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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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Washington: Increases to Minimum Wage and Exempt Salary Threshold

on October 1, 2025

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

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2025

on September 23, 2025

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

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Mid-Quarterly HR Update – July 2025

on July 25, 2025

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

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2025

on June 12, 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

on May 22, 2025

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

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2024 EEO-1 Reporting Window Open

on May 20, 2025

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

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Oregon Minimum Wage Increase – July 1, 2025

on May 9, 2025

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

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Quarterly HR Update – March 2025

on March 26, 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?

on February 14, 2025

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

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2024

on December 23, 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

on October 29, 2024

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

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2024

on September 24, 2024

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

Federal Law Update: Non-Compete Agreements

on August 30, 2024

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

Quarterly HR Update – June 2024

on June 28, 2024

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

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Federal Law Update: Non-Competes & Exempt Salary Threshold

on April 30, 2024

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

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Leaves in Oregon – impact of SB 1515!

on April 2, 2024

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

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Quarterly HR Update – March 2024

on March 25, 2024

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

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Federal Independent Contractor Regulations Updated!

on February 16, 2024

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

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2023

on December 20, 2023

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

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Washington Wage & Hour Changes for 2024

on October 6, 2023

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

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2023

on September 15, 2023

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

New Form I-9 (August 2023 Version)

on August 1, 2023

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

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Mid-Quarterly HR Update – July 2023

on July 10, 2023

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

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2023

on June 13, 2023

Halfway to 2024! 2023 is trucking along – we’re already halfway[…]

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Quarterly HR Update – March 2023

on March 17, 2023

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

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Quarterly HR Update – December 2022

on December 15, 2022

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

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Quarterly HR Update – September 2022

on September 15, 2022

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

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Quarterly HR Update – June 2022

on June 17, 2022

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