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Mar 27 2024
Culture

Culture of Care Chronicles: Transform Your Business, Part 1

Embracing a Caring Mindset, Part 1 Welcome back to an exploration of the transformational power of a Culture of Care. In this post, we dive into the first pillar that breathes life into this ethos, steering clear of a step-by-step guide and instead aiming to ignite meaningful discussion. At Vigilant, our commitment to cultivating a…

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Mar 21 2024
Featured Worker’s CompSafety and HealthWashington

Washington Governor signs two bills impacting workers’ comp

Governor Jay Inslee recently signed two bills impacting Washington workers’ compensation time-loss payments and stay-at-work reimbursements: HB 1927: Allows injured workers who are unable to work for 7 days or more (instead of the current standard of 14 days or more) to receive time loss payments for the first 3 days of work missed due…

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Mar 21 2024
HiringWashington

Washington Governor signs new law on noncompete agreements

On March 13, 2024, Governor Jay Inslee signed SSB 5935, a new law that modifies and expands the definition of noncompetition covenants (noncompete agreements). We intend to report on any other bills of interest to employers that are signed from the 2024 Washington legislative session in a future newsletter. Beginning June 6, 2024, the definition…

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Mar 21 2024
Employee BenefitsHiringLabor Relations

Judge tosses NLRB’s 2023 joint employer rule

A federal district court judge in Texas has invalidated the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s 2023 rule defining when two separate companies are actually joint employers for purposes of compliance with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The judge issued the decision shortly before the rule was scheduled to take effect. The Board is expected…

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Mar 19 2024
Culture

Culture of Care Chronicles: Transform your Business – Blog Series Introduction

In the fast-paced world of business, where competition can sometimes overshadow compassion, it’s easy to let business strategy take precedence over culture. As Peter Drucker said, however, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” At Vigilant we take these words to heart and invest heavily in creating a Culture of Care. It has become a way of…

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Mar 18 2024
Featured Worker’s CompSafety and HealthWashington

Workers’ Comp Costs: What you CAN control

As you know, L&I increased rates for Washington employers in January by 4.9% on average. If you’ve attended one of our recent webinars, you know rate changes fall into the category of things outside of your control when it comes to workers’ compensation costs. You might also recall the ridiculously busy but truthful graphic from…

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Mar 11 2024
Labor RelationsUncategorized

Court extends effective date of joint employer rule to 3/11/24

              A federal district court in Texas recently delayed the effective date of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s revised joint employer rule until March 11, 2024. The new rule was originally scheduled to take effect on December 26, 2023, but we previously reported that the Board later delayed the…

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Mar 11 2024
Leave LawsOregon

OREGON: Major leave changes will eliminate OFLA and PLO overlap

The Oregon legislature has passed SB 1515, which makes major changes to the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA), and minor changes to Paid Leave Oregon (PLO), in an effort to eliminate the overlap between the two leave laws. The governor is expected to sign the bill. Most leaves that are currently covered by both OFLA…

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Mar 08 2024
Featured Worker’s CompSafety and HealthWashington

Ask the Claims Manager: Supervisor’s Report of Accident, necessary?

              QUESTION: Our Vigilant Washington workers’ comp claims manager asked us to provide a Supervisor’s Report of Accident after one of our employees was injured at work. I know our claims manager received all the information about the injury from the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), so…

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Mar 08 2024
Labor Relations

Don’t unilaterally stop dues checkoff when CBA expires

Employers can no longer unilaterally stop collecting union dues when a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) expires, ruled the U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a union-represented employee can agree to allow their employer to deduct and remit union dues. In a case involving hospital employees, the CBA between the…

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