What you’ll learn about the WA Cares Fund:

• How to collect pay premiums from your employees beginning in 2022.
• Tracking employee exemptions.
• Continuing to offer long-term care insurance to employees and handling exemptions. Exemptions are permanent and employees can never opt back in, even if they change jobs.

What you’ll learn about the SharedWork program:

In these uncertain times, employers may need to pause or scale back operations while they wait for conditions to normalize. The SharedWork program supplements workers’ paychecks when hours are cut back, using unemployment insurance as a bridge to avoid quits and layoffs during tough times. It’s a real win-win for businesses and workers, which is why 99 percent of Washington employers who’ve used this program say they would recommend it to their peers.

• Best kept secret for a business to retain its workforce.
• Business eligibility and program benefits.
• Protect the business by using the simple steps to enroll in SharedWork program.
• How to scale your workforce when needed and maintain trust, morale and loyalty.
• Impact to experience rates, true or false?
• Answers to the most common SharedWork - Employer questions.