L&I goal: Keep workers safe, enforce wage and workplace rights laws, and help injured workers heal.
Update: Added amount of cents to dollar figures in overtime-exempt salary thresholds; added link to overtime-exempt salary schedule.TUMWATER — Washington’s minimum wage will rise 3.5 percent next year to $17.73 an hour.
YAKIMA COUNTY — A farm labor contracting company faces nearly $700,000 in fines for labor violations, including failing to provide farmworkers with basic, required information in writing about wages and working conditions.
ARLINGTON — An Arlington man who worked for two out-of-state companies is facing a theft charge in connection with a Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) workers’ compensation fraud investigation.
SEATTLE — A Renton bus driver faces a felony theft charge for taking time loss payments and receiving other benefits meant for injured workers while at the same time allegedly working multiple jobs.
