Federal inspectors have cited 595 Construction LLC – a Crystal Lake, Illinois contractor with a history of exposing employees to fall hazards – for eight safety violations after finding employees framing a residential structure without required protections three times at three residential worksites in the same neighborhood in May 2024. Falls from elevation are the … Read more
The IRS has announced new income limits for its seven tax brackets for 2025, with income thresholds increased by about 2.7% to adjust for inflation. This follows a 5.4% increase in 2024 and a historically large 7% bump in 2023. Reaching a top one percent income is becoming more challenging given the threshold keeps increasing … Read more
We often hear from members that one of the most frustrating aspects of Washington workers’ compensation is claim validation (i.e. verifying that the employee’s injury or illness occurred during the course of their employment). Oftentimes, it feels like an employer is on the hook for an employee’s injury, … Read more
Eve Hill, a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy and a leading civil rights lawyer, provided critical analysis in a recent Law360 article by Max Kutner titled “Analysis: 5 Wage Priorities In The Democrats’ 2024 Platform.” The article described the Democratic Party’s plans to prioritize a federal minimum wage increase, establish a national paid leave … Read more
Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that a Temple, Texas manufacturer and designer of school furnishings could have prevented an employee’s serious and permanent hand and arm injuries by installing required machine guards. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration learned that in April 2024, while using a garden hose … Read more
