Employees deserve to be paid a fair living wage. In 2013, the city of SeaTac passed a new law to pay workers a fair minimum wage, paid leave, and other provisions. The ordinance raised the minimum wage to $15 for hospitality and transportation workers. Since then, the minimum wage increases every ye...
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive orders replacing the expired $600 weekly unemployment benefit with $400 per week and deferring payroll taxes after Congress missed a Friday deadline to iron out those and other details in a new coronavirus relief package.
The $600 weekly federal...
Seattle’s thriving tech hub has earned it the reputation as a sort of Silicon Valley of the Pacific Northwest in recent years, owing in large part to the growth of cloud computing. Startups and tech giants alike have flocked to the Seattle area to scoop up talent churning out of the creator and ...
About two years after launching an initiative to eliminate "no-poach" agreements that franchise operators have used to restrict worker wages and mobility in Washington state, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said his office has succeeded in that effort.
In a report released Tuesday, Ferguson said mi...
One of the first whistleblowers to highlight inadequate safety measures in U.S. workplaces during the coronavirus pandemic has sued the Bellingham hospital and staffing firm that fired him in March.
Dr. Ming Lin filed the lawsuit in Whatcom County Superior Court last week, claiming wrongful ter...
The steady stream of state and federal safety guidelines to halt the spread of coronavirus is leading to the renegotiation of the employee-employer relationship.
Essential Vs. Nonessential Employees
Workers deemed “essential”—such as first responders, delivery drivers, and grocery store ...
It should come as no surprise that harassment and discrimination in the workplace are illegal. But reporting the unwanted treatment, let alone hiring a lawyer to fight back, can be emotionally exhausting and puts your career at risk. In the worst-case scenario, a superior who’s harassing or disc...
Washington state is a surprisingly safe place to work when it comes to on-the-job fatalities, according to Business.org.
Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the business research firm looked at the number of fatal workplace injuries per 100,000 residents aged 18 and older. Combinin...
Workers in Washington state are set to benefit from a range of new laws in 2020. From nation-leading minimum wages and overtime benefits to unprecedented restrictions on noncompete agreements, Washington is in many ways a great place to be employed.
But as many of those new worker protection la...
Starting in about six months, for the first time in more than 15 years salaried workers in Washington state who earn more than $23,700 a year will be eligible for overtime pay.
The new overtime protections, finalized last week by Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries, are the first st...