Category: Worker Rights

Generally speaking, workers’ compensation is available to any employee who is injured or acquires certain types of illnesses at the workplace, or during work-related…

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…

Washington is one of nine U.S. states, and the District of Columbia, that will conduct the General Election mainly by mail. An additional 36…

Employees deserve to be paid a fair living wage. In 2013, the city of SeaTac passed a new law to pay workers a fair…

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…

About two years after launching an initiative to eliminate “no-poach” agreements that franchise operators have used to restrict worker wages and mobility in Washington…

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…

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.…

It should come as no surprise that harassment and discrimination in the workplace are illegal. But reporting the unwanted treatment, let alone hiring a…