 19, 2011, as its principal officer. Instead, it listed Robert G. Mike, who was acknowledged in the WCIRB Annual Report for 2011 as having retired effective December 1, 2011, as its principal officer.  

The WCIRB did not include Mr. Mudge in its listings of current officers in Part VII nor in Schedule 3 (Compensation Information).  The WCIRB failed to identify some officers it did list as “Former” officers (based on the retirement information it reported in its Annual Report for 2011). The IRS Form 990 readily accommodates transitions within organizations and specifically requires the listing of current and former officers within the tax year.

The WCIRB wasn't in a rush its tax return. It had filed for an extension to file its tax return and waited until November 2012 to actually file.

While William Mudge’s  late start date in 2011 may have limited the amount of regular compensation he received it did not preclude it, including the opportunity for many of the payment types subject to reporting on the tax return.

Though William Mudge has been reported to be an Eagle Scout he apparently does not have an eagle eye with regard to the WCIRB’s tax returns.

The WCIRB expects its member insurance companies to report correctly yet it failed in its own reporting.

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WCIRB slights retired CIO Randall J Mellin in 2011 Annual Report

In the initial publication of the WCIRB 2011 Annual Report (page 29) the WCIRB acknowledged the retirement of Randal (sic) J Mellin and misspelled his first name. In prior annual reports he was consistently and correctly identified as Randall J Mellin.

WCIRB computer system wins challenge by CIO Randall J Mellin

After joining the WCIRB CIO Randy Mellin announced his goal was "Surround and Evaporate" the WCIRB's vintage mainframe computer system, the primary system of record and the chief repository for the WCIRB's data. The goal was to replace its functionality with newer technology. Many millions of dollars, many years, and multiple vendors were involved in his pursuit of that goal. When he retired in 2011 the WCIRB mainframe computer system still remained the primary system of record and data repository for virtually all of the WCIRB's data. It appears that the WCIRB mainframe computer system had taken the challenge he implied, for the mainframe system had not been evaporated, it was the CIO Randall J Mellin who had evaporated.

WCIRB gets ready to give its second Green Card to worker from India

The Department of Labor,  Employment and Training Administraton,  Office of Foreign Labor Certification reports that the WCIRB at 525 Market Street Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94105 sponsored a citizen of India for permanent employment (Green Card). At the time the permanent labor certification was submitted for processing the foreign worker held a H-1B visa.

Case number A-11187-90620 was certified by the Department of Labor on October 13, 2011. The position is for a Computer Software Engineer, Applications with an annual wage range of $120,806 to $123,600.

WCIRB slashes bonus for Randy Mellin by 58%, No raise either

Though other insurance rating workers in the management team at the WCIRB received the same or higher bonus & incentive pay for 2010 the bonus amount for Chief Information Officer Randall J Mellin was reduced by 58% for 2010. The Form 990 filings reviewed by the BOIRWC indicated Randall J Mellin was paid bonus & incentive pay of $34,113 in 2009 but only $14,077 in 2010.

WCIRB President Robert G Mike landed bonus pay of $88,967 or about 25% of his 2010 base compensation. Also leading was Chief Actuary David M Bellusci with bonus pay of $64,798 or about 23% of his 2010 base compensation. Randall J Mellin's bonus rate of less then 6% of base compensation for 2010 left him in the back of the pack of the also rans.

The base compensation component reported for Randall J Mellin had been $240,085 in 2009 and only went up to  $240,230 for 2010, really not a change at all, less then a dollar per scheduled workday, likely just accounting/timing differences. However, it looks like everyone else got a raise.

A tough year for WCIRB Chief Information Officer Randy Mellin. What did he do to deserve it? Probably not much.


BOIRWC Update from our Big Data and Data Analytics Divisions:

San Francisco Superior Court records for 2009 indicate that actions by Randy Mellin were included in two court cases filed against the WCIRB by a former employee. The court cases were CSM-09-829074 filed 04-03-09 and CGC-09-493282 filed 10-08-09.