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10/13/2015Read More...
WorkSource Wenatchee move offers advantages
WENATCHEE – WorkSource Wenatchee will move Monday, Oct. 19, to a newly designed space at 270 9th St. N.E. Suite 240, East Wenatchee across from the East Wenatchee Police Station.
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10/9/2015Read More...
WorkSource Everett Reemployment Team wins national award
OLYMPIA – The reemployment team at WorkSource Everett regularly celebrates helping people find jobs—and this week, the team and their peers are celebrating national recognition for that work.
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10/9/2015Read More...
2015 Olympia Economic Symposium
Join us at the 2015 Olympia Economic Symposium! Experts in business and economics will share their perspectives about Washington’s workforce needs in today’s labor market.
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10/8/2015Read More...
ESD Commissioner to lead national workforce organization
OLYMPIA – At its annual meeting this week, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) elected Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) Commissioner Dale Peinecke to serve as president-elect of the organization from now until September 2016. Peinecke will become the association’s president in October 2016 and serve through September 2017.
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10/1/2015Read More...
Holiday hiring in Washington will be similar to 2014
OLYMPIA – Washington retailers will hire more than 15,000 seasonal workers throughout the fall holiday season, according to economists with the state’s Employment Security Department.
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10/1/2015Read More...
Wildfire victims: Don't let construction scams dash rebuilding plans
Tumwater – In the aftermath of disasters, victims too often face a second catastrophe as dishonest contractors descend upon them like locusts.
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10/1/2015Read More...
Víctimas de los incendios forestales: No permitan que las estafas de construcción detengan sus planes de reconstrucción
TUMWATER - Después de las secuelas de un desastre, las víctimas muchas veces se enfrentan a una segunda catástrofe ya que contratistas deshonestos les caen como chapulines.
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9/24/2015Read More...
Washington awarded grant to audit employers who misclassify workers
OLYMPIA – The misclassification of workers as independent contractors — or failure to classify them at all — is a problem in Washington and across the country. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) awarded federal funds to Washington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) Thursday to hire two new employees who will audit employers who fail to report wages paid to workers and avoid paying unemployment taxes.