According to President Obama last week, the US will roll out the Red Carpet for between 5-6M people who live in the US and are currently working illegally for US employers. In other words, Obama will make it legal to work in the US, even if they are currently an illegal immigrant. When this happens it stands to reason that workers compensation claims will increase across the board– especially in the light industrial positions.
Why you may ask?
From my almost 30 years of staffing experience, I have found that many illegal workers shy away from filing workers compensation (and unemployment ) claims because they do not want to alert the government/health care systems that they are working illegally. Especially in non E verify States.
So by early 2015 when these 5M -6M workers can work in the US legally, I suspect staffing owners will experience many more workers compensation claims by their formerly illegal employees.
What do yo think?
I look forward to your comments at david@StaffingCompSolutions.com and helping you with all your workers compensation needs.
All the best
David Schek
President
StaffingCompSolutions.com
American Staffing Association Member
ASA Exhibitor 2014 Conference Booth 1123
California Staffing Association Member