Category: Employment Law

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…

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 long delayed update to America’s overtime pay system has finally passed in Washington D.C., and the changes could usher in far more generous…

Washington State’s recent restrictions on non-compete contracts won’t go into effect until Jan. 1, 2020, but employees potentially affected by the changes should start…

In a recent NYT article on “The Death of the Sick Day,” respondents flooded the comment section to say that it had been years—even…

Last month, Bloomberg reported that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has amassed a fortune worth $150 billion. That is the largest amount in modern history,…

Seventy may be the new 60, and 80 may be the new 70, but 85 is still fairly old to be in the workforce.…

With summer vacation upon us, teachers across America are scrambling to make ends meet. These are no longer the “off” months they were in…

In a recent Op-Ed, Seattle native Timothy Egan wrote that President Trump has “declared war on Amazon, the nation’s second most valuable company.” He…