KIRKLAND, WA – Kirkland based AristaPoint, an employee benefits agency, announced a new program to help Washington State companies resume business. Called “Safe Work Return,” the program is a multi-layered risk management solution for a safe return to work using non-invasive saliva-based COVID-19 testing, an easy to use Symptom Checker, and an Activity Tracker that educates employees on the risk of their personal activity choices.

With the recent announcements regarding reported Coronavirus cases in Washington State, health officials are advising of potential increases in the number of Coronavirus infections.

In April, the Legislature enacted legislation to address “surprise billing”—a phrase that refers to a medical bill that patients receive for care the patient thought was in their health plan network but wasn’t.

The challenges of running a small business are numerous, but obtaining affordable health care is an especially complex and restrictive one. Laws governing the health plan markets a company can access are obtuse, in a constant state of flux, and less than hospitable to the small business.

At the end of 2019, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced proposed changes to the rules regarding overtime protection for workers. These new rules will incrementally raise the threshold for the minimum salary an employee must be paid to be classified as exempt from overtime pay.