WA AG Ferguson Positioning for Gov Run by Getting Tough on Crime?
We've noticed some moves recently by WA State Attorney General Bob Ferguson that would support the not-so-secret claim he's going to run for governor in 2024.
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We've noticed some moves recently by WA State Attorney General Bob Ferguson that would support the not-so-secret claim he's going to run for governor in 2024.
Under the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), employers are required to pay employees for all “hours worked.” Unfortunately, whether activities count as hours worked is not a simple...
Under the Washington Minimum Wage Act MWA, employers are required to pay employees for all hours worked. Employers do not have to pay employees for their daily commute to and from work, Washington case law has identified some commute contexts that do count as hours worked.
Roughly nine in 10 employees of the state of Washington are now vaccinated against COVID-19. Gov. Jay Inslee considers that a huge success and a win for public health. But his vaccine mandate has also led to the departure of hundreds of state employees. Now there are questions about the implications for some state services.
GEO Group sought Friday to bolster its claim that Washington state's trial over immigrant wages at a detention center it runs is hypocritical, bringing a witness who testified that the state itself pays just a couple of dollars an hour for resident work at a different non-criminal commitment facility.