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New Washington State Required Workplace Posters
The State of Washington now has a new set of required workplace posters that all employers must make visible for their employees. The new Domestic Violence Resources poster MUST be made available and displayed where other employment posters are displayed. Contrary...
I-9 COLLECTION & STORAGE PROCESS
The current I-9 Form from USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) is scheduled to expire effective August 31, 2019, however, there have yet to be any new I-9 forms produced. What that means for employers is that they may continue to use the current form until...
Changes Coming in Washington State Regarding to Non-Compete Covenants
Effective January 1, 2020, all employers in Washington with one or more employees will be subject to new non-compete constraints. This law is unique in that no other law like this has been implemented with a salary threshold. The law states the non-compete is...
New Washington State Law Regarding Applicant’s Salary History
Effective July 28, 2019, employers with 15 or more employees in Washington State can no longer ask an applicant about their current or prior salary information when interviewing for an open position. Washington law makers have followed in the footsteps of California...
Reporting Timeline Changed for WA Paid Family and Medical Leave
Earlier this year, Washington State employers began collecting Paid Family & Medical leave premiums from all employees as part of the newly enacted benefit plan. Subsequently, employers were to begin tracking hours and wages to report to the state as of April...
New Year, New Laws in WA State
As the new year is ushered in, Washington state employers can be assured of several new employment laws impacting their business. Two of these laws will result in changes to payroll. The first law imposes the 2019 Minimum Wage that increased to $12/hour effective...
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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...
Pride Month and Beyond: Supporting LGBTQ+ Employees
The spirit of Pride Month is celebrated every year in the month of June. It’s a time of celebration for the LGBTQ+ community and an opportunity to raise awareness of the inequalities, violence against and persecution of the LGBTQ+-community over the past few decades....
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