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<a href="mailto:candiceb@awcnet.org">Candice Bock</a>, <a href="mailto:jacobe@awcnet.org">Jacob Ewing</a> | Mar 07, 2020
Governor Jay Inslee and the Director of the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) <a target="_blank" href="https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-announces-workers-compensation-coverage-include-quarantined-health-workersfirst">announced</a> that workers’ compensation protections are extended to health care workers and first responders under quarantine for COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Governor Jay Inslee and the Director of the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced that workers’ compensation protections are extended to health care workers and first responders under quarantine for COVID-19 (coronavirus).
L&I will now provide workers’ compensation benefits to health care workers and first responders quarantined by a physician or public health officer for coronavirus. These benefits include medical testing, treatment expenses if a worker becomes ill, and provides time-loss payments for those who cannot work if they are sick or quarantined.
The expanded coverage takes effect immediately and retroactively covers eligible workers already under quarantine.
For questions related to this expanded coverage, please contact L&I.