Category: Employment Law

What is Seattle Paid Sick And Safe Time? Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) is a law that requires employers to provide paid…

Washington State has one of the highest minimum wage rates in the United States. Some professions have a higher wage rate in Washington than…

Recent changes to the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) now require employers to share the wage scale or salary range in all job…

Seattle city employees who have become accustomed to working from home during the pandemic are threatening to quit in the face of a proposed…

The American workforce is amid a record number of resignations, with more than 4.4 million employees jumping ship in September, and more expected to follow.…

Charlotte E. Ray defied overwhelming racial prejudice and sexism in 19th-century America to become the first practicing African-American female lawyer in the United States.…

Firing pregnant workers who can’t perform certain job duties like lifting heavy objects is against the law. But that didn’t stop a pair of…

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive orders replacing the expired $600 weekly unemployment benefit with $400 per week and deferring payroll taxes after…

Seattle’s thriving tech hub has earned it the reputation as a sort of Silicon Valley of the Pacific Northwest in recent years, owing in…