Several business owners from around the state talk about supporting reform of the current workers’ compensation system. All of them agreed the cost of the system is wrecking thier chance to pay thier employees more, add new employees, or increase benefits.

Washington State’s 20th District Senator, John Braun, R-Centrailia, and Chair of the Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee, talks about his bill to help businesses in Washington State by repealing the never-funded paid family leave insurance provision of the 2007 family and medical leave act.

Washington State’s 20th District Freshman Senator, John Braun, R-Centrailia, and Chair of the Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee, talks about his first two weeks of the 2013 legislative session in Olympia.