New WA Law Aims to Reel in Workers' Comp Abuse

New WA Law Aims to Reel in Workers' Comp Abuse

OLYMPIA, WA – Workers’ rights advocates are celebrating a new law mandating “good faith and fair dealing” in Washington’s workers’ compensation system. They said the law will curb abuses which have denied workers fair claims. Doug Palmer, a workers’ compensation attorney in Vancouver, explained Washington does not allow private insurers to provide workers comp coverage. Instead, employees are covered either by the state or large employers. Palme…

The new laws of the land in WA – RANGE Media

Worker protections, hate crime clarification, oversight for private detention centers and more. Here are the deets on just a few of the bills WA Governor Bob Ferguson recently signed into law.