WSPA this Week, February 21-24, 2023
SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Hello everyone!
The Annual conference is next week at the Silver Cloud Hotel (Rustin Point in Tacoma). The Title IX training offered the day before the Annual Conference on February 26 from 9 to 4 is a stand alone in-person workshop and can be purchased separately. There is still room for participants in that workshop and the draft agenda can be seen here. The TWIO Week Six is here for your reading pleasure! Please pay particular attention to the bills on special education, SB 5311 in the Senate Ways & Means Committee and HB 1436 in the House. Last week I sent out information on our March Zoom series on Worker's Compensation. Please check it out at the link below. See you next week at the conference if you will be there.
Member Request this week:
No member requests this week
Funny for the week: "I thought my dryer shrank my clothes, turns out it was the refrigerator"
- February 26 - March 1, 2023 - Annual Conference - Silver Cloud Hotel - Tacoma
- March 8, 15, 22, 2023 - Worker's Compensation Series
- March 9, 2023 - Reductions in Force
- March 14, 2023 - Career Fair - Spokane Convention Center (registration is open)
- March 23, 2023 - Bargaining Workshop (registration is open)
- March 28, 2023 - Career Fair - Greater Tacoma Convention Center (registration is open)
DRAFT Topics for the Annual Conference
- Calculating Salary & Benefits by Union Group
- Legislative Update
- Recruiting and Retention
- Surviving the Acronym Puzzle
- Certification Requirements
- Dealing with Conflict
- Grievances, Demand to Bargain
- Working with Labor Unions
- Special Education
- Drug Free Business
- Educator Equity Tool
- Working with School Boards
- Workforce Secondary Trauma Initiative
- Investigations & Reasonable Suspicion
- Fitness for Duty
- Paraeducator Law Updates
- E-certification Tool
- ADA & Accommodations
- Retirement Information
- Balancing your Workload
- RIFS - What is happening out there?
- HELP & SHRM - What are they all about?
- Public Records Requests
- Electronic Records
- HR and Payroll Team Collaboration
- HR & District's Strategic Plan Alignment
Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler
WSPA Executive Director
WSPA News to Know
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Unemployment Insurance: Sign up now for upcoming SOC code webinars
Learn more about Standard Occupational Classification codes on May 20 or June 3
Do you have questions about Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes? Sign up for one of our upcoming webinars!
All employers will be required to report SOC codes when they submit their quarterly tax reports starting with their fourth quarter 2022 report. At that time, you could get a penalty for incorrect SOC reporting. Reporting SOC codes is currently optional and is available only to single filers.
Upcoming webinars
If you have questions or want to learn more about using SOC codes, register for one of our free webinars.
During these webinars, we’ll talk about:
- What are SOC codes?
- When are SOC codes mandatory?
- How to look up SOC codes.
- How to add SOC codes with keyed or imported wage data.
Note: We will provide the same information in both webinars. However, questions could vary in each webinar, so you are welcome to sign up for both.
What is SOC?
SOC is a federal coding system that helps government agencies and private businesses compare occupational data.
In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed a law requiring employers to report SOC codes in their quarterly reports for unemployment insurance.
Other resources on SOC
- Watch this short video.
- Try out the SOC code search tool. Under “Occupation Keyword Search” you can search by keyword, SOC code or industry.
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2022 Legislative Report
Dan Steele, WASA Assistant Executive Director, Government Relations and WSPA Legislative Liaison has completed a 2022 End of Session Report and you can find it here.
The End of Session Reports includes full details of the 2022 Supplemental Operating Budget and the 2022 Supplemental Capital Budget, along with a comprehensive review of the many education-related bills the Legislature addressed this session.