Washington Department of Labor & Industry

(Tumwater, WA) -- The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is proposing a 4.8 percent increase in the average price employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance next year. If adopted, the increase would mean employers and workers would jointly pay an additional $61 a year, on average, for each full-time employee within a business. "Ev ...

(Spokane, WA) -- Washington's unemployment rate is among the highest in the nation. At three-point-nine percent, that's on par with what it was pre-pandemic. According to June figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 14 states have higher jobless rates, with Pennsylvania, Alaska, Nevada, New Mexico and D...

(Walla Walla, WA) -- Washington Labor and Industries says they've fined Walla Walla Foundry Inc $93,600 after the agency says an inspection found a wide range of rules violations. L&I says it comes from a general lack of planning and hazard assessment to specific and serious failures to provide required safety equipment or training to workers. Th ...