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Did you receive a ‘long-term care’ email from your employer? Here’s what it means to opt-in or opt-out
June 14, 2021 at 5:01 pm
They arrived over the past month in the inboxes of Microsoft coders, Amazon copy editors, and Boeing engineers along with tens of thousands of other employees across Washington state: Emails from payroll departments or human resources telling staffers that they might have the option to opt-out of a new state payroll tax to fund long-term care.
To which many employees responded: “What in the world…?”
The reason for the email is a somewhat forgotten tax and program approved by the state legislature three years ago: The Washington Long-term Services and Supports Trust Act (LTSS). This year, the Act takes effect and includes a tax paid by employees unless those workers get an approved long-term care plan elsewhere.
Mayor London Breed intends to nominate an out man for the vacant seat on the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission.
Jason Wright, who is LGBT according to the mayor s office, would be the only out person on the seven-member advisory panel should he be approved by the Board of Supervisors. Commissioner Jonathan Pearlman, a gay man, is presently serving on the commission but his term has expired and Breed did not renominate him or Andrew Hyland, the other out member.
Wright has been nominated to Seat 3, which is designated for an architectural historian.
Wright has a background in both design and conservation, according to a biography from the mayor s office, and has 18 years of work in preservation architecture. He has overseen both conservation and architectural projects and engaged in laboratory and other technical conservation methodologies.
Washington state launches center to cater to and potentially regulate crypto and fintech companies
May 23, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Facing explosive growth in NFTs and cryptocurrencies coupled with vague regulations for the wave of new financial technology and investment startups in Washington, the state recently announced a new Center for FinTech Information to warehouse in one place licensing guidelines and regulations.
Contained within the umbrella of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, the center will provide information about working in the state as a regulated business; list the financial laws, rules, and regulations related to money transmission, securities, lending, or banking; and assist applicants the licensing process, according to its website.