The Labor Department says fewer than 40 percent of eligible workers receive any workers compensation benefits. That's because in some cases the accidents are never officially recorded.

L&I workers' compensation insurance covers about 2.9 million workers and nearly 180,000 employers in Washington. The department accepts more than 90,000 injured worker claims each year.

TUMWATER, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced on Thursday that there will be a 4.9% increase in the average workers' compensation premium rate for 2024 ...

A new Department of Labor report says cuts to state workers’ comp systems have left injured workers with inadequate benefits and raises the specter of federal oversight. The findings echo those ...

For 10 years, the state has tried to upgrade antiquated technology that handles workers' medical claims. Last week, $30 million spent and almost zero progress, the project was suspended.

State workers compensation laws are heading in the wrong direction, according to new report from the Labor Dept. that calls for the "exploration" of federal oversight and federal minimum benefits ...

Members of the House and Senate are calling on the Labor Department to help injured workers who are losing benefits. The members cite an NPR/ProPublica investigation.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday urged the Labor Department to do more to ensure that federal firefighters’ workers compensation claims are processed quickly. In a letter, a group of ...

Employers and workers may soon be paying more for workers’ compensation insurance after the Washington Department of Labor & Industries proposed a 4.8 percent rate increase.

The NPR/ProPublica series on workers' compensation has prompted a response from 10 ranking Democrats of Senate and Congressional Committees. The lawmakers want the Department of Labor to ...

The US Department of Labor shared a final rule on Tuesday that would increase the difficulty of classifying workers as independent contractors. If the rule survives court challenges unscathed, it ...