HR Compliance Articles & Employer Resources

Your HRT Team is constantly monitoring the employment law landscape and staying on top of the latest laws, trends, and workplace challenges that might impact your workplace. Each quarter we put together a Quarterly Update keeping you up-to-date on all these items!

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2025

Quarterly HR Update – December 2025 We’re wrapping up 2025 and[…]

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Washington: Increases to Minimum Wage and Exempt Salary Threshold

Washington: Increases to Minimum Wage and Exempt Salary Threshold It’s that[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2025

Quarterly HR Update – September 2025 Despite having an 86-degree day[…]

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Mid-Quarterly HR Update – July 2025

Mid-Quarterly HR Update – July 2025 Yes, there’s more! We did[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2025

Quarterly HR Update – June 2025 Summer is knocking at the[…]

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Mid-Year Minimum Wage Increases in Washington Cities – 7/1/2025

Mid-Year Minimum Wage Increases in Washington Cities – 7/1/2025 As more[…]

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2024 EEO-1 Reporting Window Open

2024 EEO-1 Reporting Window Open The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)[…]

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Oregon Minimum Wage Increase – July 1, 2025

Oregon Minimum Wage Increase – July 1, 2025 As Oregon employers[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – March 2025

Quarterly HR Update – March 2025 We continue to monitor the[…]

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Recent Executive Orders – What Might They Mean for Your Company?

Recent Executive Orders – What Might They Mean for Your Company?[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2024

Quarterly HR Update – December 2024 2025 is on the horizon.[…]

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Minimum Wage Increases for Seattle, and more, effective 1/1/2025

Minimum Wage Increases for Seattle, and more, effective 1/1/2025 As we[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2024

Quarterly HR Update – September 2024 Fall is here…and soon an[…]

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Federal Law Update: Non-Compete Agreements

Federal Law Update: Non-Compete Agreements In April we prepared a Federal Law[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2024

Quarterly HR Update – June 2024 Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime![…]

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Federal Law Update: Non-Competes & Exempt Salary Threshold

Federal Law Update: Non-Competes & Exempt Salary Threshold In our March[…]

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Leaves in Oregon – impact of SB 1515!

Leaves in Oregon – impact of SB 1515! Oregon employers often[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – March 2024

Quarterly HR Update – March 2024 In like a lion, out[…]

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Federal Independent Contractor Regulations Updated!

Federal Independent Contractor Regulations Updated! We’ve been hearing for a while[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2023

Quarterly HR Update – December 2023 We are getting ready for[…]

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Washington Wage & Hour Changes for 2024

Washington Wage & Hour Changes for 2024 Updated October 19, 2023[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2023

Quarterly HR Update – September 2023 New Laws are Falling Like[…]

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New Form I-9 (August 2023 Version)

New Form I-9 (August 2023 Version) On Friday, July 21, 2023,[…]

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Mid-Quarterly HR Update – July 2023

Mid-Quarterly HR Update – July 2023 Here we are, just about[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2023

Quarterly HR Update – June 2023 Halfway to 2024! 2023 is[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – March 2023

Quarterly HR Update – March 2023 We keep on Marching… Every[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2022

Quarterly HR Update – December 2022 Another Year Comes to a[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2022

Quarterly HR Update – September 2022 Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall! As[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2022

Quarterly HR Update – June 2022 Time to grab those flip[…]