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DEP'T OF LABOR & INDUS. v. TRADESMEN INT'L

No. 99031-0 consolidated with 99032-8.

497 P.3d 353 (2021)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES of the State of Washington, Petitioner, v. TRADESMEN INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Respondent. Department of Labor and Industries of the State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Laborworks Industrial Staffing Specialists, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed October 28, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott S. Furst , Washington Attorney General's Office, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Anastasia R. Sandstrom , Washington Attorney General's Office, 800 5th Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, for Petitioner.

Aaron Kazuo Owada , Sean Walsh , Richard Isaiah Skeen , Owada Law PC, 975 Carpenter Rd. Ne Ste. 204, Lacey, WA, 98516-5560, Stephen C. Dwyer , American Staffing Association, 277 S. Washington St. Suite 200, Alexandria, VA, 22314, for Respondent.

Rebecca A. Smith Attorney at Law 83 Barnswallow Way Friday Harbor, WA, 98250-8599, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Employment Law Project, David Michaels, Michael Silverstein.

William D. Hochberg , Attorney at Law, 222 3rd Ave. N. Edmonds, WA, 98020-3109, Rachel V. Hamar , Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC 222 3rd Ave. N., Edmonds, WA, 98020-3109, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Afl-Cio WA State Labor Council, Afl-Cio Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council.

¶ 1 These cases involve the liability of temporary worker staffing agencies for violations of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 (WISHA), ch. 49.17 RCW. Tradesmen International and Laborworks Industrial Staffing Specialists are staffing agencies that place temporary workers with host employers. Tradesmen staffed...

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