Seattle Will Begin Proactively Investigating Industries that May Be Ripping Off Workers

Good news for low-wage workers.by Heidi GrooverDuring the 2015 national minimum wage march. City of Seattle
Seattle's Office of Labor Standards will soon begin an important new type of labor law investigation.
"Directed investigations" is the incredibly unsexy term for a type of labor law enforcement that can have hugely important effects.
While other OLS cases are complaint-based, directed investigations can be launched without a complaint. Instead of waiting for a worker to report being underp