Friday, July 17, 2020

Workers' Comp Claim: COVID

It's happened.  All COVID cases will automatically assume that they were contracted at the workplace in California.  As an employer did you follow all the guidelines?  How are you going to prove that your employee did NOT contract the virus at work? 

Good luck with that.

This is the death knell for small businesses who employ about 1/2 the workforce.  They simply don't have the bottomless resources to comply with all the safety issues the virus has brought on. 

On another note, do you know who the biggest winners are in the economy right now? 
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Netflix
  • Facebook
  • Apple
  • Alphabet (Google)
Yup, that's right.  Big Tech is winning the game big time.  It should be concerning that 6 companies control 25% of the S&P 500.  That's way too much power in the hands of a few.  That's our real issue here, people, not political candidates.  This issue scares me more than whomever ends up living in the White House.  It's also one that neither political party wants to touch, but it's impact will be felt by all of us.  I think it should be a question for the presidential debates.  Wait a minute.  Even if the question is asked during debates politicians don't have a good track record of following up with promises, nor telling the truth. 

We are no better off than we were 100 years ago with the Bell's.  They had to be busted up because of the concentration of power in the hands of the few.  History repeats itself. 

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