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OSHA Provides Updated COVID-19 Enforcement Response Plans
New guidance has emerged effective May 26th related to how OSHA plans to investigate COVID-19 related hazards in the workplace. The new guidance will supersede OSHA's previous Interim Response Plan from earlier this spring. As the top priority for OSHA still remains...
Employment Lawsuits and Legal Actions on the Rise: How to Do the Right Thing
Just when we thought things were tough enough in this COVID-19 work environment, where the closing of businesses and the loss of productivity and business due to operational shut-down have wreaked havoc on the world economy, now there are legal issues that have...
Is Your Business Ready to Return to the New Normal?
There is no more business as usual. Things are different. Our world is vastly different than it was two months ago as we’ve navigated the choppy waters of social distancing, essential work forces, and shelter-in-place telework policies. The question is, what does it...
How to Comply with WA State’s Safe Start plan for Re-Opening Business
In the beginning, when we first learned of the easily spread COVID-19 virus, businesses were afraid of shutting things down or allowing their workforce to telework from home. Now, as Washington State Governor Inslee has issued the four-phase approach to reopening...
Clarification and Modifications to Washington State Paid Family Medical Leave
Effective April 10, 2020, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has signed into law changes and modifications that impact the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (PFML) that all employers must comply with and follow. Washington’s law is already fairly generous as...
Team Togetherness, DIY Masks, and Finding Humor in the time of pandemic
Question: Is this JB Consulting Systems Team a group of crazed bandits or just a team having a very fashionable and fun moment during a virtual meeting? If you've worked with JBCS for long, you may have encountered one of these talented HR professionals in some...
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How To Help Prevent Suicide
National Suicide Prevention Week is an annual week-long campaign serving as a reminder of the need to inform and engage the public about suicide prevention by drawing attention to the problem. With the turmoil brought to our lives during the COVID-19 pandemic there is...
A Mid-Year Review of Your Strategic Plan
Strategic planning is a road map for the future that businesses and their leadership rely on to develop short-term, long-term, and contingency plans. This time of year offers leaders a chance to review their planning process and make necessary adjustments in order to...
Navigating Return To Work Uncertainty During a Pandemic
Since March 2020 the Covid-19 virus has taught employers a key lesson about running a business during a global pandemic. During uncertain times, flexibility is the only consistency in a stream of ever-changing variables impacting businesses. Earlier this summer with...
Celebrating 20 Years of Business
Twenty years ago on July 15th, 2001, Juli Bacon started her Human Resource consulting company, JB Consulting Systems. At the time, she was raising a four-year-old son and expecting her second child and realized that there had to be a shift in her own work/life...
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