Highlights of the short-term unemployment benefit relief
By Rose Gundersen, VP of Operations and Retail services The extraordinary involuntary layoffs mandated to protect against the spread of COVID-19 have strained Washington’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund (UITF). The UITF…
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Claims analyst closes long-running case file
Claims analyst Brigitte Le Vie recently closed a prolonged worker compensation case with significant savings for the Retro pool. The case significantly reduced claim costs that helps to control the…
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Register for March 11 webinar: Learn how proposed bills might impact small business
Washington Retail will be presenting an informative webinar at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 11. The content will be targeted to small businesses including minority-owned businesses. During this virtual webinar,…
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Five marketing trends to boost business this year
Article courtesy of Washington Retail partners at SpotOn Marketing is constantly evolving, especially with new trends and innovations emerging to satisfy customer needs, behaviors, and requirements. As we continue to…
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Automotive Apprenticeship opportunity for trained and loyal technicians
Getting well-trained auto technician as long-term employees are essential to our auto service members. For this reason, Washington Retail Association (WR) continues to research alternative avenues of educational training for…
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Telemedicine moves into workers’ compensation
Telemedicine has proven to be an effective and convenient way to treat and counsel people with COVID-19 or its symptoms. Now, an increasing number of companies are using it for…
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Retail Services is about reducing your cost of doing business
Rose Gundersen, VP of Operations & Retail Services We want to congratulate all our members for exerting incredible resiliency throughout 2020! Nobody has a crystal ball for 2021, but our…
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RS claims analyst successfully challenges unsupported injury payment
Senior claims analyst Michele Whinery recently won a challenge involving an employee who filed a Workers’ Compensation claim for suffering a lower back strain. Although x-rays showed a pre-existing degenerative…
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Claims analyst wins settlement of a faulty forklift injury claim
Senior claims analyst Kim Kendall’s initiative helped an employer avoid damages from a claim of injury by an employee who was operating a forklift. The worker claimed that his repetitive…
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Join us in developing a new safety app
Washington Retail is seeking volunteers to help us test and develop a free smartphone app to reduce on-the-job injuries that result from lifting. Overexertion is the highest frequency and costly…
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Spot the hazards, courtesy of Labor & Industries
Labor & Industries uses its downloadable 2021 monthly calendars to help teach employees about the potential for hazards and injuries in the workplace. This month’s calendar photo was staged in…
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2019 workplace fatalities hits older and Hispanic workers disproportionately
The 5,333 fatal work injuries in the U.S . in 2019 was the highest number since 2007, according to a new federal Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Key data in several…
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