AWB Asks Washington Supreme Court to Help Stop the Bleeding in State Workers’ Comp System


AWB Asks Washington Supreme Court to Help Stop the Bleeding in State Workers’ Comp System

Cockle definition of “wages”. As the AWB brief observes, “a tsunami of litigation has swept over the state attempting to swell the definition of wages to include any employee benefits.” According to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals they have experienced more than 1,395 Cockle-related claims that further seek to expand the definition of wages.

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