Category: L&I

As the farm labor shortage grows worse, some farmers are turning to automated harvesting machines and other robotic technology to carry out the tasks…

In a new report titled “Pointing Out: How Walmart Unlawfully Punishes Workers for Medical Absences,” the organization A Better Balance reveals how Walmart’s absence…

Workers compensation is a type of insurance that helps employees recover from workplace injuries or illnesses developed through one’s work. Each state has a…

As American workers worry more each year about losing their jobs to losing their jobs to robot, one group is helping the workforce learn…

Good news for American workers: new federal overtime rules are going into effect at the end of the year. Back in 2014, President Obama…

What do changes to workers compensation mean for injured workers? Last week ProPublica and NPR released the second extensive report in their investigative series on…

Washington state’s Department of Labor and Industries has fined the retailer Target $21,000 following a worker’s death after a ladder accident at a Lake…

Every day, the media covers hundreds of stories on jobs, income, unemployment, and the U.S. economy. But what happens when we step back and…

The past few years have brought an alarming number of studies and reports on the short-term effects of concussions on youth who play sports,…