Consumer alert: Workers’ compensation scam targeting Spanish-speaking workers
Attorney General Nick Brown is warning Washington residents about a scam targeting injured, Spanish-speaking workers across the Pacific Northwest. This scam has not yet been documented in Washington, but Washington workers should be aware that they may be targeted. The Scam Scammers contact the injured worker via phone, email, video call, text message, WhatsApp, Facebook […]
New Workers’ Compensation Penalty Increases Hit July 1
OLYMPIA— Washington employers face higher penalties starting July 1, 2026, for violations of the state’s workers’ compensation laws as the Department of Labor & Industries applies a required inflation adjustment of 12.11 percent. The increases stem from a 2020 state law that raised long-stagnant penalty amounts for the first time in decades and ordered automatic […]
L&I announced no increase in average premium rate in 2021
By Herbert Atienza | L&I Public Affairs TUMWATER, WA, November 30, 2020 — For the first time in two decades, Washington workers’ compensation rates have dropped or stayed steady for four years in a row. The state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) today announced that there will be no increase for the average premium […]
