L&I Industrial Relations Agent ; Spanish Bilingual

Our Mission:
Keep Washington Safe and Working! Our Values:
Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability

When hired as bilingual, our top applicant will be required to pass an assessment of your ability to write and speak Spanish fluently. We do not use translating software. Employees with bilingual responsibilities receive a 5% increase in pay.

Job Highlights

Keep Washington safe and working as an Industrial Relations Agent 2. In this role, you’ll investigate routine prevailing wage complaints and violations of prevailing wage laws on Public Works projects in accordance with RCW 39.04:
Public Works and RCW 39.12: prevailing Wages on Public Works and Chapter 296-127 WAC:
Prevailing Wage, under the Fraud Prevention and Labor Standard Division, Prevailing Wage Program. This position is bilingual and will provide verbal and written interpretation and translation services for Spanish speaking customers.

• Communication with employer and employee via phone, email, in person, and
• letters to resolve prevailing wage disputes;
• Determination of validity in prevailing wage complaints by applying rules and regulations promulgated under the Public Works statutes
• Review contracts between public agencies, contractors, and subcontractors
• Review and audit of payroll records to determine unlawful payment of wages
• File liens with public agencies
• Negotiate restitution of wages
• Recommend Notices of Violation

• A combined total of five (5) years of education and/or experience, to be used in any combination of education, and/or experience. For example:
  • A total of 5 years’ experience in labor/employment relations and regulations
  • A Bachelor’s Degree, and 1 year experience in labor/employment relations and regulations
  • An Associate’s Degree and 3 years’ experience in labor/employment relations and regulations
• The ability to read, write and communicate in both English and Spanish. Our top candidate will be required to pass a bilingual exam.

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Knowledge of:

• Laws governing all phases of labor relations, general policies, principles and practices of labor and management
• State wage laws and related federal laws and regulations
• Contracts and related labor relations; ability to apply such knowledge to mediation, arbitration and resolution
• Principles, standards and techniques of personal investigations
• Rules of evidence, auditing, accounting and bookkeeping procedures

Ability to:

• Interpret complex laws, rules and regulations
• Analyze issues involving wage disputes and formulate suggestions for compromise and settlement of disputes
• Prepare written documents
• Organize facts, arguments and conclusions in clear and logical sequence
• Gather, preserve and present material, relevant and pertinent evidence
• Exercise mature judgment in wide variety of public contact
• Travel infrequently, possibly for extended periods

To help you maintain a proper work-life balance, teleworking is one of the work schedule options for this position. L&I also offers flexible custom work schedules.

State employees who meet the qualifications will become eligible for a generous retirement package at the end of the employee’s career.

telework is permitted full time. The assigned duty station for this position is Tumwater or any office in Washington with the exception of King County.

For positions where in-office work is necessary, the frequency of telework will be discussed with the supervisor of the position at the time of offer.

Prior to a placement in this position, a background…