When choosing to hire an L&I attorney, it’s important to do your research. Many law firms will claim they’re the best for you, but not every firm is created equal. Hiring the wrong attorney means potentially losing your case or being the victim of malpractice. It’s important to veri...
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in four years, strengthening evidence that our job market continues to improve. The Department of Labor also confirmed that the U.S. economy grew by 3% in the fourth quarter of 2011. From December through Febr...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited Florida-based Bennett Electrical Services Co. for three safety violations, including one judged to be willful, following the serious injury of an employee. In the course of an inspection begun in August b...
When Leroy MacKlem lost his veterans disability compensation for an injured hip, gas cost 27 cents per gallon and Harry Truman was President. The year was 1950. He just learned, however, that he will now get all of it back. This is a case that reveals both bureaucratic incompetence on the part of ...
With weather forecasters predicting one of the biggest Seattle snow storms in recent years to arrive tomorrow, workers and employers should prepare to take full precautions to ensure winter safety. The U.S. Department of Labor has created a new page on the website for its Occupational Safety and Hea...
According the New York Daily News, a Yale University student was killed in an accident at a chemistry lab when her hair was drawn into a piece of lab machinery. According to official reports, when fire firefighters responded around 2:30 a.m., they discovered the Michele Dufault sitting at a lath...
In this Blog we often note the dangers of occupations that mix physical labor and heavy machinery. Jobs in construction, maintenance, and agriculture present clear dangers to workers through mixing heavy physical demands and close proximity to powerful machinery. However, a less noted danger...
Weldlok and Fluid Tech Hyrdaulics Pty Ltd, two Australian companies, have been hit with fines after a worker suffered devastating injuries related to failures in safety protocols. Each state in Australia is covered by a different regional workers compensation system. The WorkCover Authority of ...
Workers' compensation law in Washington State will be transformed. The question has now become "how much." Last week lawmakers revealed that protecting workers' compensation benefits is so crucial, they are willing to stall the entire state budget to protect workers' rights against the rising tide...
The Corporate Food Industry has often been the scene of labor rights abuses ranging from dodging minimum pay laws to mandating long hours linked to the ebb and flow of customer patronage at food establishments. Many a waiter and waitress will tell you that they rarely are given the mandatory bre...