The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) recognizes that "External Content" — content that is provided by entities that are not part of government — may be included in the publicly accessible website, www.LNI.wa.gov, (the “Site”) operated by L&I. L&I does not intend that this Site be an open public forum, and External Content on pages operated by L&I will be permitted at the sole discretion of L&I.
This policy applies only to pages that are operated by L&I. This policy is not intended, and shall not be construed, to prohibit external content that:
It may be in the public interest to include on the Site:
External content therefore includes, but is not limited to, links or acknowledgements on pages operated by L&I.
In exercising its discretion to allow external (non-L&I) content on its website, L&I will be guided by the purpose of the Site, which is as follows:
This Site is intended to support, as efficiently, conveniently and cost effectively as possible, and in a manner of presentation befitting government, the following uses by citizens, businesses and public employees:
L&I, at its sole discretion, will determine whether external content meets these purposes. Generally, external content that does not suit these purposes includes, but is not limited to, content that contains, suggests, or infers any of the following:
L&I reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to withdraw external content that otherwise meets its guidelines. This discretion may be exercised if L&I becomes aware, receives claims or allegations, or has reason to inquire whether, the content refers or links the viewer to content not on L&I’s Site that either violates any of the above listed guidelines, except the last one, or would be reasonably likely to offend a reasonable citizen. Withdrawal of content on these bases will be permitted whether or not L&I is legally obligated to act upon any information of which it is aware.
Links to non-L&I websites are provided as a courtesy to customers when L&I considers that external Web content to be useful and valuable to the public. However, we cannot vouch for, or take responsibility for, information contained on websites not administered by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
References in this website, or links from this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of visitors to this site, and doesn't constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, or its officers, employees or agents.
Other websites are welcome to provide links to this website, as long as it’s not to copyrighted information, and as long as it's done in a way that's consistent with our mission and goals, etc. (We do have a few items that are copyrighted.) Please send a note to the webmaster about which page(s) you link to, so we will know what pages you have found useful.
While links to our site are allowed by this policy, use of the L&I logo is not. Other websites are not authorized to display the L&I logo.
Thanks for visiting L&I's website.
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