Get to know Rick Means
Follow us: For the past eight and a half years, Rick Means has been a vital member of the Retail Services team, serving the past year and a half as…
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What motivates businesses to become members of Washington Retail?
Follow us: As the retail industry transforms and consolidates due to the challenges we have faced together, now is the time to renew hope in the future and develop long-term…
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OSHA 300 reporting is complicated
Follow us: Well not too complicated, but there are many steps in the process of creating reports. Many of our members are required to maintain annual accident logs for the…
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Empowering Partnerships
Follow us: Successful Launch – Electronic Loss Run Reports You have likely noticed our recent updates to your Retro reports in the last couple of weeks, now in electronic format.…
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Year in Review to Celebrate You through Our Commitment!
Follow us: We are proud of all retailers, big and small, for providing essential consumer products and goods that have brightened our lives throughout the pandemic. The Retail Services (RS)…
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Safety sleuths investigate why grandma got ran over by a reindeer
Follow us: Remember the comical holiday song “Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer”? It tells a family tale about a Christmas season that went horribly wrong for the grandmother. As…
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Delay to WA Cares premium collection means deduction is optional for employers
Follow us: On December 17, 2021, Inslee and Democratic leaders announced delaying the new WA Cares payroll tax deduction set to start on January 1, 2022. The announcement included admitting…
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Join us for WR’s Annual Member Meeting on Nov. 30
Follow us: Don’t miss out! Join us tomorrow when we recognize two of our members with our Safety Achievement Award during our Annual Membership Meeting. Register here. Return to newsletter.
WR to announce first-ever Safety Achievement Award recipients
Follow us: Tune in tomorrow, November 30, at 9:00 AM PST, to find out who among your fellow members will be recognized during Washington Retail’s virtual Annual Membership meeting. We will be honoring two of our members who have made safety as high of a priority in their organizations as they have production and…
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Important changes to how Retail Services is streamlining report deliveries
Follow us: In the “Streamlining document delivery” article in our October newsletter, we announced that changes were coming to claims communications. We will need your assistance as we approach the…
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Changes to your Monthly and Quarterly Retro reports (also known as your Loss Runs)
Follow us: Effective January 1, 2022, we will be updating our system to enable automatic electronic processing and delivery of Monthly and Quarterly Retro reports to the claims contact person…
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Notice of Decisions for your injured workers’ claims
Follow us: Empowering partnership is about putting you in control of receiving account information as quickly as possible from the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). Currently, most members are…
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