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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...
WA Paid Family Medical Leave Begins January 1, 2019
January is just around the corner, which means all Washington State employers, large and small businesses alike, will be required to begin collecting and remitting the employee premiums for the WA Paid Family Medical Leave starting the first payroll in January....
COMPLIANCE ALERT: WA State Paid Family Medical Leave – Are You Ready?
Washington State Employment Securities, under RCW 50A.04, will implement the first phase of the Paid Family and Medical Leave insurance program on January 1, 2019. The intent of this insurance program is to ensure all employees in the state who meet the eligibility...
After a Nation Wide search conducted by JB Consulting Systems, the North Central Regional Library has narrowed their search for an Executive Director down to three finalists.
North Central Regional Library holds meet-and-greet reception for Executive Director Candidates to meet the Community A national search for the next director of the North Central Regional Library has been narrowed down to three finalists. On Thursday July 12, 2018...
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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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