should employers be on the hook for your work-for-home costs? that s the crux of tonight s legal discussion with david bruno. we re working on getting robert on. he s having technical issues. if we can get him on, we will. home expenses such as telephone and internet fees, extra energy to heat or cool a house and office supplies could add up to $50 to $200 a month per employee. according to more than a dozen lawsuits examined by the times if expenses were incurred during the entire duration of the pandemic that could add up to $5,000 per worker. there are lots of these lawsuits on the pipeline. what do you say? there s not a federal law law that applies to all 50 states. it depends on the state that report coming out of l.a., california, is one of the states that allow for this
would, quote, never go back to their huts in africa. one more question, robert on, where this is playing in rash. i have a brand new statement from the democratic election campaign committee saying speaker ryan and every republican owe their constituents an immediate comment on these attacks. the policy is an attempt to get the rebuttals. speaker ryan was loud during the campaign when he said that donald trump crossed racial lines. what will we see first time? this was already a charged moment and it becomes even more charged with this comment by president trump made in private with democrats and republicans at the white house. now democrats feel like they can be on the offensive as they try to close on the d.r.e.a.m.ers.