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Yes, the WCIRB only covers California. Almost all the time I have read medical treatment studies from the WCIRB, they align with the rest of the nation. Dave Bellusci is one of my favorite Workers Comp prognosticators. Both files deserve at least a quick read. WCRI – Quick Workers Comp Medical Treatment – Physical Therapy WCRI provides a great webinar and study on Thursday (12/17) at 2 PM East Coast time. One can look at this more globally as providing rapid medical treatment is a money...

You what makes you best suited for this job? >> first all of, thank you, ms. mika, for having me on your show. it means a lot to me this lot t. first of all i would like to share with everyone that he said our children are the living messmes messengers for the future that we will never see. i worker worked on housing, social security, can workers comp, and it gives me a touch to the community that i understand. i want to be that voice and the peoples champion in congress. im runl booning for mor...

General election? >> very compelling story, you know, when any reporter sits down and kind of learns about his story, its remarkable. he grew up in the projects in brooklyn. he talks about how his father was injured on the job and how he had to witness his father not being able to provide for the family because he didnt have workers comp or insurance or any safety net. and he wanted to build a company that his father would be proud to work for. and thats what inspired a lot of the policies at st...

I started living in my car several months ago because of nonpayment from the workers comp and from amazon. >> tucker: so we spoke to amazon and we should say in the interest of fairness, that they say they offered you a lump sum cash payment. is that true? >> they did. they did offer me $3,500, after of the first year you are offered $2,000 to quit and then they offered me an extra $1,500 in cobra payments for my medical injury that i still have. and i declined that offer, because you have to si...

Several months ago because of nonpayment from the workers comp and from amazon. >> tucker: so we spoke to amazon, and we should say in the interest of fairness, that they say that they offered you a lump sum cash payment. is that true? >> they did offered me $3500 after the first year, you are for $2,000 to quit, and then they offered me an extra $1500 in cobra payments for my medical injury that i still have. i declined that offer because you have to sign a nondisclosure agreement, which also m...

Social security. for workers comp. what a great way to crack down on demand for undocumented and actually put some money back into the coffers for things like social security. >> shannon: when we talk about middle ground on these issues, we know there are many issues where there is no agreement because the president came out with his list like the so-called dreamers. but here are all the other things that we want. chuck and nancy -- as they are affectionately called, they said this is a complete...

Happen as far as cracking down on on accompanied minors for example. thats pretty inflammatory language but i think thats where the reign of terror is coming in. we need to take the rhetoric aside and focus on the areas that we can agree on. if we really do care, there are deadlines in place. we need to work together to figure out the places where we can come together and build upon that. >> shannon: when you talk about e-verify, this is a system that would require employers to make sure employe...

Happen as far as cracking down on on accompanied minors for example. thats pretty inflammatory language but i think thats where the reign of terror is coming in. we need to take the rhetoric aside and focus on the areas that we can agree on. if we really do care, there are deadlines in place. we need to work together to figure out the places where we can come together and build upon that. >> shannon: when you talk about e-verify, this is a system that would require employers to make sure employe...

On on accompanied minors for example. thats pretty inflammatory language but i think thats where the reign of terror is coming in. we need to take the rhetoric aside and focus on the areas that we can agree on. if we really do care, there are deadlines in place. we need to work together to figure out the places where we can come together and build upon that. >> shannon: when you talk about e-verify, this is a system that would require employers to make sure employees are legit. >> anyone can agr...

Problem. the wage gap is the problem. there are other things that factor in. >> and hes correct on that. there are other things. but illegal immigration does effect it. i couldnt compete with companies that hired illegal immigrants that didnt pay taxes and workers comp. so you either hire illegals or lower the wages of your employees. . but he is right. it isnt all illegal immigration. i would agree with him on that. our federal. government has done a terrible job of keeping jobs in this country...