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  Conducting Reference Checks: Best Tips for Getting Meaningful Information By Suzan Sturholm, SPHR, All Things HR, LLC.   We are often asked “what is the best way to get the most meaningful information from a candidate’s references?” Although there…

  Small business owners know that risk can take many forms. Some companies take a risk to grow, for example, when a painting company also starts to drywall. And, some types of work just have more risk than others. A…

  We’ve been hearing that more and more Washington employers are being cited for confined space violations…   Confined spaces can be found in the facilities and job sites of just about every Approach client, so it’s important to know…

  Announcing the 2019 Retro refund calculations! The 2015, 2016, and 2017 plan year retro refunds were announced on April 26, 2019 for July enrollment groups. This includes Approach clients in MBA GRIP, PITB Transportation, SMART A Team, and SMART…

It’s not your imagination — finding good employees in Washington state is very difficult right now. Unemployment has been below 5 percent statewide for more than two years and the market is even tighter in Seattle, where the rate reached…

  After years of comment, debate, and lawsuits, the new Silica Rules developed by OSHA and DOSH are now in place. Changing regulations often cause headaches and confusion. This is definitely the case with the Silica Rules, which are being…

  The vast majority of workplace accidents are just that – an unfortunate event that happened to a good employee working for a responsible company. Usually, the injured worker and the company are both looking forward to full recovery and…

  If you’ve seen the thousands of dollars that your company is likely spending on workers’ compensation, you know the importance of communicating with your boss on keeping this cost as low as possible. But how?   We’ve written up…

Protect your company and your employees from safety violations & potential accidents. Labor & Industries released their 2018 Top 10 Violations list for construction jobsites. With inspectors always visiting jobsites (more than 13,000 times last year alone), it pays to take a…

  Oh no! You’re working in Washington state and L&I just showed up to open a DOSH safety inspection. If you’ve ever been pulled over or sent to the principal’s office, it feels about the same way and you’ll have…