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New Washington State Overtime Pay Rules Effective July 1st
New rules under the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) have taken effect July 1 regarding updates to overtime pay and worker eligibility. WA L&I announced the changed late last year after numerous public hearings and proceedings, and...
Compliance Alert: Statewide Mask Mandate
COMPLIANCE ALERT Statewide Mask Mandate On June 26, 2020, a statewide order will go into effect requiring individuals to wear a face covering while in indoor public spaces as well as outdoors when you cannot stay 6 feet apart. Certain exemptions may apply for...
Historic U.S. Supreme Court Ruling for LGBTQ Anti-Discrimination
In a landmark ruling effective June 15, 2020, the LGBTQ community is now offered protection under the federal employment laws based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Although many states, including Washington state, had previously provided those protections...
Reopening under the PPP Flexibility Act
As many states are issuing reopening orders and Phase 2 conditions for businesses and public establishments, employers are ready to return their employees back into the workplace. Some employees are simply reestablishing their physical presence in the office, where...
Protests, Pandemic and Other Stressors in 2020
There is no doubt that 2020 has brought more than the fair share of unexpected chaos into our lives than any other year in recent history. Now going into the fourth month of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the recent death of Minneapolis man, George Floyd at the hands...
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...
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Grief in the Workplace a Personal Experience
Grief, unfortunately, happens and the loss of loved ones, friends, and acquaintances cannot be avoided. When employees begin to navigate the grieving process it may have a profound impact on the workplace. As an employer and advisor to other employers, I didn’t fully...
Drive Consumer Action With Content Marketing
Today, the average amount of daily screen time a person spends on a device has increased to seven hours and that time has more than doubled over the last two years. Before the pandemic, the average user spent only three hours engaged with their devices, but as...
Recruitment Tools for Today’s Hiring Melee
With a record number of open job postings, and with many workers still on the sidelines, this has created a challenge of finding the right candidate to fill those open roles. With candidates in short supply, your recruitment strategies of pre-2020 now require a...
Rethink The Way We Work
March of 2020, what a different time. What we assumed would be short-term inconveniences to our daily lives has led to lasting impacts and changes in our thinking and our world as a whole; women have felt the brunt of the impact. Women have lost over 1 million more...
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