by Adriana | Apr 16, 2021 | Policy Reform
OLYMPIA, WA – Today, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill that will give most Washington workers whose employers don’t pay their wages a new tool in the fight to recover their hard-earned money. Senate Bill 5355, known as the Washington Wage...
by Adriana | Apr 14, 2021 | Policy Reform
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill today that creates a limited, automatic protection from bank account garnishment. House Bill (HB) 1525, sponsored by Representative Amy Walen (D-Kirkland), will automatically protect as much as $1000 in a person’s bank...
by Adriana | Apr 14, 2021 | Policy Reform
Governor Inslee signed House Bill (HB) 1090 into law today, prohibiting the operation and use of private, for-profit detention facilities in the state. The bill signing marks a historic moment in the national movement to abolish for-profit prisons. With...
by Adriana | Mar 23, 2021 | Policy Reform
SB 5355: Establishing wage liens March 23rd @ 10am in the House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards Wage theft disproportionately impacts immigrant workers, many of whom have language barriers and who are unlikely to take extra risks for fear of retaliation....
by Adriana | Mar 10, 2021 | Policy Reform
This session, the legislature introduced HB 1412, a bill that would provide low-income Washington residents with new and necessary opportunities to seek relief from legal financial obligations (LFOs). Legal debt in the form of LFOs continues to negatively impact...
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