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Claims examiner Penny Erney, who is undergoing chemotherapy, packs up her cubical at Office of Unemployment Compensation in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Erney is one of about 500 workers at the state Department of Labor and Industry were spending their last day on the job Monday, before being laid off because of a funding dispute between the Wolf Administration and Senate Republicans. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Claims examiner Penny Erney, who is undergoing chemotherapy, packs up her cubical at Office of Unemployment Compensation in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Erney is one of about 500 workers at the state Department of Labor and Industry were spending their last day on the job Monday, before being laid off because of a funding dispute between the Wolf Administration and Senate Republicans. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 2016 AND THEREAFTER-In this Sept. 8, 2015 photo provided by the White County, Ind., Sheriff's Department, a bus lies twisted and bent after running off Indiana 16 near Monon, Ind., with 20 migrant workers aboard. Officials say the Florida company that owns the bus had not properly insured it and did not have authority to transport workers. (AP Photo/White County Sheriff's Department)
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ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 2016 AND THEREAFTER-In this July 15, 2016 photo, Maria Felix Martinez Chavez holds a photo of her late son, Jose Rangel Chavez, placed next to a lit candle on an altar in his honor in El Sabino, Mexico. Chavez went to the U.S. with legal permission as part of a guest worker program, with the goal to pay for his parents to build a more solid home, and dutifully wired money back whenever he could. The 22-year-old and five other workers were killed on Nov. 6 on a highway as they were returning to Mexico in a bus provided by their employer. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, Esperanza Villalobos, a "community navigator," works at her office at The Resurrection Project in Chicago. Villalobos helps immigrants who might need legal services to avoid deportation or learn about their legal rights. The organization she works for plans to hire more individuals like her after the city approved $1.3 million for a legal services fund for immigrants. Chicago is among several entities nationwide working to beef up legal services for immigrants. (AP Photo by Sophia Tareen)
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Sean Brune, assistant deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration’s budget office, said they’re trying to become more aware of the problems and looking for new tools to fight back, but said he couldn’t guess at how bad the problem is. “I do not have a dollar amount of the general amount of fraud,” Mr. Brune told the House Ways and Means Committee. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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United States Steel CEO Mario Longhi said Wednesday that he would be "more than happy" to rehire laid-off employees now that Donald Trump has won the presidency. (CNBC)
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FILE - This Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, shows the HealthCare.gov 2017 website home page on display, in Washington. Health insurance experts say the decision to buy 2017 coverage on the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges shouldn’t boil down to a gamble over the survival of the law, which requires most people to have insurance. Instead, customers should focus on whether they can handle the financial risk that comes with remaining uninsured while they wait for Trump’s health care plan to crystallize. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this June 14, 2005, file photo, former Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran, center, walks past members of the media as he enters federal court in Boston. The Mass. Supreme Judicial Court is set to hear arguments in a long-running dispute over whether Finneran should be able to receive his retirement pension despite his criminal conviction for obstruction of justice. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. Only about one in four Americans wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor’s health care law that extended coverage to millions, a new poll has found.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Travelers walk past as Amy Yount marches with others during a demonstration in favor of a minimum wage of $15 an hour and union shops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in SeaTac, Wash. About 100 workers and supporters rallied nearby before circling through the airport. Fast-food workers and home and child-care workers also rallied in Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Ilhan Omar, right, the first Somali-American elected to a state legislature, raises a fist during a rally including airport workers Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, in support of $15 minimum wages. Omar was elected to the Minnesota House. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Protesters gather outside a McDonald's during a demonstration for higher wages on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 in Minneapolis. The protest was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (Joles, David/Star Tribune via AP)
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Protestors sit in a circle and blocked the intersection during a protest for higher wages outside a McDonald's on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 in Minneapolis. The protest was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (Joles, David/Star Tribune via AP)
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Steven Suffridge raises his fist while standing with other protestors outside a McDonald's during a demonstration for higher wages on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 in Minneapolis. The protest was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (Joles, David/Star Tribune via AP)
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Protesters gather outside a McDonald's during a demonstration for higher wages on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 in Minneapolis. The protest was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (Joles, David/Star Tribune via AP)
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A McDonald's employee in Topeka, Kansas, is out of a job and could face criminal charges after allegedly pouring mustard into the drinks of two police officers. (WIBW)
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Martin Macias-Rivera holds a statue as he and others protest near a McDonald's restaurant along the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Las Vegas. The protest was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Two men, center, are arrested by police officers after blocking Broadway in front of a McDonald's restaurant, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. About 25 chanting minimum-wage protesters were arrested. They were among about 350 people at a peaceful rally Tuesday. The event was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A crowd of about 350 protesters stand on Broadway in front of a McDonald's restaurant, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. About 25 of the chanting minimum-wage protesters, foreground, were arrested. The event was part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15. The campaign seeks higher hourly wages, including for workers at fast-food restaurants and airports. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
