The Washington State Senate Passed A Bill That Would Improve Workers’ Compensation Benefits For Nurses With PTSD.
Nursing has always been a stressful job, but nursing in a post-covid world is more challenging than ever. Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver is sponsoring a bill that would provid...
Seattle city employees who have become accustomed to working from home during the pandemic are threatening to quit in the face of a proposed hybrid work policy that would require them to return to the office at least two days a week.
Although the more restrictive work-from-home job policy announc...
Government workers, health care employees, and educators who forfeited their jobs rather than comply with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate was told not to count on state unemployment benefits.
But nearly two months since the October 18 vaccination deadline has ...
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...
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 ...