Washington
The Washington legislature has passed a law that would enhance criminal background screening protections for job applicants and employees.
Seven states have increased the compensation threshold in 2025 that employers must meet for employees who are subject to a noncompete agreement.
Next month, voters will decide the fate of minimum wage initiatives in Alaska, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Missouri and Everett, Washington.
Boeing has agreed to pay $11.5 million in unpaid wages to about 500 workers to compensate them for time spent traveling out of town on business - the largest amount of back pay returned to workers in the history of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
Nearly three dozen companies face lawsuits alleging their job postings failed to disclose the wage scale or salary range, as a new Washington State law requires.
A growing number of states are restricting employers from testing job applicants or employees for marijuana use.
Effective March 26, 2023, Ordinance 126767 adds caste to the list of protected classes under Seattle's municipal code.
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