“The Other Shoe”

Did you hear that? That was the sound of the other shoe dropping! The first shoe was Paid Sick & Safe Time (PSST) voted in with Initiative 1433, which went into effect in January 2018. Starting in 2020, Washington will be the fifth state in the nation to offer Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits […]

Sick and Safe, Burdensome and Costly

Initiative 1433, passed by the voters of Washington state, is a complex law that can be easily abused by workers and will be burdensome (more paperwork) and costly (potentially excessive) for employers. And just like that … all Washington state employers are required to offer paid time off to all employees at the rate of […]