NICA Gets SHIP Grant!
Northwest Independent Contractor recently heard news they had received a grant from Labor and Industries Safety and Health Investments program to provide Disaster Site Worker Training around the State...
View ArticleL&I Updates Prevailing Wage Rates 3/2/12
This is a reminder that the Prevailing Wage Program published updated wage rates on February 1, 2012. The new wage rates became effective today, on March 2, 2012. We currently have more than one way...
View ArticleNew DSHS New Hire Reporting Requirements
Dear Employer: The state legislature recently made some important changes to Washington State New Hire Reporting laws. Beginning June 7, 2012, employers must include the date a new employee is hired...
View Article2013 Minimum Wage
TUMWATER — Washington’s minimum wage will increase to $9.19 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2013, theDepartment of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced today. L&I calculates the state’s minimum...
View ArticleDisaster Response Basics
For those of you responding to disasters who are not Emergency Workers or Organizations, you are probably overwhelmed right now if you live on the East Coast. Help may not be coming for days, and you...
View ArticleNew Employee Posters Required in Washington State
Tumwater – The Department of Labor & Industries has mailed a new set of required workplace posters to employers in Washington state. A major change in the workers’ compensation poster (Notice to...
View ArticlePrincipal Place of Business – Your Subcontractors are your Employees Without One
What is a Principal Place of Business? – The difference between your hiring a Subcontractor and an employee. If you don’t have wording in your contract requiring your subcontractor is to have a...
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Employers: Are you using the Revised Form I-9?
The new revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 was released on March 8, 2013 and after May 7, 2013 this form must be used with all new hires. The Form I-9 is now a fillable PDF, which...
View ArticleLabor and Industries Releases New Guide to Hiring an Independent Contractors
Labor and Industries Releases New Guide to Hiring an Independent Contractors July 2013 – Labor and Industries has released a new Guide to Hiring an Independent Contractor. Though there has been no new...
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NICA RECEIVES NEW GHS HAZCOM GRANT – WHY YOU SHOULD CARE.
NICA RECEIVES ANOTHER SHIP GRANT: NICA has received another SHIP grant! Our topic is the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemical (pause for a breath) Hazardous...
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NICA RELEASES 2014 MONTHLY SAFETY PLAN
Funding and support for the our 2014 NEW RELEASE MONTHLY SAFETY PLAN was provided by the State of Washington, Department of Labor and Industries, Safety and Health Investment Projects. The document...
View Article2014 Minimum Wage Increases to $9.32
Tumwater – Washington’s minimum wage will increase to $9.32 per hour beginning January 1, 2014, theDepartment of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced today. L&I calculates the state’s minimum...
View ArticleNICA RELEASES NEW GHS HAZCOM SAFETY VIDEOS
NICA is proud to announce the release of their 4 new GHS HAZCOM videos on their NICA Safety YouTube channel. The overview video is a complete explanation of a basic Hazard Communication Program with...
View ArticleNICA’s Disaster Site Worker Class Hosted at the University of Washington
NICA has an OSHA 7600 15-hour Disaster Site Worker class coming up at the University of Washington March 27 & 28, 2014. The goal of this class is to provide participants with an awareness of the...
View ArticleCritical Incident Stress Management Response to Darrington Slide
Rescuing the rescuers: Seattle police support landslide first responders Click here to read.
View ArticleCorporate-wide Settlement with Lowe’s Protects Public from Lead Pollution...
WASHINGTON – Lowe’s Home Centers, one of the nation’s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide...
View ArticleAffidavit Filling Fee Changes
Starting June 12, a new law eliminates the filing fee for the Affidavit of Wages Paid for contractors with no employee hours to report. For the Statement of Intent to Pay Prevailing Wages, the standard...
View ArticleFire Prevention Week October 5-11
In 2011, U.S. fire departments responded to 370,000 home structure fires. These fires caused 13,910 civilian injuries, 2,520 civilian deaths, $6.9 billion in direct damage. On average, seven people...
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Tool Box Talks Rock!
Want to be able to do safety meetings on the job site and capture the documentation through an app? Thanks to a SHIP Grant and the Construction Center of Excellence you can! This is an incredible help...
View ArticleNew Resource: Updated Construction Safety Checklist
Brand new as of this month, September 2015 and updated Construction Safety Checklist from WA State Labor & Industries. You can find this resource HERE. (click to download) This is what the L&I...
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