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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...
Effective today: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Today marks the effective date for the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act. While the new law does not require a policy, employers must inform employees of their rights via a poster. Employers should hang this poster in lunchrooms and distribute via email to...
COVID-19 tax credits and Economic Stimulus Package provided by the U.S
JB consulting Systems continues to share up-to-date information and resources on COVID-19. Today's blog post is from our guest, Maria Krey, CPA, regarding . There have been a whole lot of changes in recent weeks - below is my attempt at a "headline" version of items...
We’re All a Work-in-Progress: Managing Your Employees Remotely
For many employers, managing the remote employee isn't a new or unique challenge, it's just business as usual. However, for millions of Americans who have moved their own home work environments in the comfort (or not so comfortable spaces at home), it's a work in...
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The Risks of Misclassifying Workers
Correctly classifying your workers is an important decision that should be evaluated when adding to your workforce. If you misclassify a worker’s status, your business could end up in some hot water at both the state and federal levels. Beginning in the late 90s and...
Company Culture: Pride and Inclusivity
Every year, in June, we celebrate Pride Month, but to understand why it’s a celebration we should look to the roots. At the end of June, 1969, when many laws against homosexuality still existed, the New York City Police raided a popular Greenwich Village gay bar, The...
The Lasting Impact of Burning Bridges
We’ve all heard about the Great Resignation. COVID-19 changed the way people view integrating work and life including what they are willing to do to ensure more flexibility in the workplace. I am one hundred percent in agreement it was time for many employers to...
Building a Successful Digital Nomad Workforce
Everywhere we look these days there is a lot of talk about remote work, businesses are in a precarious position to learn to adopt to a new way of interacting and managing their employees, but what does this really look like? This is a two way street too, employees...
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