The Washington state senate passed a bill that would improve workers' compensation benefits for nurses.
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 provide workers com...
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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 requi...
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After months of uncertainty around whether large employers would be required to vaccinate or test their employees on a weekly basis, the Supreme Court settled the matter by blocking...
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Government workers, health care employees and educators who forfeited their jobs rather than comply with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate were told not to...
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Jobless benefits aren't guaranteed for Washington workers who quit or were fired from their jobs rather than comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to a report...
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Nearly 10 months into an unprecedented nationwide immunization campaign against COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic is still raging in parts of the US. With only about 57% of the popula...
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Washington state workers’ compensation benefits increased by a record 10 percent at the start of July following the largest year-over-year increase in the average wage in Washingt...
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As part of the latest economic rescue plan to buoy the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress approved a $3 billion payroll support program for the aviation manufacturing ind...
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Momentum toward inviting Seattle-area employees back to...
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Seattle school workers have accused the city school district of unfair labor practices for ordering hundreds of educators back to the classroom amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Represented by...