Metco Manufacturing, Inc. v. Bureau of Labor & Industries

RIGGS, J. pro tempore.

Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (Bureau), which ordered petitioner to pay a former employe approximately $8,500 in lost wages and $2,500 as mental stress damages. We affirm.

The employe filed an unlawful employment practice complaint with Bureau alleging that petitioner fired him because of his use of the workers’ compensation system. Bureau attempted, without success, to conciliate the dispute. On June 29,1987, Bureau sent petitioner a “Notice of Hearing and Specific Charges.” Appended to that notice was a copy of pertinent…