Every employer is required to have certain state and federal posters in their workplace. These posters must be in a location where employees can see and read them, which means you may need to put them in more than one…
Retro freeze is on the way Our construction and transportation clients have an important date coming – April 2 is the freeze date for the following Approach retros: PITB Transportation SMART A Team SMART Dream Team What’s a Freeze Date?…
Welcome to Did You Know from Ask Approach. Throughout 2021 we’ll take a look at lesser-known aspects of services offered by Approach. For a quick look at all of the services available to Approach clients, download our Approach Services infographic…
Preventing workers’ comp claims It’s time for our yearly look at the top causes of workers’ compensation claims, based on the thousands of claims we managed for Washington state employers in 2020. The best employers strive for a safety culture…
Time to finalize your OSHA 300 logs It’s OSHA 300 time again, so 70 Approach clients joined Amy Davidson online this week for our annual OSHA 300 Brain Trust. Here’s a look at what we covered and how your company…
How to stay in control of Washington workers’ comp claims In Washington state, you have several tools available to help lower the cost of workers’ comp claims. Two of the biggest and best are: Medical-only discount Claims that only have…
Welcome to Did You Know from Ask Approach. Throughout 2021 we’ll take a look at lesser-known aspects of services offered by Approach. For a quick look at all of the services available to Approach clients, download our Approach Services infographic…
Retro freeze is on the way If you’re in construction or transportation, listen up! The freeze date for the following Retro groups will be here before we know it: SMART Dream Team SMART A Team PITB Transportation What’s a Freeze…
Rate changes for 2021 Each fall, L&I announces its proposed rates for the upcoming year. The big headline this year is that average rates for 2021 are unchanged – on average, workers’ comp rates in Washington state will be the…
Top DOSH citations in Washington state We looked earlier this year at what happens during a workplace safety inspection. In Washington state, around 50 businesses are visited each day. That’s more than 12,000 each year – with an emphasis on…
