Have you been injured at work? Did you file an L&I claim with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) or are you still waiting for your settlement? Have you found yourself asking why an L&I claim takes so long to close? As with any legal process, it takes time and p...
There’s a lot at stake when injured employees file workers’ comp claims.
You may be working reduced hours or unable to work at all as medical bills pile up and your condition doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Although wage replacement, medical coverage, and other workers’ comp benefi...
When To Hire A Workers’ Comp Lawyer
Sustaining an injury on the job can be devastating. On top of the physical trauma, serious injuries often result in expensive medical bills and taking unpaid time off from work while you recover.
In a perfect world, your employer would bend over backward t...
If you are injured at work in Washington state, you are more than likely entitled to medical and financial workers’ compensation benefits from the state’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I).
Contracting certain types of illnesses or diseases during the course of your work may also e...
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 ...
Employers and business leaders constantly complain about the gap between what students learn in college and what they need to know in order to succeed in the workplace. This is especially concerning when we take into account the large—and always-growing—number of people who earn college de...
“Sleeping on the job has long been frowned upon, but office napping may finally be climbing out from under the desk.” So ran the headline in a recent Chicago Tribune story.
The number of employers who encourage sleep-deprived employees to take a short nap during the workday is on the rise...
Amazon reports that its median employee pay last year was $28,446.
That data made public on Wednesday in the company's annual report, is a reminder that even though tech workers and business managers at Amazon headquarters earn more than $100,000, across most of the country, Amazon offers blue-co...
The most popular article in the New York Times’s Smarter Living newsletter last year was an interview with Millie Tran of the NYT Global team sharing advice on one of the most important questions we face during our lives: What am I going to do with my life?
Tran explained that she had been sh...
As the farm labor shortage grows worse, some farmers are turning to automated harvesting machines and other robotic technology to carry out the tasks of pruning, seeding and weeding.
Robotic harvesting vehicles are currently being piloted in Florida and California to pick strawberries and repla...