No. Washington State’s workers’ compensation provides sure and certain relief for injured workers and their dependents regardless of questions of fault. See RCW 51.04.010, which provides: “…certain relief for workers, injured in their work, and their families and dependents is hereby provided regardless of questions of fault…” In 1911, Washington’s […]

As a state agency, L&I administers the workers’ compensation fund and makes decisions on what benefits should be provided to an injured worker. Also a state agency, the BIIA is completely independent and separate from L&I. The purpose of the BIIA is to review decisions made by L&I after an […]

There has been a change in the state’s average wage as announced by the Washington State Employment Security Department on June 12, 2019. Per the Department of Labor and Industries’ news release of July 1, 2019: “For most workers injured on or before July 1, 2018, time-loss and pension benefit […]

Are you receiving time loss benefits? Is your employer still paying for healthcare benefits? Has the Department issued a Wage Order? It is very important that your wage order is accurate, especially when it comes to healthcare benefits. In 2001, Washington’s Supreme Court was asked to decide if an injured […]

Under RCW 51.32.090(4), an injured worker’s employer of injury can request that an injured worker on time loss be certified by his or her attending medical provider to work a designated light duty position. If the attending medical provider releases the worker to the light duty job and the employer […]