Prosperous Economy

This activity provides human resource services, facilities management, public records disclosure, budget and financial management, office of the director, and overall agency direction. Information Services coordinates agency wide computing resources.

This activity administers the State Fund provision of workers' compensation insurance for about 2,570,000 employees working for 171,000 employers. This work includes setting rates, collecting premiums, and helping employers to control costs and manage claims. It provides benefits to eligible workers who are injured or become ill as a result of a work place injury or exposure. Benefits include wage replacement, medical, and return to work or vocational assistance. For workers who are permanently disabled or fatally injured Labor and Industries provides lifetime pension benefits for workers or their family members.

This activity provides services to reduce preventable workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspectors investigate hazardous workplaces, fatalities, serious accidents, and employee safety complaints. They ensure that employers correct serious hazards. DOSH also encourages voluntary compliance by providing onsite safety, health, and risk consultations to help employers identify and fix workplace hazards.

This activity protects the public and workers from the potential financial and safety risks associated with residential and commercial construction by licensing professional installers who do electrical, elevator, plumbing, and pressure vessel work. We maintain a register of building contractors to protect homeowners from unreliable, fraudulent, financially irresponsible, or incompetent construction contractors who fail to meet their financial obligations. We inspect installations including amusement rides, elevators, conveyances, grain elevators, mobile and manufactured homes, modular schools, construction trailers, mobile medical units, recreational vehicles, vendor trailers, plumbing, boilers, and pressure vessels.

This activity includes prevailing wage determinations and the Employment Standards Program. The programs promote and enforce fair labor practices including payment of wages, family care benefits, and fair treatment of farm labor contractors. Labor and Industries investigates and issues findings on behalf of workers who were not fairly compensated for work performed.

This activity prepares a qualified workforce in key occupations in our state. Labor and Industries Apprenticeship Program coordinators monitor compliance in existing occupations and develop and approve new programs in both traditional and non traditional occupations.

This activity helps eligible victims of a crime and their families recover from physical, emotional, and financial hardship. Benefits include medical, dental and mental health services, wage replacement benefits, sexual assault forensic exams, and payment of burial costs.