According to the Pierce County Department of Health, the week started with 41 reports of ill diners, which led to the closure of El Toro in Tacoma’s Westgate neighborhood Monday. By Wednesday, reports of ill customers had extended to its sister
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FDA warnings: Tacoma fish factory, St. Paul bakery cited
By News Desk
Listeria monocytogenes growing on equipment and other surfaces in a Tacoma, WA, fish processing plant and filthy conditions with evidence of insect infestations in a St. Paul, MN, bakery earned business owners warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration…
Officials relying on consumers to stop unlicensed caterer
By Coral Beach
Caterer without permit linked to Salmonella outbreak
By Coral Beach
A rogue caterer who has been operating without proper permits since at least 2012 has been named in a rare move by public health officials in Tacoma, WA. Operating as Mr. Rick’s Catering, Rick Stevenson’s food is the suspected vehicle…
Tacoma, Washington Paid Employee Sick Leave Law Goes Into Effect in February 2016
By Karin Jones
Flu season is fast approaching, and this winter, Tacoma employers will join Seattle employers in being required to provide paid sick leave. On February 1, 2016, Tacoma’s new paid sick leave ordinance goes into effect. As we have blogged about…
Tacoma, WA Enacts Paid Sick Leave Law
Now comes Tacoma, Washington, joining the growing throng of cities and states that have passed paid sick leave laws. Recall our prediction two years ago that a mega patchwork of paid sick leave laws was on the way. It has…
Great Story by a Great Attorney!
Every so often you run across a story that really demonstrates what it means to fight for a client. I posted this story on my Facebook page a couple of weeks ago, and had to share it here in its…
What does Fresenius’s Investment of $600M in Sound Inpatient Physicians Mean?
Fresenius Medical Care has announced it has entered into an agreement to invest approximately $600 million in Sound Inpatient Physicians.
Fresenius Medical Care, which has its North American headquarters in Waltham, Mass., specializes in the production of medical supplies…
WA Firm Recalls Products for Unapproved Canning Procedure, No Permit
By News Desk
Protest Shuts Down ICE in Tacoma
From the National Day Laborer Organizing Network:Our civil disobedience action to shut down ICE and demanding Obama to stop deportations and extend deferred action to all undocumented immigrants at the NW Detention Center in Tacoma Monday morning was a huge…