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Hearing Loss and Compensation Under L&I
Washington State considers loss of hearing caused by noise exposure to be a form of occupational injury, and awards L&I benefits to workers who suffer from this condition regardless of fault in a...
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OSHA Files Suit Against Goodman for Misreporting Worker Injuries
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently charged Goodman Manufacturing Company a total of eighty-three citations for willfully failing to document, or...
View ArticleWorker Recieves $1.47 Million for Construction Accident
In October, a 51 year-old construction worker was awarded $1.47 million for a serious workplace injury that occurred when he fell from a faulty ladder while holding one end of a 100-pound beam. This...
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Experts Debate Washington Governor’s Workers’ Comp Proposals
As states face major budget shortfalls across the country, many state officials are proposing sweeping changes to established programs that directly affect workers and unions. Many of these proposals...
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Tucson Shooting Forces Discussion of Workers’ Comp Equality
By now the media has shifted its focus on to the uprising in Egypt and the Grammy Music Awards, but the tragic shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and several others in Tucson continues to...
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Workers’ Comp Backlash? Sled Dog Scandal Provokes Discussion of Worker Rights
The now notorious slaughter of 100 sled dogs in Whistler last year has provoked a number of discussions focusing on animal cruelty and welfare. A worker received workers’ compensation benefits when he...
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Washington Workplace Bullying Legislation: An Expansion of Workers’...
Washington Legislators are taking another look at a little known aspect of unfair labor practices: workplace bullying. As unemployment soars and few jobs are being created, tensions in the workplace...
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Does Pro-Business Mean Anti-Labor? Labor & Industries in Oklahoma
As the Labor struggle in Wisconsin makes clear, the current recession has provided impetus for those Anti-Labor forces who want to quash collective rights won over years of labor rights struggles. And...
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