Effective Jan. 1, 2012, the Washington state minimum wage rate will increase from $8.67 per hour to $9.04 per hour. Washington currently has the highest state minimum wage in the nation and will after the hike as well. Washington's minimum wage is adjusted each year for inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price (CPI) Index for the past 12 months. The wage rate for workers ages 14 and...

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (DOLI) has updated its "Notice to Employees (Workers' Compensation)" for employers ensured through the state. According to the agency, registered domestic partners are now eligible to receive a pension as a death benefit should a worker die at the workplace. The notice has also removed "Washington Minimum...

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (DOLI) has released a notification announcing the 2011 minimum wage increase from $8.55 per hour to $8.67 per hour. According to the agency, th state minimum wage poster is no longer considered a mandatory posting. Although it is no longer mandatory, employers are still required to notify their employees of the state minimum wage rate....

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has updated its state OSHA panel. Under the section "Fatality and Hospitalization," an incident that involves the hospitalization of one or more workers must be reported within eight hours to the employer or an agent designated by the employer. This change is considered a Material...

The State of Washington has updated its Your Rights as a Worker in Washington State poster.  According to officials, the change is mandatory and all employers must replace existing notices with the current version.  The agency also advised, while the revision is dated 05/2010, it was not uploaded or made available to employers until 08/05/2010. Revisions to the notice include...

With the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling 1.9 percent in the 12 months through August 2009, Washington State is leaving its nation's highest minimum wage rate unchanged for 2010 at $8.55 an hour  (technically, the cities of Santa Fe and San Francisco have higher minimum wages). Washington is one of ten states that, by law, must adjust their minimum wage each year to reflect the CPI....

The State of Washington has released its new minimum wage poster for 2009. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, the state minimum wage was eased from $8.07 per hour to $8.55 per hour. Workers age 14 and 15 may be paid 85% of the minimum wage, which at the same time increased from $6.86 per hour to $7.27 per hour. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (DLI) calculates the minimum wage...

Three mandated workplace posters for the State of Washington have been revised and redesigned: The WISHA poster, the “Your Rights as a Worker” poster, and the Worker's Compensation “Notice to Employees” poster. WISHA is Washington’s OSHA agency, and the revised WISHA poster contains a newly added penalty section. The “Your Rights as a Worker” poster...

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industry has updated its Notice To Employees poster. The poster is required for self-insured businesses and outlines what a worker employed by a self-insured business should do if a work-related injury or illness occurs. According to the agency, all self-insured employers must display this poster where workers can see it. The updated notice now...