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In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, a bakery employee wheels doughnuts in Bnei Brak, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, CalPERS listen to discussion about reinvesting in tobacco stocks in Sacramento, Calif. The board decided Monday to sell off its last $550 million worth of tobacco-related investments nearly two decades after trading away the bulk of them. California's largest pension system is downgrading its expectations for investment earnings, meaning government agencies will likely have to contribute more tax dollars to retirement benefits for public employees. The decision Wednesday, Dec. 21. 2016, by the CalPERS' board responds to long-term financial pressures and projections of lower returns on global investments over the next decade. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, CalPERS listen to discussion about reinvesting in tobacco stocks in Sacramento, Calif. California's largest pension system is downgrading its expectations for investment earnings, meaning government agencies will likely have to contribute more tax dollars to retirement benefits for public employees. The decision Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 by the CalPERS' board responds to long-term financial pressures and projections of lower returns on global investments over the next decade. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 2016- In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 photo, prospects for employment in the oil field are beginning to have positive signs as indicated by this hiring sign in front of the Halliburton facility in Odessa, Texas. (Mark Sterkel/Odessa American via AP)
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FILE - In this July 20, 2016, file photo, Brian Poncin, of Chicago, a member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union, Local 2858, holds a sign with images of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence during a rally at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Las Vegas. Union officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, that workers at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas reached a contract with management after pushing for negotiations for a year, while management at a Trump hotel in Washington, D.C. has agreed to allow a unionization campaign at that property. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, Laborers' International Union of North America members and Culinary Union members protest outside of the Trump International hotel in Las Vegas. Union officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, that workers at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas reached a contract with management after pushing for negotiations for a year, while management at a Trump hotel in Washington, D.C. has agreed to allow a unionization campaign at that property. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor, left, talks with A.T. Cross Co. CEO Robert Baird, right, at the opening of the company's new flagship store, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in Providence, R.I. The state offered $1.9 million in incentives to help the 170-year-old pen maker expand its workforce and open a new corporate headquarters in Providence. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)
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Smashburger co-founder and CEO Tom Ryan is apologizing after employees at an Aurora, Colorado, restaurant reportedly played N.W.A.'s hit song "F-- tha Police" on a loop while officers dined. (The Denver Channel)
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In this Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 photo, a Nepali migrant worker Krishna Bahadur Tamang, 32, carries his son before departing for Qatar at Tribhuwan Internation airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015. Yet the number of deaths among those workers has risen much faster in the same period. In total, over 5,000 workers from this small country have died working abroad since 2008, more than the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Monday, Nov. 29, 2016 photo, a red coffin that brought home the body of Nepali migrant worker from Saudi Arabia, lies on the ground empty after cremation rituals were completed at Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015. Yet the number of deaths among those workers has risen much faster in the same period. In total, over 5,000 workers from this small country have died working abroad since 2008, more than the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Tuesday, Dec 20, 2016 photo, Saro Kumari Mandal, 26, holds a cheque received as compensation from the Foreign Employment Promotion Board after her husband died as a migrant worker in Qatar, in Kathmandu, Nepal. She received $2,777 which she said she would use to open a small store in the village selling cookies and noodles, and also invest in a sewing machine. She wants to earn money for their son's education. "I want to make my son a teacher or a doctor when he grows up," she said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Tuesday, Dec 20, 2016 photo, Saro Kumari Mandal, 26, gives her fingerprint to receive compensation from the Foreign Employment Promotion Board after her husband died as a migrant worker in Qatar, in Kathmandu, Nepal. She received $2,777 which she said she would use to open a small store in the village selling cookies and noodles, and also invest in a sewing machine. She wants to earn money for their son's education. "I want to make my son a teacher or a doctor when he grows up," she said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Dec 19, 2016, Saro Kumari Mandal, 26, sits with her son and her father-in-law at the Department of Foreign Employment to receive compensation after her husband died as a migrant worker in Qatar, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Eventually, with help, she received $2,777 from the Foreign Employment Promotion Board. She said she would use the money to open a small store in the village selling cookies and noodles, and also invest in a sewing machine. She wants to earn money for their son's education. "I want to make my son a teacher or a doctor when he grows up," she said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Nov. 23, 2016 photo, relatives and villagers carry the coffin of Balkisun Mandal Khatwe at Belhi village, Saptari district of Nepal. Balkisun, who had been working for Habtoor Leighton Group in Qatar for less than a month, died in his sleep. The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015. Yet the number of deaths among those workers has risen much faster in the same period. In total, over 5,000 workers from this small country have died working abroad since 2008, more than the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Nov. 23, 2016 photo, a truck carrying the coffin of Balkisun Mandal Khatwe travels on a badly rutted road towards his village of Belhi, Saptari district of Nepal. Balkisun, who had been working for Habtoor Leighton Group in Qatar for less than a month, died in his sleep. The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015. Yet the number of deaths among those workers has risen much faster in the same period. In total, over 5,000 workers from this small country have died working abroad since 2008, more than the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this photo Nov 30, 2016 photo, a Nepalese woman carries her grandchild, whose father is working abroad as an unskilled laborer, in front of their home in Belhi village, in Saptari district, Nepal. The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015. Yet the number of deaths among those workers has risen much faster in the same period. In total, over 5,000 workers from this small country have died working abroad since 2008, more than the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Nov 25, 2016 photo, a Nepalese man shows his passport with a working permit at the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) in Kathmandu, Nepal. The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015. The unskilled workers fill a host of global demands: building highways, stadiums and houses in Gulf states and guarding shopping malls, sewing sweatshirts and assembling televisions in Malaysia. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 photo, Nepali workers stand in queues at the departure gate for migrant workers at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. About 10 percent of Nepal's 28 million residents are working abroad. They send back more than $6 billion a year, amounting to about 30 percent of the country's annual revenues. Only Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are more dependent on foreign earnings. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an annual meeting marking a professional holiday for Russian security service employees in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**
