L&I Getting Pushback on Proposed 1.8% Rate Hike

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries proposed an average 1.8% rate increase for 2015, but some employers think the agency could get by without raising rates at all, according to a report by the Puget Sound Business Journal. During an Oct. 27 public hearing on the rate proposal in Tumwater, Jan Gee, president and chief executive officer of the Washington Food Industry Association, said actuarial projections for the accident fund don't point to the need to increase rates. Furthermore, Gee said while the average increase is 1.8%, the industry rates for construction and gr...