Weekly News Update — March 21, 2025
How Are Hospitals Complying with the Meal and Rest Break Law? Changes to meal and rest breaks for health care facility employees went into effect last July, with hopes that stricter...
Read MoreHow Are Hospitals Complying with the Meal and Rest Break Law? Changes to meal and rest breaks for health care facility employees went into effect last July, with hopes that stricter...
Read MoreREI Union Says Co-op Is Turning ‘Corporate’ with New Board Members The United Food and Commercial Workers Union has asked REI employees to vote no on current board candidates, whom...
Read MoreFerguson Proposes $4B In Cuts, Furloughs In Face of WA Budget Shortfall Governor Bob Furguson has proposed that state workers take one unpaid furloughed day each month for the next two years,...
Read MoreAnother Sky Zone Cited for Overworking Teens, This Time in Tukwila Called initially to investigate improper training and protection at a job site, L&I found that another Sky Zone...
Read MoreStruggling REI Cuts Hundreds of Employees, Axes Tour and Events Business REI has laid off over 400 employees as a result of its discontinuing the Experiences department, a financially...
Read MoreOld Standard, New Challenges: The NLRB Restores 'Clear and Unmistakable Waiver' Standard The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed its 2019 decision and reinstated the "clear and...
Read MoreBoeing Lays off Another 400 Washington Workers in Second Round of Cuts Boeing has laid off another 396 employees from facilities in Auburn, Bremerton, Everett, Kent, Puyallup, Renton,...
Read MoreWashington State Expands Protections for Adult Entertainment Workers in 2025 The new year will bring with it new laws for the adult entertainment industry. Starting January 2, 2025,...
Read MoreWashington State Workers' Compensation Costs to Increase by 3.8% in January Washington state's workers' compensation costs will rise by 3.8% starting in January, with employers and workers...
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