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Labor advocates are concerned with SB 5061 in its current form Michael Goldberg
January 25, 2021
There is concern among labor advocates that SB 5061 a bill that would provide unemployment insurance tax relief for businesses and increase the minimum weekly unemployment benefit for workers could leave some workers worse off than before. The Morning Wire: Keeping you informed on politics, policies, and personalities of Washington State. These concerns were aggravated after the bill was amended before passing in executive session. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Curtis King (R – Yakima), limits an individual’s weekly benefit amount for unemployment compensation to the individual’s weekly wage using an annualized calculation. In other words, the amendment will prevent individuals from earning more through unemployment compensation than they did while working. ....
Business groups press Washington Legislature for tax cuts, other COVID-19 relief By Paul Roberts, The Seattle Times Published: January 17, 2021, 1:23pm Share: After surviving 10 months of shutdowns, heavy layoffs, steep losses and chronic uncertainty, many businesses in Washington say they won’t see the end of the pandemic without significant help from state lawmakers. But one week into the 2021 legislative session, prospects for that relief are anything but clear. The good news: There’s strong bipartisan support in the Democrat-controlled state House and Senate for quick action on measures such as emergency grants for small business and more than $2.6 billion in cuts for unemployment taxes and other business costs. ....
474 2 minutes read Washington state’s labor agency will raise the Workers’ Compensation premium rates paid by Amazon for its fulfillment centers by 15 percent starting in 2021. This is due to the much higher rate of injuries to workers in the Amazon fulfillment centers than workers at 260 other job classifications including other warehouses. Previously, the state Department of Labor & Industries had placed Amazon’s Fulfillment Centers in the same category of workplace as any other warehouse when calculating premium rates. “Workers’ comp claims arising from Amazon fulfillment centers increased nearly threefold between 2014 and 2018, L&I injury claims data shows. Meanwhile, the number of claims from non-Amazon warehouses has trended steadily downward for years.” (Seattle Times) ....